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The Scottish Cook Book by Amberley Publishing
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.34Scotland, with its temperate climate and abundance of game, has provided a cornucopia of food for its inhabitants for millennia. The wealth of seafood available on and off the coasts provided... -
Tank Manual: Normandy 1944 by Amberley Publishing
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.34How do you aim a tank gun? What are the best tactics on the battlefield? How cramped was it inside a Second World War tank? How did it feel to take a hit from enemy fire? Allied victory in the... -
The Welsh Cook Book by Amberley Publishing 9781445643397
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.53Welsh cooking traditions go back centuries. Beef and dairy cattle are raised widely. Sheep farming is extensive in the country and lamb is the meat traditionally associated with Welsh cooking,... -
Eyewitness Accounts Diary of a Nursing Sister by Amberley Publishing
Booksplease Price: $11.51By the time of the First World War, nursing had become vital. The quality of medical care available to British soldiers had improved immeasurably since the days of Florence Nightingale. This classic... -
Testament of War: Literature, Art and the First World War by A. D. Harvey
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $15.89Testament of War compares the English-language poetry and fiction of the First World War with that written in German, French, Italian and - to a lesser extent -Danish, Flemish, Hungarian, Portuguese... -
Coventry's Military Heritage by David McGrory
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44Coventry's military heritage goes back to the Middle Ages. Coventry Castle was built by the Earl of Chester in the early twelfth century, fought over during the civil war in King Stephen's reign, and... -
London Terminal Stations in the 1960s by David Christie
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44In September 1962, the author started revisiting his boyhood trainspotting haunts at the London terminals - this time armed with a newly purchased camera loaded with colour slide film. A few days... -
Going Underground: Edinburgh by Jan-Andrew Henderson
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Edinburgh isn't like other cities. Certainly, it has underground rail tunnels and hidden passageways - but also a legend of an 'Underground City' - many parts of which are on display to the public... -
Merseyside Traction by Doug Birmingham
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44When thinking of railways in Merseyside, some people will think of the extensive third-rail Merseyrail commuter system. Although prominent in the whole county and beyond, the area is regularly served... -
River Thames Shipping Since 2000: Passenger Ships, Ferries, Heritage Shipping and More by Malcolm Batten 9781445690711
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead. Where once the banks of the river were lined with riverside wharves, these have been replaced by... -
Christchurch Through Time by Sue Newman 9781848683587
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Christchurch Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Christchurch, the famous streets... -
Women of Science: 100 Inspirational Lives by Professor John S. Croucher 9781398119581
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.80Women have played a vital role in scientific discovery, although at times their participation has gone unrecognised. Their scholarly research and discoveries have provided a rich tapestry to add to... -
Line to the Stars: Sixty Years of Filming at the Bluebell Railway by Heidi Mowforth 9781398120303
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.22From the very first filming contract in 1961, the Bluebell Railway in Sussex has hosted myriad film and TV stars over more than six decades. We have travelled the world, visited numerous different... -
North Staffordshire Through Time by Mervyn Edwards 9781398113718
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The area of North Staffordshire combines urban and rural areas, from Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries, the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the moorland and Peak District towns and villages to the... -
Paranormal Swansea and Gower Mark Rees 9781398114876
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.31Swansea has long been a place of magic and mystery. Ruined castles with ghostly inhabitants dot the landscape, while the golden sands of Gower are steeped in Arthurian mythology and seafaring tales... -
The Life and Death of Mary, Queen of Scots Jan-Marie Knights 9781398117655
RRP: $29.66Booksplease Price: $21.23Queen of Scots at six days old; married at fifteen in Paris to the Dauphin of France; Queen of France at sixteen; widowed at eighteen; dead at forty-four. Mary Stuart’s tumultuous life and tragic... -
Celebrating Cambridge Susie Boulton 9781398116955
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The original settlement of Cambridge was founded on the banks of the River Granta (later Cam) and the river is still an integral part of the city. The first college of the University of Cambridge was... -
50 Finds from Childhood: Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme Kayt Hawkins 9781398114852
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The 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... -
The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle Run: 1996-2022 by Malcolm Batten 9781398107564
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle run is one of the premier events in the calendar for preserved commercial vehicle owners and enthusiasts alike. First held in 1962, this annual... -
