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Holy Places, Holy People by Revd Dr Gavin Wakefield
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92The North-East of England is rich in history, beautiful scenery and welcoming people. Celebrated for its Christian heritage, its saints are as diverse as the varied scenery in which we discover their... -
King Arthur: Man or Myth? by Tony Sullivan 9781526763679
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.23The book is an investigation of the evidence for King Arthur based on the earliest written sources rather than later myths and legends. The evidence is laid out in a chronological order starting... -
The English Soul: The Faith of a Nation by Peter Ackroyd 9781789148459
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.82The English Soul portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity as it has developed over the last 1,400 years. As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection,... -
Christ is the morning star by Cecilia McDowall 9780193408289
Booksplease Price: $5.52for SATB and organ This lively setting of the Venerable Bede's Christ is the morning star features all the hallmarks of McDowall's original and vibrant style. With rich harmonies, compelling... -
Rappy Goes To The Supermarket by Dan Gutman 9780062252630
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $14.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062252630Author Dan GutmanFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint -
Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in 12 Illuminated Manuscripts Michelle P Brown 9781836390374
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $24.87Illumino explores the history of medieval Britain through the biographies of twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts and their creators. Each manuscript serves as a gateway into the lives of its... -
John by Gary M. Burge 9780310497509
RRP: $61.64Booksplease Price: $46.23The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.The Gospel of John tells us the story that is the foundation of the distinctive teaching of... -
A maiden most gentle by Andrew Carter 9780193430679
Booksplease Price: $5.52for SATB and organ or chamber orchestra This pretty and effortless carol has a winning melody and good variety of texture. Words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede. A version for SSA is also... -
Tyne and Wear Folk Tales for Children by Adam Bushnell 9780750988018
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48Wise witches, flying donkeys and Half Hanged Macdonald: Tyne and Wear has a rich and diverse history of folklore, magic, evil fairies, saints and even the Devil himself. Storytellers Adam Bushnell... -
Tyne and Weird by Rob Kilburn
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.48'Since man uttered his first word he has been telling stories for entertainment, to serve as warnings and to simply pass the time.'Huddled up against the end of Hadrian's Wall, the county of Tyne and... -
Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot 9780140436389
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.11George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) made her fictional debut when SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' in 1857. These stories contain Eliot's earliest studies of what became enduring... -
Tyne and Weird by Rob Kilburn 9780750992503 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $7.97'Since man uttered his first word he has been telling stories for entertainment, to serve as warnings and to simply pass the time.'Huddled up against the end of Hadrian's Wall, the county of Tyne and... -
Rutland Through Time by Stephen Butt 9781848689015
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Rutland is at the very heart of England. It is England's smallest historic county, less than twenty miles in distance from north to south or east to west, a patchwork of incredibly picturesque and... -
The Book of Viking Myths: From the Voyages of Leif Erikson to the Deeds of Odin, the Storied History and Folklore of the Vikings by Peter Archer
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.57This fascinating new book reveals the origins of the Vikings-from Thor and Leif Erikson to Loki and the Valkyries-and the tales that have influenced our own lives.For thousands of years, Vikings have... -
Jarrow Reflections Paul Perry 9781398118577
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Jarrow's early history is associated with its mediaeval monastery, home of the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede, but much of the town developed later, during the Industrial Revolution, when coal mining and... -
The Devil in Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel by Mark Gatiss 9780743257091 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.10Booksplease Price: $3.73Lucifer Box - the gorgeous butterfly of King Bertie's reign, portraitist, dandy and terribly good secret agent - is feeling his age. Assigned to observe the activities of fascist leader Olympus Mons... -
The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature by Hugh Magennis
RRP: $32.16Booksplease Price: $29.47An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important and rewarding area of literary studies. The chapters... -
Pilgrim Places, Holy Lives single copy: A Gospel Journey with the English Saints by Church of England 9781781405550
Booksplease Price: $6.43The greatest story ever told is of God becoming human in Jesus Christ to offer us a transforming relationship with him. Pilgrim Places, Holy Lives explores how this amazing story took root in... -
Room At The Top by John Braine
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.04The Angry Young Men movement, featuring such stars as Kingsley Amis, is perfectly illustrated through the iconic figure of Joe Lampton. The ruthlessly ambitious Joe Lampton rises swiftly from the... -
Middlemarch (Collins Classics) by George Eliot
