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In Our Hearts We Were Giants: The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe-A Dwarf Family's Survival of the Holocaust by Eilat Negev 9780786715558
RRP: $42.88$31.32This remarkable, never-before-told account of the Ovitz family, seven of whose ten members were dwarfs, bears witness to the best and worst of humanity and to the terrible irony of the Ovitzes' fate: being burdened with dwarfism helped them endure the... -
Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44 by Mark Mazower
RRP: $33.13$28.49This gripping and richly illustrated account of wartime Greece explores the impact of the Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. The first full account of the experience of occupation, it offers a vividly human picture of... -
A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins 9780521694131
RRP: $44.83$37.40Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique nation situated on the border between East and West. In this illuminating new history, Keith Hitchins... -
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
RRP: $33.13$23.95'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome' Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- until Sarah Pomeroy's pioneering history, which at last revealed the women of antiquity to modern eyes.What... -
Understanding Contemporary Strategy David J. Lonsdale (University of Hull, UK) 9781138059474
RRP: $72.13$63.92This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to modern strategy, covering the context, theory, and practice of military strategy in all its different forms.Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the major themes through a... -
Culloden: Great Battles by Murray Pittock 9780199664078
RRP: $43.86$32.70The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite... -
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 2) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: $58.50$41.63'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
Anatomy of Zulu Army: From Shaka to Cetshwayo, 1818-1879 by Ian Knight 9781848329102
$39.99Forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu Army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilized manpower of the Zulu... -
Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - And After by R. J. Crampton
RRP: $77.98$69.15Covering all key Eastern European states and their history right up to the collapse of communism, this second edition of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - And After is a comprehensive political history of Eastern Europe taking in the whole of the... -
Landmark Speeches of National Socialism by Randall L. Bytwerk 9781603440158
RRP: $38.90$25.39The power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial been the magic power of the spoken word, and that alone."" Adolf Hitler, Mein KampfAs historians have long noted, public... -
Ideologies in the Age of Extremes: Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism, Fascism 1914-1991 by Willie Thompson 9780745327112
$59.14This is a history of political ideologies during the period from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union, famously described by Eric Hobsbawm as 'The Age of Extremes'. By introducing the key ideologies of the twentieth-century:... -
Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait by Bathsheba Demuth
RRP: $27.28$23.89Across Russia's easternmost shores and through the territories of the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how, over 150 years, people turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power. Beginning in the... -
Seattle Stratotanker Veterans: Boeing KC-135 Variants by Bob Archer 9781802825749
RRP: $31.18$22.64This book focuses on the KC-135 tanker built by Boeing. It will look at every model of the KC-135 built and its introduction into service. There are several other specialised types that performed a non-aerial refuelling task, such as Airborne Command... -
The Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux
RRP: $77.90$74.31From 1980 to 1988, Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the twentieth century. The tragedies included the slaughter of child soldiers, the use of chemical weapons, the striking of civilian shipping in the Gulf, and the destruction of... -
The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
RRP: $48.73$41.30The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a... -
The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom by Mark Durie 9780980722307
RRP: $29.25$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980722307Author Mark DurieFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Deror PressPublisher Deror PressWeight(grams) 426g -
Ireland's War of Independence 1919-21: The IRA's Guerrilla Campaign by Lorcan Collins
RRP: $29.23$22.74An accessible overview of Ireland's War of Independence, 1919-21. From the first shooting of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary, on 21 January 1919 to the truce in July 1921, the IRA carried out a huge range of attacks on all levels of British... -
England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42 Colin Smith 9780753827055
RRP: $29.23$19.89Genuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42.Most people think that England's last war with France involved point-blank broadsides from sailing ships and breastplated Napoleonic cavalry... -
In Search of Us: Twelve Adventures in Anthropology by Lucy Moore
RRP: $21.43$15.58***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about... -
Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy by Ayesha Siddiqa
RRP: $42.88$28.82Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service. Operating in the shadows, Pakistan's military industrial complex... -
The Toll-Houses of Staffordshire by Tim Jenkinson 9781907154072
