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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. by Peniel Joseph 9781541617865
RRP: £25.00£19.02Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the two most iconic figures of the Civil Rights movement. To most Americans, Malcolm and Martin represent contrasting political ideals -- self-defense vs. non-violence, anger vs. pacifism, separatism vs... -
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland 9780190618575
RRP: £15.99£11.90In just over a hundred years--from the death of the Mohammed in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. The conquered territory was larger than... -
The Matter of Black Lives: Writings from the New Yorker by Jelani Cobb 9780008498702
RRP: £20.00£15.29A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more From the pages of the New Yorker comes a... -
A History of Algeria by James McDougall
RRP: £25.99£21.62Covering a period of five hundred years, from the arrival of the Ottomans to the aftermath of the Arab uprisings, James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country. Drawing on substantial new scholarship... -
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot
RRP: £22.00£18.36A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism... -
Tacitus Histories I: A Selection by Benedict Gravell
£19.16This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Histories Book I sections 4 (finis Neronis ...) to 7, 12-14, 17-23 and 26, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Histories Book I sections... -
Winchester Lever-Action Rifles by Martin Pegler
RRP: £15.99£11.61Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the... -
Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman
RRP: £22.00£13.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986204Author Barbara W. TuchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
An Analysis of Joan Wallach Scott's Gender and the Politics of History Pilar Zazueta 9781912128662
RRP: £6.50£6.11Joan Scott's work has influenced several generations of historians and helped make the topic of gender central to the way in which the discipline is taught and studied today. At root a new way of conceptualizing capitalist societies, Scott's theories... -
The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars by Annelise Freisenbruch
RRP: £16.99£12.28Like their modern counterparts, the 'first ladies' of Rome were moulded to meet the political requirements of their emperors, be they fathers, husbands, brothers or lovers. But the women proved to be liabilities as well as assets - Augustus' daughter... -
Meeting of Minds Islamic Encounters c. 570 to 1750 Pupil's Book by Christine Counsell
£26.87Tried and tested over ten years, Think Through History is the best enquiry-based course for pupils at KS3. In Meetings of Minds, a combination of familiar and new topics gives teachers both a solid foundation to start from and the opportunity to explore... -
West: Tales of the Lost Lands by Martin Wall
RRP: £20.00£13.34Part personal memoir, part cultural history, West is a compendium of 'tales', telling the story of a unique geographical and literary landscape - the western Midlands of England. It is a magpie's nest, a melange of anecdotes, folk legends, ghost stories... -
America's Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream by Hugo Wong 9781805260561
RRP: £30.00£26.95From the 1850s, as the United States pushed west, Chinese migrants met ordinary Americans for the first time. Alienation and xenophobia lost the US this chance for cultural and economic enrichment-but America gave the Chinese new perspectives and... -
The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180 by Chris Wickham
RRP: £40.00£34.25A new account of the Mediterranean economy in the 10th to 12th centuries, forcing readers to entirely rethink the underlying logic to medieval economic systems. Chris Wickham re-examines documentary and archaeological sources to give a detailed account... -
The Circus: A Visual History by Pascal Jacob
RRP: £45.00£36.99Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus... -
Leuctra 371 BC: The Destruction of Spartan Dominance by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: £15.99£11.61This detailed new study explores the battle of Leuctra and the tactics that ultimately led to the complete defeat of Sparta, and freed Greece from domination by Sparta in a single afternoon. The battle of Leuctra, fought in early July in 371 BC was... -
Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 by Matt Carr
RRP: £14.99£13.64In 1609, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory or else be killed. In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire families were forced to abandon the homes and villages where they had lived for generations. In... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic by Owen Davies
RRP: £23.49£17.01This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the... -
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 9780375760525
RRP: £25.00£15.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2003 and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2002. Nominated for Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction... -
The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor
RRP: £14.99£11.75The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall. During the night of 12-13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily... -
Defiance: Greece and Europe by Roger Silverman 9781785353987
