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The Real Peaky Blinders: Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the Racecourse Wars of the 1920s by Carl Chinn
RRP: $17.35Booksplease Price: $16.48Stylish and dark, the BBC series the 'Peaky Blinders' is set in the backstreets of Birmingham after the First World War and tells of the rise to power of Thomas Shelby and his criminal gang. Yet the... -
Alex and the Cricket Ninjas Rachael Wong 9781858585956
Booksplease Price: $7.69When Alex's bowling hits a rough patch, his sister tells him he needs to be more aggressive. Alex doesn't think much of this advice and embarks on his own journey to discover what kind of preparation... -
Spider by Sam Galliford 9781858587608
RRP: $13.33Booksplease Price: $11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorSam Galliford is a scientist who grew up on Teesside where he learned a love of story-telling from a... -
This is More Than I Can Stand: A Biography of Charlie Hall by John Ullah 9781858584836
Booksplease Price: $21.67"This Is More Than I Can Stand" is a detailed biography of Charlie Hall, a little known man from Birmingham who worked with some of the biggest stars of the silver screen. Charlie was born into a... -
Proud to Serve: Embracing Diversity in Policing by Michael Layton 9781858587257
Booksplease Price: $21.67Proud to Serve chronicles the journey of one police officer between 1999 and 2004 as he worked with key community influencers and colleagues to tackle the challenges of policing diverse communities... -
Dreams of Hope & Joy by Philip O'Leary 9781858587851
Booksplease Price: $7.69A collection of poems celebrating nature, inspired by the wonderful Worcestershire countryside, written by Philip O'Leary.Book InformationISBN 9781858587851Author Philip O'LearyFormat PaperbackPage Co -
Sheila: Unlocking the Treatment for PKU by Anne Green
Booksplease Price: $21.67In 1951 a two year old infant Sheila Jones was diagnosed at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) with a rare condition Phenylketonuria (PKU). There was no treatment but, not accepting this, her... -
Tales of Guildford Street: A Novel of Birmingham Emilia Williams 9781858587097
Booksplease Price: $14.23This first novel by Emilia Williams is a sweeping family saga of life in the working class community of the Birmingham back to backs. Set between the 1920s and the 1960s, the story of the Holtes and... -
A Pocket with a Hole: A Birmingham Childhood of the 1940s and 1950s by Brenda Bullock 9781858582931
RRP: $14.67Booksplease Price: $12.86Brenda Bullock, brought up on a council housing estate in Sheldon, holds up a mirror to Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s: she tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie,... -
Haunted Pubs & Hotels in and Around Worcestershire Anne Bradford 9781858587080
Booksplease Price: $16.40Over ninety public houses and hotels are featured in this book. There is a brief overview of each one, giving type of inn and the fare on offer. Every inn has a story to tell. Some were patronised by... -
Down to Earth: Memories of a Young Woman Joining the Women's Land Army in 1943 by Nancy Cooper 9781858585727
RRP: $11.99Booksplease Price: $11.39In Down to Earth, Nancy Cooper gives us a glimpse into the real life of a seventeen year old young woman who is recruited into the Women's Land Army in 1943. It is a big change from her life at Old... -
U.S. Army Hospital Center 804: An Account of the U.S. Military Hospitals in the Shropshire/Flintshire Area during World War II by Martin Collins 9781858585659
Booksplease Price: $20.35U.S. Army Hospital Center 804' tells the story of five U.S. Army hospitals located on the Shropshire/Flintshire border during World War II: Llanerch Panna, Penley, Iscoyd Park, Oteley Deer Park and... -
Beaten Paths are Safest: From D-Day to the Ardennes - Memories of the 61st Reconnaissance Regiment - 50th (TT) Northumbrian Division by Roy Howard 9781858582566
Booksplease Price: $19.04Beaten Paths are Safest - was the motto of The Reconnaissance Regiment. This book tells the story of the 61st Recce Regiment whose own official history was never completed for the period 23rd Feb... -
Robert Owen and the Architect Joseph Hansom: An Unlikely Form of Co-Operation by Penelope Harris 9781858587172
