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Yom Kippur War 1973: Airpower in Israel's hardest-fought war Shlomo Aloni 9781472858283
RRP: $33.13$23.95The story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era, where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match against Egypt and Syria's high-tech MiGs and missiles. The Yom Kippur War, or October War of 1973 was perhaps the most intensive and... -
Great Tales From English History: Cheddar Man to DNA by Robert Lacey
RRP: $25.33$17.22From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great... -
50 Finds of Roman Coinage by Andrew Brown
RRP: $31.18$21.16Roman coinage represents the largest single category of object recorded through the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), with over 300,000 single finds in addition to several thousand hoards. This dataset, unparalleled anywhere else in the... -
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
RRP: $25.33$17.92Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese... -
Action Stations Revisited Volume 2: Central England and London Michael Bowyer (Author) 9780947554941
RRP: $48.65$30.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947554941Author Michael BowyerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Chinese Mythology: An Introduction by Anne M. Birrell
RRP: $54.60$48.61In Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives... -
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris
RRP: $21.43$15.58"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018* A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions... * A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick..... -
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli 9780446524261
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The Dictatorship of the Proletariat, by Hal Draper 9780853457268
RRP: $21.43$18.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853457268Author Hal DraperFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. -
Skulls: Portraits of the Dead and the Stories They Tell by Paul Gambino
RRP: $39.00$27.20It is said that the skull is the only human body part that is as powerful dead as it was when living. Skulls takes the reader on an eerie journey through history seen through the hollow eye sockets of this crown jewel of the human skeleton. The book is... -
The Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank by Puffin
RRP: $15.58$11.49Anne Frank was: Brave A writer An inspirationHer words have become some of the most important in modern history: discover the incredible life story of Anne Frank, whose courage has inspired so many.Her incredible story comes to life in this beautifully... -
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies
RRP: $37.03$26.54From Norman Davies, the acclaimed author of Europe: A History, comes the magical history of Europe's lost realms, selected as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Independent, Guardian and Financial Times.Europe's... -
In Defence Of History by Richard J. Evans 9781783784592
RRP: $25.33$17.16'Should be read by anyone who cares about the past and the way we think and write about it' Independent on Sunday At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, historian Richard Evans shows us why history is necessary... -
Liverpool City of Radicals by John Belchem 9781846316470
RRP: $36.37$33.25Uncontrollable, anarchic, separate and alienated from mainstream England, the Liverpool of popular imagination is a hotbed of radicalism and creativity. But is that reputation really justified? Starting in 1911, a year which saw a warship on the... -
The Stone Fields: An Epitaph For The Living by Courtney Brkic
RRP: $17.53$12.25Twenty-three years old, forensic archaeologist Courtney Brkic joined a UN-contracted team excavating mass grave sites in eastern Bosnia. She was drawn there by her family history - her father is Croatian - and she was fluent in the language. As she... -
Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 by E. R. Hooton 9781781551806
RRP: $39.00$30.11The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy... -
The Other by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: $17.53$14.86Introduction by Neal AschersonIn our globalised but increasingly polarised age, Kapuscinski shows how the Other remains one of the most compelling ideas of our times.In this reflection on a lifetime of travel, the renown travel writer takes a fresh look... -
The World's War by David Olusoga
RRP: $23.38$16.89'A groundbreaking and important book that will surely reframe our understanding of the Great War' David Lammy 'A genuinely groundbreaking piece of research' BBC History 'Meticulously researched and beautifully written' Military History Monthly In... -
Elizabeth: The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years by Gyles Brandreth 9780241674604
RRP: $48.75$35.14THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL ABOUT CHARLES III's CORONATION WITH ADDED PHOTOGRAPHSA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best'Compelling... -
The Soviet Union: A Documentary History Volume 2: 1939-1991 by Edward Acton 9780859895828
RRP: $68.23$62.63Volume Two of this new documentary history of the Soviet Union comprises over 270 documents and is organised into four chronologically distinct parts, subdivided thematically; it runs from the fraught diplomatic and military preamble of the Great... -
A History of the Sikhs (Second Edition): Vol 2: 1839-2004 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673098
$30.21First published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style... -
