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Steam Rollers in Preservation by Malcolm Batten 9781398121058
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The term ‘steam roller’ has become part of the English language, rather like Biro or Hoover. Steam rollers themselves began to be made during the 1860s. It was Thomas Aveling who perfected the most... -
Lightships: Their Design, Development and Diversity Anthony Lane 9781398119239
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sand banks that posed extreme hazards to navigation, where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design,... -
The Changing Rail Scene in South Wales: 1990s–Present John Jackson 9781398123533
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68South Wales has long been a popular destination for railway enthusiasts. The area’s industrial heartland has ensured a continuous procession of trains carrying a variety of freight traffic. While... -
Secret Carlisle Andrew Graham Stables 9781445682730
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The city of Carlisle, a border town, was very much at the heart of the conflict between Scotland and England for many hundreds of years and has been the gateway for invading forces both north and... -
Churches of Northern Yorkshire David Paul 9781398116979
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The historic county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, home to 157 Grade I listed churches. It’s huge diversity of places and landscapes is reflected in the churches found here, which nicely... -
Oxford: A Potted History David Meara 9781398116801
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Oxford’s history begins with the story of a king’s daughter, Frideswide, who founded a nunnery in the meadows where the River Thames and River Cherwell meet. A settlement grew up around her shrine,... -
Killing Napoleon: The Plot to Blow up Bonaparte Jonathan North 9781398122543
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88It was Christmas Eve 1800. The streets of Paris were crowded with citizens. Some were shopping, some were eating and drinking. But others were plotting to murder the most famous and powerful man in... -
The Prince Who Beat the Empire: How an Indian Ruler Took on the Might of the East India Company Moin Mir 9781398122550
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88An acclaimed history of empire and resistance: this is the moving story of the rebel prince who beat the world’s most powerful corporation. The ships of the East India Company first docked at India's... -
Military Vehicles in Preservation Royston Morris 9781398115330
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Whenever people are asked about military vehicles, the first things that usually comes to mind are jeeps and tanks. Although those vehicles did make up a majority of the vehicles used by armies... -
Pub Signs Arthur Chappell 9781398115729
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Many inn names and signs are quite literal. If you hear of a pub called The Dog and Duck you might expect to see a sign depicting a dog and duck – but sometimes the meaning is less obvious. Is The... -
50 Finds from Childhood: Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme Kayt Hawkins 9781398114852
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The many artefacts discovered by members of the public and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) provide an unparalleled resource for information relating to childhood in the past. The... -
Lost London by Tim Brown 9781398117402
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.87London has seen huge changes since the 1980s. Massive infrastructure projects such as Crossrail/the Elizabeth Line have transformed the cityscape in many parts of the capital. Areas such as Kings... -
London Underground 1967-99 by John Glover 9781398112001
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The first line of what was to become a major underground railway, with 272 stations, opened on 10 January 1863. London Transport, created by Act of Parliament, commenced operations on 1 July 1933... -
RM70 – Seventy Years of a London Icon by Malcolm Batten 9781398123618
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.39The Routemaster bus has become synonymous with London and is recognised the world over. Although fewer were built than of the preceding RT type, their uniqueness and longevity made them instantly... -
100 Years of Winnie-the-Pooh Stuffed Toys: A Collector’s Guide Debbie Jewson 9781398130388
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68When a portly young bear named Winnie-the-Pooh made his first appearance in the pages of a book in 1926 little did he know that by the time he was a centenarian he would be one of the most famous... -
Lumpy Tums: Derbyshire's Food and Drink Mark Dawson 9781398123397
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Derbyshire has long been known for its food. Writers from the seventeenth century onwards have extolled the virtues of its fine produce. Created in the nineteenth century, Bakewell Pudding is today... -
Windmills of Essex Ian Yearsley 9781398125773
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The corn-growing county of Essex was home to over 200 windmills at the peak of the milling industry in the mid-nineteenth century, of which twenty-three survive. In this book author Ian Yearsley... -
Sampans, Banyans and Rambutans: A Childhood in Singapore and Malaya by Derek Tait
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78Growing up as a child in Singapore and Malaya in the 1960s was an idyllic experience. Thousands of children of naval personnel will have the same fond memories of the time spent there, as Derek has... -
The Hooligans Are Still Among Us by Michael Layton
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £17.19Looking at how hooliganism continues to plague British football, former police officers Michael Layton and Bill Rogerson explore the continued effect of violence on the modern game. The Hooligans Are... -
Sheffield Wednesday FC: The Official History 1867-2017 by Jason Dickinson
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.55Sheffield Wednesday, the third oldest football club in England, have experienced contrasting fortunes in their first 150 years but remain one of the best-supported teams in the land, with a rich and... -