Windmills of Essex Ian Yearsley 9781398125773
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The 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... -
Mail Coach to Motorway Coach: The Story of Birch Brothers Limited David Beddall 9781398127807
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The Birch family name is synonymous with road transport. Their interests can be traced back to the late eighteenth century when they operated a mail-coach service in the Plymouth area. In 1810,... -
The Forth Bridges Through Time by Michael Meighan
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The River Forth is one of Scotland's great waterways. It has a majestic history and heritage, part of which is the Forth bridges. Of these, the most iconic is the Forth Rail Bridge, which opened in... -
Secret Warrington by Janice Hayes
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Warrington is a twentieth-century New Town with a history stretching back to prehistoric times. Behind the present-day streetscape of a thriving Cheshire economic centre lie the ghosts of its... -
A-Z of Abergavenny: Places-People-History by Tim Butters 9781445682945
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07What can you write about Abergavenny that hasn't already been written? Quite a lot, as local author Tim Butters poignantly proves in A-Z of Abergavenny. The shadows surrounding local legends are... -
Grantham at Work: People and Industries Through the Years by John Pinchbeck 9781445677637
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The Lincolnshire town of Grantham was historically an important market town and centre of the wool trade, benefitting from its position on the Great North Road, the main north-south route through... -
First West Yorkshire Buses by Scott Poole 9781445697260
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The merging of Bristol-based Badgerline and Scottish-based GRT Holding saw the creation of FirstBus in West Yorkshire. After the corporate logo was introduced, local liveries arrived. However, by... -
Gods of Ancient Rome: Contracts with the Divine by Lynda Telford 9781398111646
RRP: $29.66Booksplease Price: $21.23Roman religion was certainly a contract with the Gods, offering devotion and the blood sacrifices which ‘nourished’ them in exchange for their continued protection and for Rome’s security and... -
Britain's DMUs: 1986-2022 by George Woods 9781398115682
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.97By the 1980s, earlier DMUs were coming to the end of their useful lives and BR were introducing the first of the next generation. The replacements started with Class 141 Pacers, which were four-wheel... -
Fairground Lorries by Carl Johnson 9781398100848
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The days of the fairground operating with steam traction engines have long since gone – the next vehicles to enter the tobers were the internal combustion engine, lorries with both petrol and diesel... -
Lost Country Houses of Derbyshire by Maxwell Craven 9781398111424
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07For centuries, England’s country houses have been where rich and grand families have displayed their wealth and status. Today, England is still well endowed with these houses, although many of them... -
The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border by John Sadler 9781398119628
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $10.98The 2014 Scottish independence debate and the re-ignition of the SNP’s call for a second vote in the wake of Brexit ‒ and indeed Brexit itself ‒ begs a reappraisal of what nationality and borderer... -
BMW M3 by John Denny 9781398118058
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Developed in the 1980s from the E30 saloon, the BMW M3 model drew on BMW’s involvement in motor sport and, with its widened body and chassis, upgraded engine delivering 200BHP and other improvements,... -
Buses of Devon and Cornwall: Past and Present Richard Stubbings 9781398117426
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07In this series, Richard Stubbings traces the changing, ever-evolving nature of bus scenes around south-west and south-east England. This book, comprising previously unpublished photographs, offers a... -
The Changing Rail Scene in South Wales: 1990s–Present John Jackson 9781398123533
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07South 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: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The 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: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The 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... -
Birth of the Red Dragon: Wales and the Wars of the Roses Stephen David 9781398112711
RRP: $29.66Booksplease Price: $20.85This book seeks to explain the importance of Wales in the Wars of the Roses which, the author argues, has never been given the prominence it deserves. From the landing of Richard Duke of York at... -
Oxford: A Potted History David Meara 9781398116801
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Oxford’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,... -
Burgenland: Village Secrets and the First Tremors of the Holocaust David Joseph 9781398122567
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.80When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. Tobias Portschy, a self-appointed regional Nazi chief,... -
Pub Signs Arthur Chappell 9781398115729
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Many 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...