Booksplease Price: $21.67Robert Owen was a charismatic pipe-dreamer, bound to unrealistic expectations. Though born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, by the time he met Joseph Hansom in Birmingham, he had become a self-taught... -
A Grammar School Girl: Life and Education in Birmingham 1968-1975 by Grace Caroline Holte 9781858587547
Booksplease Price: $19.04A Grammar School Girl is the sequel to Grace Caroline Holte's The Girl from Guildford Street, which depicted an idyllic Sixties childhood in the working class Back to Backs of Aston and Lozells, at a... -
Benjamin Britten - A life of Music by Timothy Gilbert 9781858587783
Booksplease Price: $10.32The author, of Black Country parentage, discovered the music of Benjamin Britten in his early years. In this study he presents an account of the composer's life, and seeks to reveal something of the... -
The "Acci": How the Birmingham Accident Hospital Led the World in the Management of the Severely Injured by Ian Greaves 9781858587622
Booksplease Price: $21.67Birmingham Accident Hospital, fondly known as The Acci, was established to manage the victims of the Birmingham Blitz, enemy action overseas and those injured in the Midland's factories. This book... -
The Little Book of Slang, Sayings, Jargon & Humour by Michael Layton
RRP: $10.65Booksplease Price: $10.12The definition of slang according to the Oxford Dictionary is'a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal are more common in speech than in writing and are... -
Funny Brummie Pictures: The Art of Robert Geoghegan by Robert Geoghegan
Booksplease Price: $14.23Here is a selection of paintings by artist Robert Geoghegan about his home city of Birmingham where he has lived for all his life. His work is full of the detail and colour of modern urban life,... -
Birmingham Blitz: Our Stories by Brian Wright 9781858585246
RRP: $18.69Booksplease Price: $17.76During the Second World War Birmingham suffered 365 air raid alerts and 77 actual air raids. These raids took place between the 8th August 1940 and the 23rd April 1943. There were over 9,000... -
Saving a Bit of Old Wood: 19 Victoria Street & 44 Queen Square, Wolverhampton by Anthony Perry 9781858587592
RRP: $10.65Booksplease Price: $9.67Many towns and cities expanded and went through continuous redevelopment during the 19th and 20th centuries, and Wolverhampton was one of these, losing a lot of historic buildings. Fortunately, at... -
Fort Dunlop Remembered by Chris Jukes 9781858585529
Booksplease Price: $14.23Fort Dunlop, in the Erdington district of Birmingham, was the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber which for many years was the jewel in the crown of the Dunlop empire. 'The Fort',... -
King of Clubs: The Eddie Fewtrell Story Eddie Fewtrell 9781858584065
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $21.57Birmingham would definitely not be the place that it is today, without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one of ten children in the 1930s, in the backstreets of Aston, much of Eddie's childhood was spent keeping... -
Ann Greening: Mother of Edward Elgar by Hilary Elgar 9781858587684
Booksplease Price: $21.67At the height of his fame as a composer, Edward Elgar publicly admitted that his success was owing to the influence of his mother. Copiously illustrated, this is the story of thatinspirational... -
The Yarnfield Yanks: The sStory of the main American Army Air Force Replacement Depot at Yarnfield, Stone, Staffordshire during World War 2 by Fran Collins 9781858587752
Booksplease Price: $20.35The Yarnfield Yanks tells the story of the main American Army Air Force Replacement Depot at Yarnfield, Stone, Staffordshire during World War II and includes many first-hand experiences supplied by... -
Balsall Heath - A History by Valerie M. Hart 9781858587677
Booksplease Price: $16.40Did you know...That Balsall Heath was once part of King's Norton Parish? That there was an open-air swimming pool in George Street in the 1840s? That there was a typhoid epidemic in 1873? That... -
My Lozells Family by Gill Mansell
Booksplease Price: $14.23Gill Mansell (nee Hewitt) was born in 1949 and brought up in the Lozells area of Birmingham, her large family had lived in the area for several generations and it was her happy playground whilst... -
