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Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy by Chris Bryant
RRP: $16.76$11.73"A proudly partisan history of the British aristocracy - which scores some shrewd hits against the upper class themselves, and the nostalgia of the rest of us for their less endearing eccentricities. A great antidote to Downton Abbey." (Mary... -
Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera by Jonathan Miles
RRP: $28.38$19.49'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week''[A] fabulous romp of a book'***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of... -
Homophobia: A History by Byrne Fone 9780312420307
RRP: $33.54$23.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312420307Author Byrne FoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm)... -
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles by Ned Palmer 9781788161176
RRP: $12.89$9.17THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards for 2019 'A beautifully textured tour around the cheeseboard' Simon Garfield 'Full of flavour' Sunday Times 'A delightful and informative romp' Bee... -
Phaedrus by Plato 9780199554027
RRP: $11.60$8.32'Some of our greatest blessings come from madness Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially... -
Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution by James P. Byrd 9780190697563
RRP: $30.95$22.64Winner of an Award of Merit in the Christianity Today Book Awards, History/Biography category On January 17, 1776, one week after Thomas Paine published his incendiary pamphlet Common Sense, Connecticut minister Samuel Sherwood preached an equally... -
The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: $28.38$22.91Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned... -
Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development by Joseph E. Inikori
RRP: $49.01$44.93Drawing on classical development theory and recent theoretical advances on the connection between expanding markets and technological developments, this book shows the critical role of expanding Atlantic commerce in the successful completion of England's... -
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus
RRP: $14.18$9.35At the beginning of the 1990s, the Senate didn't believe Anita Hill, Rush Limbaugh compared feminists to Nazis, and a study found that girls tended to start hating themselves during adolescence. It was a hard time to be a young woman, to be growing up on... -
Blasket Islands: A Kingdom of Stories by Joan Stagles
RRP: $20.63$15.96The Blasket Islands are famous for their writers, lore and unique location off the south-west tip of Ireland. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to explore the Great Blasket Island, learn its history and discover what has captivated visitors and... -
Typhoon by Mike Sutton
RRP: $16.76$11.73The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who led them into combat'Adrenaline-fuelled. A rare insight into the high-pressure, high-stakes world of an RAF fighter squadron at war' JOHN NICHOL________'I... -
Hope In The Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
RRP: $14.18$9.44At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades... -
Roman Warriors: The Paintings of Graham Sumner by Sumner, Graham 9781784387198
RRP: $51.60$36.62This book represents the fruit of many years of study by a well respected author in the field. It is well written so as to be very readable for the non-academic whilst presenting a huge, and surely definitive, array of evidence - Roman Army Talk on... -
The Nazis: A Warning From History by Laurence Rees
RRP: $19.34$14.13Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period, acclaimed... -
Napoleon’s Hussars and Chasseurs: Uniforms and Equipment of the Grande Armée, 1805-1815 by Paul L Dawson 9781399030786
RRP: $45.15$31.33Small men, with big egos and moustaches, the hussars of Napoleon’s army wore some of the most flamboyant and stylish uniforms of the epoch. In this book, the uniforms of the seventeen regiments of hussars are discussed in detail by renowned historian... -
Soviet Tank Units 1939-45: The Essential Tank Identification Guide by David Porter
RRP: $25.79$18.12Soviet Tank Units 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level,... -
Is Ireland Neutral: The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality by Conor Gallagher
RRP: $23.21$16.71Neutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity. But examining the concept reveals it to be a vague, flimsy and elastic notion that, throughout history, various governments have been happy to stretch or, in some cases,... -
The Civil Wars by Appian
RRP: $16.76$11.73Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they... -
Hollow Places: An Unusual History of Land and Legend by Christopher Hadley 9780008319526
RRP: $16.76$10.94'Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year' Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and... -
Crime, Gender and Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-Century England by Tammy C. Whitlock
RRP: $64.49$56.12Whilst the actual origins of English consumer culture are a source of much debate, it is clear that the nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in retailing and consumption. Mass production of goods, improved transport facilities and more sophisticated... -
Templars: History and Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons by Michael Haag
RRP: $19.34$14.13An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested, accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, and their... -
Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World by Thomas Harding
RRP: $14.18$10.02'I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history.' NIGELLA LAWSON'Five stars... history on a scale at once intimate and grand.' TELEGRAPHA panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the story of one extraordinary family, and one... -
Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency by John Ferris
RRP: $21.92$15.83You know about MI5. You know about MI6. Now discover the untold stories behind Britain's most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever authorised history of GCHQ. For a hundred years, GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters - has been... -
Secret Intelligence: A Reader by Richard J. Aldrich
RRP: $61.91$55.22The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the... -
Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Jailan Zayan 9781857336719
RRP: $11.60$9.55This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted... -
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I: From c.300 to c.1150, Sixth Edition by Barbara Rosenwein
RRP: $47.73$39.65In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world. Volume I ranges from northeastern North America to Kievan Rus', while never losing sight of the main contours of the period c... -
Eleanor by David Michaelis 9781439192016
RRP: $32.25$21.72New York Times Bestseller Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency... -
Moon Palace by Paul Auster
RRP: $12.89$9.20'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not believe there would ever be a future. I wanted to live dangerously, to push myself as far as I could go, and then see what happened when I got there.'So begins... -
Elizabeth's Bedfellows by Anna Whitelock
RRP: $19.34$14.13Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings 9780008280567
RRP: $12.89$8.57THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise was one of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second... -
Katalin Street: WINNER of the 2018 PEN Translation Prize by Magda Szabo
RRP: $14.18$9.55BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOOR, ONE OF NYTBR'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2015** WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WARWICK WOMEN IN TRANSLATION PRIZE 2019 **"Extraordinary" New York Times"Quite unforgettable" Daily Telegraph"Unusual,... -
Pilgrimage to the Western Front: By the Men Who Went Back to the Old Frontline by Mike Hill 9781781559130
RRP: $38.70$27.54In the years after the First World War, thousands of men who had fought on the battlefields were drawn back to the Western Front. For the former soldier, these journeys of remembrance offered a chance to pay homage to their past and to see what peace... -
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz 9780374605445
RRP: $33.53$21.90With the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated, and U.S. power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a “kinder, gentler America.” Instead, it was a period of rising anger and domestic turmoil, anticipating the polarization and resurgent... -
Before European Hegemony: The World System AD 1250-1350 by Janet L. Abu Lughod 9780195067743
RRP: $49.01$38.89In this important study, Janet Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution and provides a new paradigm for understanding the evolution of world systems by tracing the rise of a system that, at its peak in the... -
Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country by Michael Reid
$25.08An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond "Comprehensive and engaging."-Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long dictatorship was widely hailed as a... -
The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World by Christopher Andrew
RRP: $25.80$18.43The second sensational volume of 'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' (The Times)When Vasili Mitrokhin revealed his archive of Russian intelligence material to the world it caused an international sensation. The Mitrokhin Archive II... -
Access to History: Lancastrians, Yorkists and the Wars of the Roses, 1399-1509 Third Edition by Roger Turvey
$32.52Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper... -
German Luftwaffe in World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: $32.24$21.66The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - played a crucial role in the Wehrmacht's blitzkrieg tactics, providing both air cover and air artillery for Germany's panzer troops on the ground. Germany's successful invasions of France, the Low Countries, the... -
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
RRP: $16.76$11.73Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo,... -
Civilian Warriors by Erik Prince
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591847458Author Erik PrinceFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 388gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 148mm *...