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Hertford in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781398103788
RRP: $31.18$21.16The River Lea and its crossing at Hertford lie at the heart of the town's history. Before the Norman Conquest the river formed a natural boundary between the Danelaw to the north and Saxon Wessex to the south. Saxon villages already existed at Bengeo and... -
US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier: Vietnam 1965–68 by Chris McNab
RRP: $27.28$19.21The tactics and technologies of modern air assault - vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means - emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam War that helicopter air assault truly came of age... -
Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee
RRP: $37.03$33.11The years leading up to the independence and accompanying partition of India mark a tumultuous period in the history of Bengal. Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial Allied outpost in the... -
World War II Vichy French Security Troops Dr Stephen M. Cullen 9781472827753
RRP: $25.33$17.92After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than... -
Terrorism: Theirs and Ours by Eqbal Ahmad 9781583224908
RRP: $9.73$7.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583224908Author Eqbal AhmadFormat PaperbackPage Count 59Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 66g -
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700 Charles Freeman 9781789545623
RRP: $58.50$40.85A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the... -
British Infantryman vs German Infantryman: Somme 1916 by Stephen Bull
RRP: $31.18$25.99The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain's 'New Armies' by the German defenders on the first day of the offensive, 1 July... -
U.S. History For Dummies Steve Wiegand 9781119550693
RRP: $37.03$25.45Find FREE chapter quizzes onlineDiscover important events that shaped the nationGet to know the superstars of the past Don't miss a moment of U.S. history The United States is undergoing a period of intense political and social change. From the rise of... -
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: $31.18$29.85This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana... -
War and Religion: A Very Short Introduction by Jolyon Mitchell
RRP: $17.53$12.97Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs... -
Iceland Saga by Magnus Magnusson 9780752433424
RRP: $25.33$19.25Magnus Magnusson relates the world-famous Icelandic sagas to the spectacular living landscapes of today, taking the reader on a literary tour of the mountains, valleys, and fjords where the heroes and heroines of the sagas lived out their eventful lives... -
Drug War: The Secret History by Peter Walsh 9781908479914
RRP: $39.00$27.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908479914Author Peter WalshFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo Books -
Durham: 1000 Years of History by Martin Roberts 9780752425375
RRP: $48.75$36.70Durham is a World Heritage city of remarkable architectural richness, with the cathedral, castle and town forming three constant elements in a history spanning many centuries. This book traces the story of Durham from its beginnings to the present day,... -
Emperor'S Handbook, the by AURELIUS 9780743233835
RRP: $46.80$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743233835Author AURELIUSPage Count 160Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 292g -
In Cold War Skies: NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89 by Michael Napier
RRP: $68.25$48.13Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the Arctic Ocean in North... -
Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR by Rustam Alexander
RRP: $35.08$25.66In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a naive... -
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard
RRP: $31.18$27.11What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear a world of wit, irony, and knowing... -
The British Army in Afghanistan 2006-14: Task Force Helmand by Leigh Neville
RRP: $29.23$21.35Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of a decade. The eight-year series of deployments jointly known as Operation Herrick, alongside US and other... -
Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire by Trevor Royle
RRP: $29.23$19.60The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the English Royal Army. But this wasn't just a conflict between... -
Barcelona by Gary McDonogh 9780745670706
RRP: $35.08$24.02Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish... -
Disaster at Stalingrad: An Alternate History by Peter Tsouras 9781526760739
RRP: $29.23$21.35It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission was to take the city, crushing this crucial centre of... -
The History of Roman Legion VI Victrix: The Original Watchers on the Wall Tony Sullivan 9781399088572
RRP: $42.90$30.46This is the first in depth study on the history of Legio VI Victrix in Britain. Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian's Wall the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule. The book will investigate the... -
F-102 Delta Dagger Units by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $29.23$21.35World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets. The addition of nuclear weapons to the bomber's armament made it even... -
When Montezuma Met Cortes: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History by Matthew Restall 9780062427274
RRP: $29.23$28.33A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortes that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes first met Montezuma, the Aztec... -
Death in the Shape of a Young Girl: Women's Political Violence in the Red Army Faction by Patricia Melzer
RRP: $56.53$49.45In the early 1970s, a number of West German left-wing activists took up arms, believing that revolution would lead to social change. In the years to come, the bombings, shootings, kidnappings and bank robberies of the Red Army Faction (RAF) and Movement... -
Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV by Joe Moran
RRP: $25.33$18.62But what does your furniture point at?' asks the character Joey in the sitcom Friends on hearing an acquaintance has no TV. It's a good question: since its beginnings during WW2, television has assumed a central role in our houses and our lives, just as... -
Bankside: London's Original District of Sin by David Brandon
RRP: $25.33$16.73On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district known as Bankside, the Borough and Southwark. Its origin was in a Roman settlement nestling around the southern end of London Bridge, until the eighteenth... -
Ovid, Heroides: A Selection Dr Christina Tsaknaki (Teacher of Classics, Brentwood School, UK, Brentwood School, UK) 9781350060265
RRP: $25.33$23.13This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid's Heroides, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Heroides I lines 1-68, and Heroides VII lines 1-140, with a detailed introduction... -
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984880352Author Henry Louis GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
Woodbridge: A Personal History Robert Simper 9781916470507
RRP: $38.98$33.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916470507Author Robert SimperFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Three Crowns PressPublisher Three Crowns Press -
Italian Armoured & Reconnaissance Cars 1911-45 by Filippo Cappellano
RRP: $23.38$16.63The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile armoured cars like the Ansaldo Lancia 1 Z, during World War... -
From the Channel to the Ypres Salient: The Belgian Sector 1914 -1918 by Chris Baker
RRP: $31.18$22.64The sector north of Ypres is best known for the inundation of much of the ground to the east of the Yser that acted as a block to the German advance in the autumn of 1914/. From that time on military activities were extremely limited. Much of this line... -
War, Baby: The Glamour of Violence by Kevin Mitchell
RRP: $25.33$18.2125th February 1995 The Dark Destroyer vs the G-ManNigel Benn and Gerald McClennan Two men with a reputation to defend - a reputation for brutal, unforgiving combat both in the ring and outside it. Ostensibly, they were fighting for a world title and... -
Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther Rogers, Anthony 9781784387150
RRP: $29.23$21.35In March 1940, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther transferred from Aufkl rungs-Abteilung 5, an armoured reconnaissance unit, to Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 - forerunner of what would soon be known as the Brandenburger'. Two months later, he led a commando... -
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose
$37.13A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way again."-Publishers Weekly "Where Prose really... -
A Brief History Of Bali: Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of an Island Paradise Willard A. Hanna 9780804847315
RRP: $27.28$19.21This book tells the story of Bali-the "paradise island of the Pacific"-its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.Bali is a perennially popular tourist destination. It is also home to a fascinating people with a long and... -
Classics: Why It Matters by Neville Morley 9781509517930
RRP: $29.23$21.49For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and... -
The Burden of Heritage: Hauntings of Generational Trauma on Black Lives by Aileen Alleyne
RRP: $58.50$49.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Gradiva Award 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781913494247Author Aileen AlleyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Confer BooksPublisher Karnac... -
Haunted Poole by Julie Harwood 9780752445038
RRP: $25.33$19.25From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from in and around Poole. Drawing on... -
The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family by David Loades
RRP: $25.33$16.73A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an influential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been...