Birmingham's First Canal 1730-1772 by Ron Dawson
Booksplease Price: $14.23The development of Birmingham into a major modern industrial city can be said to have begun in 1772 with the opening of its first canal. At that time Birmingham was a small and largely rural town... -
The Story of Rotton Park by Margery Elliott 9781858585413
Booksplease Price: $19.04This book relates the history of Rotton Park Lodge and the surrounding area of Birmingham. Margery Elliott provides a detailed account of the Lodge and gardens and its environs including the former... -
Beneath the Bull Ring: The Archaeology of Life and Death in Early Birmingham by Simon Buteux 9781858582429
Booksplease Price: $21.67There have been many books about Birmingham's history but this one is different. It is based on the archaeological evidence from the first major excavations to be carried out in Birmingham city... -
Deep Seas and Tall Ships: A 21st Century Seaman's Account of a Lifetime of Deep Ocean Voyages by Peter J. Hill 9781858587578
Booksplease Price: $19.04The author's story begins in 1946. He recalls a UK canalside cottage and an early family crisis. He moves rapidly onwards to his sporting school years and forward to his active service at sea from... -
Keep'em Rollin' Keep'em Shootin' Keep'em Supplied: An Account of the U.S. General Supply Depot G-25, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury during World War II by Fran Collins 9781858587127
Booksplease Price: $17.35Keep 'em rollin', keep 'em shootin', keep 'em supplied was the motto of the U.S. Supply depot G-25, which was situated in Ashchurch, Gloucestershire during World War II. Its role was to supply U.S... -
Royal Enfield: The Story of the Company and the People Who Made it Great: 1851-1969 by Anne Bradford 9781858585321
Booksplease Price: $21.67Over 80 ex-employees and their descendants give perceptive and often humorous accounts of life in the Enfield works, charting its expansion from a humble needle factory into one of Britain's best... -
Most Poorly and Cowardly: Hartlebury Castle and North Worcestershire in the Civil Wars: 1642-1660 by Douglas H. Smith 9781858587523
Booksplease Price: $11.62The three civil wars that wracked England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, between 1642-1651 saw a greater percentage of the population killed than in the First World War. Hartlebury Castle, the home of... -
Studley Scrapbook by Alistair Brewin 9781858587776
Booksplease Price: $20.35Following on from Studley Through Time, Studley Scrapbook is another fascinating, pictorial review of village life in Studley, Warwickshire. Incorporating a wide variety of sources and material, the... -
Deadlines & Destiny by Tony Bishop 9781858587905
Booksplease Price: $19.31From humble beginnings on a farm in rural Worcestershire to covering worldwide news events. Over a career spanning 65 years, Express and Star journalist Tony Bishop has diligently reported it all... -
Pure Nobility: Brothers-in-Arms from Skipton to the Somme by Peter Rhodes 9781858587844
Booksplease Price: $12.93In a long-forgotten war diary, we can almost hear the voice of an ordinary soldier transported from the tranquillity of the Yorkshire Dales to the madness of the Western Front. Private John Willie... -
The Adventures of Two Studley Lads: Growing up in Shakespeare's Warwickshire during the 1940s, 50s and 60s by Arthur Cooke 9781858587530
Booksplease Price: $19.04A collection of stories covering the early lives of two lads growing up in the Warwickshire village of Studley during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Humorously they speak of their adventures and of other... -
Salpetriere: The Story of a Hospital by Doug Addy 9781858587509
Booksplease Price: $20.35On the 31st August 1997, the world's most popular Princess,Diana, was involved in a car accident in a Paris tunnel, she was taken to the intriguingly named Salpetriere Hospital where she died a few... -
Haunted!: Ghost Stories from Worcestershire & Warwickshire by Anne Bradford 9781858585994
Booksplease Price: $16.40A mischievous ghost lurks in the Palace Theatre, Redditch; the Technical Manager has seen it three times. The Bull's Head at Inkberrow is haunted by a young seamstress. A female spirit has been seen...