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Russia 1914-41 for CCEA AS Level by Jim McBride
$29.04Written to assist teachers and students to meet the requirements of CCEA's GCE History AS Unit 2 `Russia 1914-41' This book examines the complex and compelling story of the transformation of Russia (as it was in 1914) into the USSR (as it was in 1941)... -
The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Class Against Class by Sean Matgamna 9781909639263
RRP: $17.53$14.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909639263Author Sean MatgamnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Phoenix PressPublisher Phoenix PressWeight(grams) 384g -
Captain Swing Eric Hobsbawm 9781781681800
RRP: $46.78$46.41Sir Your name is down amongst the Black hearts in the Black Book and this is to advise you and the like of you, who are Parson Justasses, to make your wills Ye have been the Blackguard Enemies of the People on all occasions, Ye have not yet... -
To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry
RRP: $17.45$11.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451531780Author Lorraine HansberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm... -
Rome: Eternal City Ferdinand Addis 9781781853047
RRP: $25.33$17.92The sweeping story of the city of Rome, told through twenty-two moments that shaped its history. ***A Times History Book of the Year*** 'Vivid, pacey... Superb' The Times. 'Grand narrative underpinned by serious reading' Guardian. 'Confident,... -
Left Without a Handkerchief by Robert O'Byrne
RRP: $31.20$26.01Left without a Handkerchief contains ten stories of destruction and loss during the Irish War of Independence and Civil War. Between 250 and 300 Irish country houses were burnt in the early 1920s during the course of the War of Independence and... -
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed by Lisa Duggan 9780520294776
RRP: $31.18$22.11"Astute."-New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been... -
Windward Family: An atlas of love, loss and belonging by Alexis Keir 9781909770713
RRP: $17.53$8.81'Deeply moving' David Lammy'Honest, poetic and deeply researched excellence.' Paterson Joseph'A beautiful ode to migration, love and all that we do for family.' Florence Ọlájídé'It took two decades for me to go in search of the parts of myself I had left... -
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H Jackson
RRP: $25.33$19.11"A Nazi resistance story like none you've ever heard or read." -Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground"Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mind-boggling. A brilliant book for the ages!"... -
Rebel Island: the incredible history of Taiwan by Jonathan Clements 9781915590275
RRP: $42.90$28.68The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its ‘Asian Tiger’ economic miracle — and the looming threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ‘ball of mud’, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger... -
Haunted Yorkshire Dales by Summer Strevens 9780752458878
RRP: $25.33$19.25The beautiful, rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales have long been a haven for holiday makers. However, not all is as it first seems; the area harbours some eerie and disturbing secrets just waiting to be unearthed. A welcome addition to The History... -
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak
RRP: $25.33$16.98'Draws startling parallels with Meghan ... Both were 34 when they met their princes, both are adored children of strong, single mothers, both have a pared-down style and an electric presence and both are evidently worshipped by their Royal partners.' S... -
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire Robert Lyman 9781782064473
RRP: $25.33$17.92It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will be one of the most audacious and daring raids of the Second World War. The plan is simple: to drive an old... -
The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Time by Giovanni Arrighi
RRP: $38.98$32.80The Long Twentieth Century traces the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Arrighi argues that capitalism has unfolded as a succession of "long centuries," each of which produced a new world power that... -
The Haunters and the Haunted by Sean O'Connor
RRP: $39.00$25.86Marianne Foyster, Harry Price and the most haunted house in England - the perfect read for Halloween. 'Borley Rectory is perhaps the definition of an old haunt, still exerting an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination... Balanced, surprising and... -
Fragile Cargo: China's Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City by Adam Brookes
RRP: $48.75$34.36'The kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster' Julia Lovell, Literary Review'[A] gripping and meticulously researched account of an epic effort to transport delicate scrolls, paintings and carvings thousands of miles under the threat of... -
Letters of Note: Love by Shaun Usher
RRP: $13.63$9.79In Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love's first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions... -
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923 by Sean McMeekin
RRP: $33.13$24.32'An outstanding history ... one of the best writers on the First World War' Simon Sebag MontefioreShortlisted for the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military LiteratureThe Ottoman Endgame is the first, and definitive, single-volume history of the Ottoman... -
Orcadia: Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney by Mark Edmonds 9781788543453
RRP: $25.33$17.92The Orcadian archipelago is a museum of archaeological wonders. The Orcadian Neolithic is home to some of the best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe: here we can find evidence of a dynamic society with connections binding Orkney to Ireland, to... -