RRP: £15.99£13.82This socialist history of modern Greece tells the story of its rebirth in struggle, the heroic resistance to Nazi occupation, the civil war and its aftermath, the colonels' dictatorship and its overthrow, the rise and fall of PASOK, the debt crisis, the... -
Gresham's Law: The Life and World of Queen Elizabeth I's Banker John Guy 9781788162371
RRP: £12.99£9.09Thomas Gresham was arguably the first true wizard of global finance. He rose through the mercantile worlds of London and Antwerp to become the hidden power behind three out of the five Tudor monarchs. Today his name is remembered in economic doctrines,... -
Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker? by Emmet O'Connor 9781906359935
RRP: £42.50£41.12Much has been written about 'Big Jim' Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length biography. Through the research of leading Labour historian Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on newly... -
The Wall and the Wild by Christina Dendy 9781913747435
£12.39In a plot of land at the edge of town, Ana grows only perfectly-sized plants and perfect-looking flowers, and throws all the irregular shoots and uneven seeds over the wall into the disorderly Wild. But as her garden gets tidier, neater and more... -
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction by David Carrasco
RRP: £8.99£6.45This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy,... -
A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners John Paul Davis 9781526761767
RRP: £25.00£17.62Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilisation and... -
The Roman Army: A History 753BC-AD476 by Patricia Southern 9781445655338
RRP: £25.00£16.83The Roman Army reigned supreme for over 1,000 years. From Britain to Syria, and from the Rhine and Danube to North Africa, there is abundant evidence of the activities of its legionaries and auxiliary soldiers. After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra in... -
A Century of Newport: Events, People & Place over the 20th Century by John O'Sullivan
RRP: £14.99£11.55This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Newport during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader... -
A Paignton Scrapbook by Peggy Parnell
RRP: £12.99£9.62Telling stories about well-known local characters of Paignton, the history of local businesses, A Paignton Scrapbook explores the truth behind various myths and legends, and, reminds readers of long-gone buildings, and bygone pubs and clubs, among others... -
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution by Laurent Dubois
RRP: £25.95£20.64The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few... -
Chronicles of the First Crusade by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: £12.99£9.09'O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!'The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of Western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events of the... -
The Women Who Spied for Britain: Female Secret Agents of the Second World War by Robyn Walker
RRP: £9.99£6.64Espionage is one of the world's oldest professions, and it played an integral role in Allied successes and failures during the Second World War. Equal to men in both their bravery and in the sacrifices they made, the female undercover operatives of the... -
New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection by Mike Baillie 9780752435985
RRP: £19.99£15.02Over the years doubts have been expressed about the accepted view that the Black Death was caused by bubonic plague. By looking at the evidence of tree-rings and ice cores, the author has identified a series of natural catastrophes at the beginning of... -
First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace by Peter Martell
RRP: £27.50£24.52When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with millions massacred in Africa's longest war, the continent's biggest country split in two. It was an... -
The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe by Gábor Ágoston 9780691205397
RRP: £25.00£19.59A monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern EuropeThe Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer military might, and whose dynasty was peripheral to those of... -
Reconstructing the New Model Army Volume 1: Regimental Lists April 1645 to May 1649 by Malcolm Wanklyn 9781910777107
£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777107Author Malcolm WanklynFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Women of the Anarchy by Sharon Bennett Connolly 9781445691718
RRP: £22.99£15.58In 1135, Stephen of Blois usurped the throne, stealing it from his cousin Empress Matilda and sparking a nineteen-year civil war that would become known as the Anarchy, one of the bloodiest periods in English history. On the one side is Empress... -
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
RRP: £9.99£6.70WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGIn this astonishing collection of essays, the award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the silence in... -
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy by Tom Frame
RRP: £8.99£6.20The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008. On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider... -
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
RRP: £27.50£23.89The paperback edition of this captivating story of Tudor dress, and the people who made and wore it The Tudors are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is...