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A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L. Weinberg 9780521618267
RRP: £30.99£27.23Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this is the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and her colonies following the First World War,... -
The Great Turning Points of British History: The 20 Events That Made the Nation by Michael Wood
RRP: £10.99£6.47Twenty of the most crucial moments in Britain's history.BBC History Magazine asked a selection of leading historians to choose and describe the twenty most important turning points in British history from AD 1000 to 2000. Collected together, their... -
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs): The Terrors of Kingship by Christopher Given-Wilson
RRP: £7.99£5.79'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Inept in... -
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo 9780767904148
RRP: £18.00£13.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004.Book InformationISBN 9780767904148Author Michael CapuzzoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher... -
The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453 by Emeritus Professor Anne Curry
RRP: £12.99£9.09An illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages. There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in... -
On Tyranny (Graphic Edition) by Nora Krug
RRP: £16.99£12.68A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism. Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny is one of the essential books of recent years, using the darkest moments in... -
The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn David Okuefuna 9781846074585
RRP: £45.00£33.41In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use... -
Woodsmoke and Sage: The Five Senses 1485-1603: How the Tudors Experienced the World by Amy Licence 9781803993690
RRP: £17.99£13.64Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know?Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past,... -
A Brief History of Portugal: Indispensable for Travellers Jeremy Black 9781472143587
RRP: £11.99£8.00This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal,... -
Britain at War with the Asante Nation 1823-1900: 'the White Man's Grave' by Stephen Manning
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526786029Author Stephen ManningFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen & Sword MilitaryPublisher Pen & Sword MilitaryWeight(grams) 152g -
The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940 by Julian Jackson
RRP: £13.99£9.75On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill,... -
Masters of War: A Visual History of Military Personnel from Commanders to Frontline Fighters by DK
RRP: £25.00£17.87Who were the men and women behind history's most fascinating and famous wars? This military history book reveals it all.Packed with profiles of influential leaders, famous wars and information on weapons and clothing, this military book captivates the... -
Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics by Mathura Umachandran 9781032120119
RRP: £36.99£32.53This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white... -
Black Handsworth: Race in 1980s Britain by Kieran Connell 9780520300682
RRP: £30.00£23.29In 1980s Britain, while the country failed to reckon with the legacies of its empire, a black, transnational sensibility was emerging in its urban areas. In Handsworth, an inner-city neighborhood of Birmingham, black residents looked across the Atlantic... -
Islington: Britain in Old Photographs by Gavin Smith 9780752449609
RRP: £14.99£11.55Islington retains a distinct personality which dates back to the days when it was a villages in the countryside visited by Londoners for leisure pursuits. This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs of the Borough takes a nostalgic look... -
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca by Andre Resendez
£16.12In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their... -
The Annals by Cornelius Tacitus 9780872205581
RRP: £20.99£17.61A.J. Woodman's translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus' distinctive and powerful manner of expression, and reflecting the best of current scholarship. An introductory essay discusses Tacitus' career, the period... -
What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West by David Wengrow
RRP: £14.99£10.95The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow... -
A Life of Industry: The Photography of John R Hume by Daniel Gray
RRP: £20.00£14.64John R Hume is Scotland's foremost expert on industrial heritage. John's greatest passion was - and is - industry. Over the course of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, he took over 25,000 photographs of late-industrial and post-industrial Scotland. His collection... -
Modern Monarchy: The British Royal Family Today by Chris Jackson
RRP: £38.00£33.66From the modern-day fairy tale of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding to the births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte and their soon-to-be new sibling to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's historic marriage to countless Royal tours in... -
The Ipswich Witch: Mary Lackland and the Suffolk Witch Hunts by David L. Jones 9780752480527
RRP: £14.99£11.55The year 1645 saw the biggest witch-hunt in English history. Faced by the extreme challenges of religious dissent, poverty, sickness and the threat of foreign invasion, Ipswich became an ideological battlefield during the English Civil Wars. Here... -