The Pirate Menace: Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy by Angus Konstam 9781472857736
RRP: $48.75$34.36This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create... -
Trans: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability by Jack Halberstam 9780520292697
RRP: $31.18$25.17This title is part of American Studies Now and available as an e-book first. Visit ucpress.edu/go/americanstudiesnow to learn more. In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased... -
Russia in the Age of Modernisation and Revolution 1881 - 1917 by H. Rogger 9780582489127
RRP: $107.23$102.34Hans Rogger's study of Russia under the last two Tsars takes as its starting point what the Russians themselves saw as the central issue confronting their nation: the relationship between state and society, and its effects on politics, economics and... -
The Grand Prix Saboteurs: The Grand Prix Drivers Who Became British Secret Agents During World War II by Joe Saward 9780955486807
$29.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955486807Author Joe SawardFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Morienval PressPublisher Morienval PressWeight(grams) 534g -
Kilvert's Diary by William Plomer
RRP: $21.43$15.58Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting parishioners, walking the lanes and fields of Herefordshire and writing in his diary. Full of... -
Pagans and Christians: In the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: $37.03$27.32From the second century AD to the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, Robin Lane Fox's Pagans and Christians in the Mediterranean World gives a fascinating new perspective on an extraordinary era. The transition from pagan to... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: France in Revolution, 1774-1815 Dave Martin 9781471876257
RRP: $24.38$23.44Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Ruling England 1042-1217 Richard Huscroft 9781138786554
RRP: $74.08$72.07Ruling England, now in its second edition, is a key text for students wishing to understand the complexities of medieval kingship in England from 1042-1217. Beginning just before the Norman Conquest, and ending with the ratification of Magna Carta, this... -
The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition by Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri
RRP: $23.38$16.89An astonishing record of the knowledge of a civilization, The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition catalogues everything known to exist from the perspective of a 14th-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur. More than 9,000 pages and 30... -
Sir Christopher Wren by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $19.48$15.39Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture - but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the mastermind behind the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral... -
A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present by Daniel Woolf
RRP: $50.68$44.09This short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. Spanning the earliest known forms of historical writing in... -
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny by Alan Bullock
RRP: $37.03$27.32The book covers the whole of Hitler's life, from his obscure beginnings through his advance to supreme absolute power and then his final decline and suicide in the bunker as Russian shells fell around him. Bullock divides the narrative into three main... -
St Albans History Tour by Robert Bard
RRP: $17.53$12.13St Albans History Tour is a unique guide to the illustrious past of this delightful city in southern Hertfordshire. As one of the earliest recorded cities in Britain, St Albans has had a long, colourful and distinguished history. Dominated by the great... -
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach 9780803260979
RRP: $33.13$25.02"Miss Beach's book is intimate, not scholarly, and thus full of interesting information. Her reminiscences are literally an index of everybody in the twenties, and she knew them all."-Janet Flanner, New YorkerSylvia Beach was intimately acquainted with... -
A Concise History of Serbia by Dejan Djokic
RRP: $52.63$45.24This accessible and engaging book covers the full span of Serbia's history, from the sixth-century Slav migrations up to the present day. It traces key developments surrounding the medieval and modern polities associated with Serbs, revealing a... -
Walking Cambridge Andrew Kershman 9781902910666
RRP: $23.38$16.89These walks will not only take you through ancient college cloisters to reveal Cambridge's most famous sights, but also lead you far from the well-trodden tourist path, bringing to life long-forgotten voices and telling some surprising tales.Book... -
Monkeys: Apes, Gorillas and other Primates by Tom Jackson
RRP: $38.98$27.40As our closest relatives in the animal world, monkeys have always fascinated and amused humans in equal measure. Monkeys is an outstanding collection of photographs showing these complex, intelligent animals in their natural habitat. Arranged in chapters... -
Forty Farms by Amy Bateman
RRP: $58.31$50.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915513014Author Amy BatemanFormat HardbackImprint Jake Island LtdPublisher Jake Island Ltd -
The History of Sexuality: 2: The Use of Pleasure by Michel Foucault
RRP: $25.33$18.21'No brief survey can do justice to the richness, complexity and detail of Foucault's discussion' New York Review of BooksThe second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in...