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The Scottish Cook Book by Amberley Publishing
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.20Scotland, 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... -
The Welsh Cook Book by Amberley Publishing 9781445643397
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.88Welsh 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,... -
Tank Manual: Normandy 1944 by Amberley Publishing
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.20How 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... -
Eyewitness Accounts Diary of a Nursing Sister by Amberley Publishing
Booksplease Price: $18.73By 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... -
London's Sightseeing Buses by Malcolm Batten
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.88Since the 1970s, London has developed rapidly as a tourist location. A combination of factors have helped to facilitate this - visa-less travel from Europe, cheap flights, faster long-haul flights,... -
Lake District The Postcard Collection by Billy F.K. Howorth
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $26.19The Lake District is one of Britain's most popular tourist gems, nestled at the heart of the North West. The villages and mountains have been an inspiration for writers, artists and climbers over the... -
Herne Bay Through Time by John Clancy
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $26.02Herne Bay rose to prominence in the 1830s when a group of London investors recognised its potential and built a pleasure pier and promenade here, making it one of the UK's earliest seaside resorts... -
Literary Sussex by Alan Starr
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53In the quiet countryside or by the sea - and always very close to London - Sussex has offered a creative space for writers, from Lord Tennyson to Lee Child. Other writers, like Kate Mosse, Maureen... -
Vikings! I. P. Stephenson 9781445613895
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.20Viking is such a vivid word, steeped in imagery and blood. The Viking Age began and ended in England. Its first act in AD 789 was a murder on a beach in Dorset; its last, some two and a half... -
Victorian Liverpool by Hugh Hollinghurst 9781398115392
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Queen Victoria brought Liverpool great wealth and prosperity, and its buildings reflect an ambition to be proclaimed ‘second city of the Empire’. This is a celebration of the Victorian heritage of... -
A Short Guide to Roman London by Andrew Tibbs 9781398117952
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $25.87London, or Londinium, was founded by the Romans in about AD 50 and soon became the most important city in Britannia. Straddling the River Thames, it was a hive of activity, as it is today. In this... -
Rasputin's Killer and his Romanov Princess by Coryne Hall 9781398122499
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.55When the Tsar’s eighteen-year-old niece Princess Irina Romanov announced her marriage to Prince Felix Youssoupov, heir to the richest fortune in Russia, the Imperial family were shocked. Prince Felix... -
Gloucestershire: A Celebration by Paul Nicholls 9781398115880
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $27.09The scenic county of Gloucestershire boasts superb varied landscapes, from the Cotswolds to the Forest of Dean and the Severn Valley, as well as historic towns and villages and the cathedral city of... -
What is Better than a Good Woman?: Alice Chaucer, Commoner and Yorkist Matriarch Michèle Schindler 9781398109698
RRP: $48.28Booksplease Price: $34.57Alice Chaucer, Countess of Salisbury and Duchess of Suffolk, is one of the very rare people, and the only woman, not born to nobility who became an important political player in the upheaval of... -
The Pontop & South Shields Railway Rob Langham 9781398114616
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53After the financial failure of the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company in 1841, a new company was set up to operate the coal-carrying eastern half of the railway that ran from the area around Consett... -
Hampshire in Pictures Matthew Pinner 9781398117136
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $28.56Hampshire has a great variety of beautiful landscapes. From historic villages and towns, quiet rural countryside, river valleys and fascinating coastline, a world-famous cathedral, the legacy of... -
50 Objects from Vindolanda Barbara Birley 9781398116580
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The excavations at Vindolanda have revealed some of the most precious and unique artefacts in Roman history. From leather boxing gloves and children’s shoes to wooden hair combs and the first... -
Channel Islands' Military Heritage by Andrew Powell-Thomas 9781398112834
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The Channel Islands, self-governing British Crown dependencies lying o the coast of Normandy in France, have a fascinating military heritage. Jersey and Guernsey are the two largest islands, but... -
Stafford: A Potted History Helen Harwood 9781398127685
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Stafford’s history can be traced back to an Anglo Saxon settlement, when it became the county town of Staffordshire. The Normans built a castle in the town and a priory was founded nearby. The two... -
The Fighting Jew: The Life and Times of Daniel Mendoza, Champion Boxer Wynn Wheldon 9781398133488
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.87As one of the first Jewish sporting superstars, Daniel Mendoza, boxing champion of England from 1792 to 1795, challenged perceptions and stereotypes ‒ he demanded respect. He is said to have been the... -
Wrexham in 50 Buildings Christopher Davies 9781398124530
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Wrexham has a long history. An important market town in the Middle Ages, close to the border with England, it became the most populous settlement in Wales and today is the largest town or city in... -
Sir Nicholas Trant and the Defeat of the French in the Peninsular War Steve Wright 9781398126077
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $33.94'A very good officer, but a drunken dog as ever lived.' Such was the Duke of Wellington’s alleged assessment of Sir Nicholas Trant. This book provides a complete reappraisal of Trant’s career,... -
Witchcraft in Sussex Christopher Horlock 9781398129511
RRP: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Most books on witchcraft read like horror stories, with lurid tales detailing the persecution and executions of witches in the past. This one is different as it focuses on Sussex witches and their... -
Testament of War: Literature, Art and the First World War by A. D. Harvey
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $25.87Testament 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: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.88Coventry'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: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.88In 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Edinburgh 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: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.88When 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: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.88Take 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53Christchurch 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: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.22Women 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: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.40From 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.93Swansea 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: $48.28Booksplease Price: $34.57Queen 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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: $33.58Booksplease Price: $24.53The 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,...