Abandoned Britain by Simon Sugden
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.80In this collection of extraordinary photographs, photographer Simon Sugden has brought to light the beauty of abandoned buildings and other sites no longer home to the activity of people. These... -
Nelson at Naples: Revolution and Retribution in 1799 by Jonathan North
Booksplease Price: £21.06During the wars which followed the French Revolution, France's armies turned on Britain's last ally in Italy, the kingdom of Naples. The French chased out the Bourbon royal family and established a... -
The Sicily Campaign William F. Buckingham 9781445694146
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.70The Allied effort to secure the Italian island of Sicily followed hard on the heels of the North African Campaign, when an Anglo-American force had finally hemmed the Axis forces into Tunisia, where... -
Jihad: The Ottomans and the Allies 1914-1922 by Andrew Hyde 9781398103320
Booksplease Price: £10.74The tragic news of the ISIS-inspired massacres in Europe and countless other locations throughout the Middle East, in conjunction with the failed political coup against Erdogan in Turkey, have raised... -
Norwich City The Nineties by Edward Couzens-Lake
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.32English football underwent a stellar transformation when the first season of Premier League football commenced in August 1992. The nation's most high-profile clubs found the massive injections of TV... -
Kent's Transport Heritage by James Preston
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Kent is strategically located, lying on the approach to London and being the shortest route to and from continental Europe. As a result the evolution of its means of transport has left its mark... -
The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia Barnes Carr 9781398112353
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.15It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in history - a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir... -
The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III Alan Strauss-Schom 9781398125445
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.42This is the definitive biography, and the first in twenty years, of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have notoriously divided historians. Here, pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte... -
Battlefields of England and Scotland by John Kinross
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.60The battlefields of England and Scotland are a strongly neglected but important part of our national heritage, and what remains today and the current usage of the sites is very varied. Some, like... -
Manchester United Collectibles by Iain McCartney
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68For many, supporting Manchester United Football Club is much more than the ninety minutes out on the pitch. Away from the stadiums around England and abroad, fans' interest can also extend to... -
1950s Childhood Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and the Clitheroe Kid Derek Tait 9781445609775
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24With few TVs, children in the 1950s made their own entertainment: they played conkers, built dens and go-karts, climbed trees and re-enacted fights from the latest cinema blockbuster. Food was, for... -
Jihad: The Ottomans and the Allies 1914–1922 by Andrew Hyde
Booksplease Price: £23.36The tragic news of the ISIS-inspired massacres in Europe and countless other locations throughout the Middle East, in conjunction with the failed political coup against Erdogan in Turkey, have raised... -
My Friends, The Enemy: Life in Military Intelligence During the Falklands War by Nick van der Bijl
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88'On the beach the Lieutenant asked if he could say a prayer before being shot. "Don't be so bloody silly," I replied, "get into the boat."' My Friends, The Enemy recounts the Falklands War from... -
The Siege of Delhi by Amarpal Singh
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.50On 10 May 1857, the most serious threat to British supremacy in India appeared at Meerut, a large military station near Delhi. After months of increasing tension, sepoys of the 3rd Light Cavalry... -
America's Forgotten Wars: From Lord Dunmore to the Philippines by Ian Hernon
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.55Americans know about the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the world wars, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq/Afghanistan but the many inbetween conflicts have been erased from public memory. And, as there was... -
The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America’s Midnight War Against Russia by Barnes Carr 9781398104501
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.31It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in history - a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir... -
The Lost Battlefields of Britain by Martin Wall
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25No major battle has taken place on British soil since the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Almost three centuries of the absence of war on the island has generated a complacency which blinds us to the... -
Bertrand's Brother: The Marriages, Morals and Misdemeanours of Frank, 2nd Earl Russell by Ruth Derham
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.75Frank Russell was the grandson of Prime Minister Lord John Russell and elder brother of philosopher and political activist Bertrand Russell. He was, in his own right, a radical political reformer and... -
A 1980s Childhood by Derek Tait
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24This book describes just what it was like to be a child during the 1980s. It was a time before people had smartphones, and the last decade before work, society and social life changed forever with... -
The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Strauss-Schom
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.75'Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio in The Shadow Emperor... This is a boldly revisionist biography... For all the corruption and repression that...