WJEC A-level History Student Guide Unit 5: Historical Interpretations (non-examination assessment) Phil Star 9781510451469
£12.27Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Maximise your chance of coursework success with this step-by-step guide to the WJEC A-level History NEA.- Explains how to... -
The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted during the War for the Union by James M. McPherson
RRP: £15.99£11.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033904Author James M. McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
AKBAR: The Great Mughal by Ira Mukhoty
£36.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389836042Author Ira MukhotyFormat HardbackPage Count 642Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher Aleph Book CompanyWeight(grams) 831gDimensions(mm) 230mm *... -
The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby: Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869 by Angus Hawkins 9780199605149
RRP: £55.00£54.72Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the... -
Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain by Peter Ginn
RRP: £25.00£17.43The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in... -
A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain by Tamasin Cave
RRP: £10.99£7.77Q. What's worth GBP2,000,000,000, answers to no-one and operates out of public sight? A. Britain's influence industry The corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory - it's happening, and it affects every aspect of our... -
The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 by Dan Jones
RRP: £9.99£7.11The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science,... -
The Jewish State: The Historic Essay that Led to the Creation of the State of Israel by Alan Dershowitz
£6.43Originally published in 1896 as Der Judenstaat, The Jewish State has taken its place among the likes of The Communist Manifesto and Common Sense as polemic writings which have changed modern history. Theodor Herzl's advocacy for a separate, independent... -
Slaughter at Halbe: The Destruction of Hitler's 9th Army by Tony Tissier
RRP: £14.99£11.55Operation 'Berlin', the Soviet offensive launched on 16 April, 1945, by Marshals Zhukov and Koniev, isolated the German Ninth Army and tens of thousands of refugees in the Spreewald 'pocket', south-east of Berlin. Stalin ordered its encirclement and... -
Flight Through the Ages: A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute to the Guild of Aviation Artists by Guild of Aviation Artists 9781526763778
RRP: £35.00£25.29Flight Through the Ages' was the title of the first annual exhibition of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971. This book celebrates 50 years of exhibitions and includes paintings by some one hundred Guild artists, past and present, depicting aircraft... -
Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq by Patrick Crowley
RRP: £18.99£14.72The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great... -
Thomas Hardy's Women: In Life and Literature by Peter Tait 9780857043498
£15.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043498Author Peter TaitFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint HalsgrovePublisher HalsgroveWeight(grams) 156g -
Masterpieces of the British Museum by J. D. Hill
RRP: £18.99£13.75The British Museum's collection is one of the world's finest and broadest, ranging from prehistoric times to the present in ancient and modern cultures around the globe. This new and updated edition includes many recent acquisitions and new discoveries,... -
Italian Assault Craft, 1940-1945: Human Torpedoes and other Special Attack Weapons by Erminio Bagnasco 9781399056083
RRP: £35.00£24.29In stark contrast to the rather modest performance of its large surface fleet in the Second World War, the Italian Navy's smallest units achieved its most spectacular successes. It made a speciality of unconventional methods of attack - explosive motor... -
James Gillray - A Revolution in Satire by Tim Clayton
RRP: £50.00£44.05A lavishly illustrated biography of James Gillray, inventor of the art of political caricature James Gillray (1756-1815) was late Georgian Britain's funniest, most inventive, and most celebrated graphic satirist and continues to influence cartoonists... -
Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson by Raymond W. Thorp
RRP: £11.99£10.94The movie Jeremiah Johnson introduced millions to the legendary mountain man, John Johnson. The real Johnson was a far cry from the Redford version. Standing 6'2" in his stocking feet and weighing nearly 250 pounds, he was a mountain man among mountain... -
Samurai by John Man
RRP: £10.99£7.77The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce swordsmanship and code of honour, the samurai have become iconic figures whose influence can still be felt today . From Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the... -
The Russian Civil War (1): The Red Army by Mikhail Khvostov
RRP: £12.99£11.01The main instrument with which the Bolsheviks imposed communism on Russia was the Red Army. Traditionally the origins of this army were among the factory workers who laid down their tools and took up arms as a way of expressing their grievances. Already... -
Volcanic: Vesuvius in the Age of Revolutions by John Brewer 9780300272666
RRP: £30.00£24.85A vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism "Momentous and spellbinding."-Caroline Eden, Financial Times "Endlessly fascinating."-Pratinav Anil, Times (UK) Vesuvius is best known for its disastrous...