RRP: $19.40$16.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907154072Author Tim JenkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Polystar PressPublisher Polystar PressWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 154mm *... -
In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu
$28.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395657836Author Radu FlorescuPage Count 320Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 500g -
1913: The World before the Great War by Charles Emmerson
RRP: $25.33$18.21'If Downton Abbey still colours your impression of what Britain was like on the cusp of the First World War, 1913 could be a useful corrective' Scotsman2018 marks the centenary of the end of the Great War. What was the year before the war really like?... -
Bear in Mind These Dead by Susan McKay
RRP: $25.33$17.16Nearly 4,000 people were killed over the thirty or so years of the Northern Irish Troubles. And the killings were as intimate as they were brutal. Neighbours murdered neighbours. Susan McKay's book explores the difficult legacy of this conflict for... -
Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis by Professor Omer Bartov 9781350332317
RRP: $48.73$39.86This book discusses some of the most urgent current debates over the study, commemoration, and politicization of the Holocaust through key critical perspectives. Omer Bartov adeptly assesses the tensions between Holocaust and genocide studies, which have... -
The Last Highlander: Scotland's Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel & Double Agent by Sarah Fraser
RRP: $25.33$18.21THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF OUTLANDER The true story of one of Scotland's most notorious and romantic heroes. He was a spy, a clan-chief, a traitor. A polyglot, a deserter and a man of philosophy. ... -
The Daphne Du Maurier Companion Daphne Du Maurier 9781844082353
RRP: $25.33$16.97'A marvellous celebration of du Maurier's life, work and cultural legacy' SARAH WATERS 'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents ' DAILY TELEGRAPH Daphne du... -
Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Rebels and the Spanish Civil War by Sarah Watling 9781529920772
RRP: $25.33$18.21In our age of political divisions, this portrait of the women outsiders who took part in the Spanish Civil War asks questions of solidarity and resistance.'Glorious... so beautifully rendered, so powerful'ANNA FUNDER, author of WifedomIn the 1930s, women... -
Lighthouses of Ireland: An Illustrated Guide to the Sentinels that Guard our Coastline by Roger O'Reilly
RRP: $48.73$41.50`I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.' George Bernard Shaw Since ancient times, long before GPS, radio transmission or radar, lighthouses have served as beacons helping ships... -
Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age by Tom D. Crouch 9780393326208
RRP: $65.33$58.21The invention of the airplane ushered in the modern age-a new era of global commerce, revolutionary technologies, and total war. Whatever the practical consequences, the sheer exhilaration of flight captured the imagination. No longer bound to the... -
The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion, 1898–1948 by Paul R. Katz
RRP: $42.90$33.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924304965Author Paul R. KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
The Life of Alexander the Great Plutarch 9780812971330
RRP: $19.48$12.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812971330Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Lighthouse: The Mystery of the Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers by Keith McCloskey
RRP: $25.33$19.25On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it had been noted that no light had been seen from Eilean... -
The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog by Rick McIntyre
RRP: $25.33$17.30"The powerful origin story of one of Yellowstone's greatest and most famous wolves." -Washington Post"[The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings."... -
Fascinating Footnotes From History Giles Milton 9781473624993
RRP: $25.33$16.97'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive . . . an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' Matthew Redhead, The TimesDid you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin... -
What Happens In London by Julia Quinn
RRP: $17.53$7.04Welcome to The Bevelstokes, an irresistibly romantic collection by the bestselling author of Bridgerton, now a series created for Netflix by ShondalandAbout the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing university and has... -
A Tokyo Romance by Ian Buruma 9781782398028
RRP: $17.53$12.25'The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life' ObserverWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in... -
Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood 9780679736882
RRP: $34.13$25.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award 1992 and Pulitzer Prize 1993.Book InformationISBN 9780679736882Author Gordon S. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint... -
Finding Tipperary Mary Phyllis Whitsell 9781910335482
RRP: $15.58$11.49THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'What an extraordinary story... very moving indeed' Vanessa Feltz, Radio 2The astonishing true story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up.Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her... -
The Little History of Yorkshire by Ingrid Barton 9780750983563
RRP: $23.40$17.88There is nothing 'little' about the history of England's largest county, Yorkshire! However, this small volume condenses a rich history into a collection of stories and facts that will make you marvel at the events this county has witnessed, from...