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Sisu: The Finnish Art of Courage by Joanna Nylund
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.50Discover the Finnish quality of sisu and how cultivating it can help you lead a life of greater purpose and happiness.This ancient Finnish word describes an attitude of courage, resilience, grit,... -
Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Children's Literature by 9780857478375
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €17.84Each of the fiction extracts from classic children's literature is accompanied by eight sets of questions based on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. This reading... -
History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood by Fred Inglis 9780691150055
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €32.17This is the first biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known today for his philosophies... -
The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) by Sophie Neville 9780718894962
RRP: €22.61Booksplease Price: €22.02In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars... -
Empire's Children: Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books Ilias Bantekas 9780415515665
RRP: €60.68Booksplease Price: €57.33Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €27.31A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam 9780691233765
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €27.27A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and... -
The Portable Bunyan: A Transnational History of The Pilgrim's Progress by Isabel Hofmeyr 9780691116563
RRP: €53.55Booksplease Price: €46.33How does a book become an international bestseller? What happens to it as it is translated into different languages, contexts, and societies? How is it changed by the intellectual environments it... -
A Fish Dinner in Memison (Zimiamvia, Book 2) by E. R. Eddison 9780007578153
Booksplease Price: €17.27The second volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. A lady strays from a... -
Mistress of Mistresses (Zimiamvia, Book 1) by E. R. Eddison 9780007578139
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €13.16The first volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. According to legend, the... -
The Promise of Happiness: Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction by Fred Inglis 9780521270700
Booksplease Price: €49.23Originally published in paperback in 1982, this book was written in answer to the question 'which books should our children read, and why?' It is a study of what is, in the author's opinion, the best... -
The Penguin History of the United States of America by Hugh Brogan
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.11This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's... -
The Mezentian Gate (Zimiamvia, Book 3) by E. R. Eddison 9780007578177
Booksplease Price: €16.45The third volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. E. R. Eddison was the... -
The Worm Ouroboros: The Prelude to Zimiamvia by E. R. Eddison
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.40The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. On the far side of darkness lies a world... -
Lake Windermere, Grasmere & Coniston Water Through Time by Gill Jepson 9781445681931
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €13.90The Lake District is by far the UK's most popular national park. Every year some 15 million people come here to explore the region's fells and countryside and it's not hard to see why. Ever since the... -
Sailing and Social Class Alan O'Connor 9781032703589
RRP: €54.73Booksplease Price: €51.27This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is,... -
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum 9781574092615
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €17.78Captain Joshua Slocum's solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000... -
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood by Uri Shulevitz 9781250370655
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.54From a beloved voice in children's literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust-related story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million... -
Chance: A Memoir by Uri Shulevitz
Booksplease Price: €24.55From a beloved voice in children's literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust-related story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million... -
Spies and Commissars: Bolshevik Russia and the West by Robert Service 9780330517287
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.50In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they... -
Leeds: Shaping the City by Martin Wainwright 9781859462447
Booksplease Price: €42.91Presents an assessment of the redevelopment and regeneration of Leeds. This book identifies the drivers for change in the renaissance of contemporary Leeds following its evolution from... -
Historic England: The Lake District: Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England by Billy F. K. Howorth
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.40This illustrated history provides a nostalgic look at the Lake District's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the... -
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories by Edgar Allan Poe 9781784878511
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.51VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Edgar Allan Poe was a... -
Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic Children's Literature Kate Heap 9780857478528
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €17.84Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Children's Literature exposes children in upper Key Stage 2 to a variety of texts from classic children's literature. They are given... -
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €11.17Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been... -
The War of the Heavenly Horses by Roland Chambers 9781803289281
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.34From the Arctic to China to Egypt to America, Billy time travels to new adventures. A series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages, bringing the past to life with a generous helping... -
Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service by Michael Smith 9781849540971
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.10Six tells the complete story of the service's birth and early years, including the tragic, untold tale of what happened to Britain's extensive networks in Soviet Russia between the wars. It reveals... -
Stars to Steer By: Celebrating the 20th century women who went to sea Julia Jones 9781399415460
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €19.78The extraordinary stories of the fearless women who set their sights on the sea in an all-male world, paving the way for the female sailing superstars of today.Gender issues are stark at sea... -
Walking the Literary Landscape: 20 classic walks for book-lovers in Northern England by Ian Hamilton 9781906148782
RRP: €15.41Booksplease Price: €11.94Literature and a love of the English countryside are natural companions.Walking the Literary Landscape by Ian Hamilton and Diane Roberts brings the two together in a collection of 20 circular routes... -
The Worm Ouroboros E. R. Eddison 9781513133058
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €20.21The Worm Ouroboros (1922) is a high fantasy novel by E. R. Eddison. Inspired by the Norse sagas and medieval history, Eddison crafted an epic story of magic, adventure, romance, and war. Praised by... -
Pleasures of the Table: A Literary Anthology by Christina Hardyment 9780712357807
RRP: €39.21Booksplease Price: €29.65This beautifully illustrated collection of food writing includes delectable scenes of cooking and feasting from novels and stories, poems that use food to tempt and seduce, and fine writing by and... -
Egil’s Saga by E. R. Eddison 9780007578092
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €15.61Egil's Saga is the 10th-century Nordic equivalent of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Translated from the Icelandic withan introduction, notes and an essay, this is the first time Eddison's version of this... -
The Rage of the Sea Witch by Roland Chambers
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.00A new adventure series about the pivotal moments of discovery through the ages, bringing the past to life with a generous helping of fantasy, humour and delightful, black and white illustrations. ... -
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €10.27Beautifully produced, with a Foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur, specially commissioned maps and atmospheric line drawings, this is a classic edition of one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. ... -
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison 9781513282961
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €13.16The Worm Ouroboros (1922) is a high fantasy novel by E. R. Eddison. Inspired by the Norse sagas and medieval history, Eddison crafted an epic story of magic, adventure, romance, and war. Praised by... -
The Heresy of Love by Helen Edmundson
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €12.91In the late 1600s, in a convent in Mexico, a gifted and progressive writer finds herself at the centre of a deadly battle of ideas. Celebrated by the Court but silenced by the Church, she is betrayed... -
Emil and the Three Twins by Erich Kastner
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.34'Password Emil!'Emil and the detectives are on holiday by the seaside when they meet the three Byrons. One Byron is the father and the other two are the sons, Mackie and Jackie. Jackie is bigger than... -
Tha ra se Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath version) by Emile Zola
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.10A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel. The beautiful but doomed heroine is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly... -
Anna Karenina (stage version) by Leo Tolstoy
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €12.91Helen Edmundson's celebrated and 'exemplary' (The Times) adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love. Anna is beautiful and admired... -
Life is a Dream by Helen Edmundson
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.10A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderon's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom. 'If I'm asleep,...