V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War by Tony Blackman
RRP: $29.23$21.35The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War. The Valiant was less aerodynamically advanced than the other... -
Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn 9781785904790
RRP: $39.00$28.24For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens, wayward children, royal aunts and uncles, distant cousins and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. This remarkable building has served as the stage for some of... -
Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps by Ian Baxter 9781399048774
RRP: $29.23$21.35As the Allies closed in on Hitler's Germany the horror and scale of the Final Solution and concentration camps became all too apparent. This latest Images of War book provides the reader a truly disturbing insight into the Nazi's brutal regime of... -
Love And War In The Pyrenees: A Story Of Courage, Fear And Hope, 1939-1944 Rosemary Bailey 9780753825914
RRP: $21.43$14.84A vivid blend of history and travel and a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees.'A beguiling mix of travel, memoir, history and good old-fashioned... -
The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology by Helena Hamerow
$84.77Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence--settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has... -
Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans by Vivien Spitz
RRP: $48.73$31.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591810322Author Vivien SpitzFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 588g -
The The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher: The Diaries of Bernard Ingham by Bernard Ingham 9781785904783
RRP: $39.00$23.26Branded `the rough-spoken Yorkshire Rasputin', Bernard Ingham served as Margaret Thatcher's press secretary for virtually all of her eleven-year premiership, adroitly steering the government's relationship with the media - and the Prime Minister's... -
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin 9789358562149
RRP: $27.20$19.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358562149Author Benjamin FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Fingerprint! PublishingPublisher Fingerprint! PublishingWeight(grams)... -
November 1918: The German Revolution Robert Gerwarth (Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of the Centre for War Studies) 9780199546473
RRP: $51.66$36.29The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come... -
Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco's Spain by Paul Preston 9780008522117
RRP: $58.50$38.86A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify... -
Soho: A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People Dan Cruickshank 9781780224954
RRP: $21.43$12.81SOHO - ILLICIT, GLAMOROUS, SORDID, LOUCHE, POVERTY-STRICKEN, SQUALID, EXHILARATING.One of Britain's best-loved historians, Dan Cruickshank grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied London history as he guides us around the Soho of the last... -
Country House Society: The Private Lives of England's Upper Class After the First World War Pamela Horn 9781445644776
RRP: $25.33$16.73The First World War particularly affected the landed classes with their long military tradition; country houses were turned into military hospitals and convalescent homes, while many of the menfolk were killed or badly injured in the hostilities. When... -
The Exbury Junkers: A World War Two Mystery by John Stanley 9781903953600
$24.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903953600Author John StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingDimensions(mm) 156mm * 234mm * 7mm -
The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Kwasi Konadu
RRP: $46.78$42.04Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and... -
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire by Ian Patel
RRP: $39.00$32.55What are the origins of the hostile environment for immigrants in Britain? Drawing on new archival material from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ian Sanjay Patel retells Britain's recent history in an often shocking account of state racism that... -
Access to History: Germany: Democracy to Dictatorship c.1918-1945 for WJEC Nicholas Fellows 9781510459175
$49.16Exam board: WJECLevel: 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 knowledge and better... -
AV-8B Harrier II: The US Marine Corps' VSTOL Jet Aircraft by Ken Neubeck
RRP: $37.03$24.71The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II-vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL)-is the US Marine Corps' current frontline close-air-support aircraft. A variant of the famed British Aerospace Harrier II, the AV-8B is noted for its ability to hover in... -
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay 9781408891162
RRP: $25.33$16.69'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow 'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin History has not... -
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White 9780192847447
RRP: $29.23$21.35'I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.' Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute... -
Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod by Caroline Goode
RRP: $21.43$20.34The true story of the police investigation into the 'honour' killing of Banaz Mahmod When Rahmat Sulemani reported his girlfriend Banaz missing, it quickly became clear to DCI Caroline Goode that something was very wrong. In fact, Banaz had contacted... -
Inside the Kingdom by Robert Lacey
RRP: $23.38$16.89Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. It is a modern state, driven by contemporary technology,...