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.63HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their... -
Defensive Northumberland by Colin Alexander
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Military order was imposed on the region by ... -
What They Don't Tell You About: Anglo-Saxons by Robert Fowke 9780750281997
RRP: $4.01Booksplease Price: $3.71The Saxons weren't the first newcomers to the islands of Britain, and they certainly weren't the last, but they changed Britain more than any other group of people before or after them.Start right at... -
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley
Booksplease Price: $8.38Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not... -
The Long Schoolroom: Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the Poetic Principle by Allen Grossman 9780472066377
Booksplease Price: $17.54Allen Grossman's combined reputation as a poet and as a professor of poetry gives him an unusual importance in the landscape of contemporary American poetry. In this new collection Grossman revisits... -
Silas Marner (Collins Classics) by George Eliot
RRP: $5.35Booksplease Price: $4.56HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there... -
Jarrow From Old Photographs by Paul Perry
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Jarrow has a rich history that spans well over a thousand years. In the eighth century the monastery of Saint Paul was the home of the Venerable Bede, who is regarded as the greatest Anglo-Saxon... -
Middlemarch by George Eliot 9781509857449
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $17.18Complete and unabridged.One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.A masterpiece of candid observation, emotional insight and transcending humour, Middlemarch is a truly monumental novel... -
Art & Visual Culture: A Reader by Angeliki Lymberopolou
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $18.43"Exploring Art and Visual Culture: A Reader" brings together essential primary texts by artists, critics and art historians ranging from the medieval period right through to our own times. There is... -
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists and Other Essays by George Eliot
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.91One of the most famous novelists in the English literary canon, the likes of Middlemarch and Silas Marner are household names, but Eliot's essays are often overlooked. This collection brings together... -
Northumberland's Pilgrim Routes: A History of Paths, Places and People Andy Bull 9781398125339
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Northumberland is synonymous with the great Northern saints of St Cuthbert, St Oswald and St Aidan. Two long-distance pilgrim paths, St Cuthbert's Way and St Oswald's Way, link the locations... -
Northumberland Churches: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Reformation by Stan Beckensall
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65Northumberland was one of the greatest influences on the development of Christianity in Europe. Stan Beckensall guides the reader in words and full-colour pictures through the history of... -
Runner's World Run to Lose: A Complete Guide to Weight Loss for Runners Jennifer Van Allen 9781623365998
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.66Drop unwanted pounds and keep them off for good with Runner's World Run to Lose, your comprehensive guide to weight loss from the experts at Runner's World. Running is proven to be one of the most... -
The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot 9781857151121
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.51From the author of MIDDLEMARCH and SILAS MARNER, a story of frustrated intelligence and longing, featuring the intelligent Maggie, who yearns to be loved, and her brother Tom, who is forced to study... -
100 Places That Made Britain by Dave Musgrove 9781785944086
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63Get to know Britain through 100 special places In 100, carefully selected places, BBC History Magazine editor Dave Musgrove takes us on an unforgettable historical tour through British history, from... -
The North West Way: A 13 Day Walk from Preston to Carlisle by Steve Garrill 9781905444588
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.15The upland areas of the North of England are a joy to walk. Using a combination of recognised long distance paths the author traces a route from Preston to Carlisle linking the two rail stations and... -
The Ideology of Imagination: Subject and Society in the Discourse of Romanticism by Forest Pyle 9780804716499 [USED COPY]
RRP: $128.64Booksplease Price: $12.86Exploring how the concept of the imagination is figured in some principal texts of English Romanticism, this book convincingly argues that this figuring is a deeply ideological activity which reveals... -
Durham Cathedral: A Pilgrimage in Photographs by Philip Nixon
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.65DURHAM CATHEDRAL is regarded as the finest Romanesque building in Europe. Along with the neighbouring castle it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 - one of only two English... -
The Connemara Cantos by Mike Harding 9781908373960
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.94While working for the BBC on a feature programme on Irish folk singer Dolores Keane, Mike Harding found himself in Clifden and in an estate agent's window found what would become his Irish home, a... -
The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History by Dan Jackson 9781787386006
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.54The Northumbrians have been overlooked by British and global history, but they've made astonishing contributions to both. Dan Jackson sets out to recover this lost history, exploring the deep roots... -
The Middlemarch Trilogy by George Eliot
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.29Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces. George Eliot's Middlemarch is peopled with some of literature's most memorable...