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The Lost World of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris
RRP: $29.23$25.41A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval world's greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world... -
Soviet Soldier vs Finnish Soldier by Mr David Campbell
RRP: $27.28$21.53In a bid to recapture territory conceded following the Winter War of 1939-40, Finnish forces cooperated with Nazi Germany and other Axis powers during the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Rapid Finnish progress in reoccupying lost ground in... -
F-4 Phantom IIs of the USAF Reserve and Air National Guard by Don Logan 9780764316272
RRP: $124.78$81.32Don Logan's latest book ""his tenth with Schiffer Publishing, and the first in a planned multi-volume set on F-4 Phantoms chronicles the service of the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 and RF-4 Phantom II in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard... -
Dowding's Despatch: The Leader of the Few's 1941 Battle of Britain Narrative Examined by Andy Saunders
RRP: $48.75$34.36In September 1946, the London Gazette published a despatch from Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C T Dowding that was titled simply: The Battle of Britain. Written and submitted to the Air Ministry in 1941, this document became the very framework for... -
The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma
RRP: $58.40$43.64"[A] tour de force of global history...Bosma has turned the humble sugar crystal into a mighty prism for understanding aspects of global history and the world in which we live."-Los Angeles Review of BooksThe definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and... -
A James Connolly Reader by Shaun Harkin
RRP: $33.13$23.54Considered by many to be Ireland's most important revolutionary, James Connolly devoted his life to struggles against exploitation, oppression and imperialism. Active across the world, Connolly was a peerless organiser, sharp polemicist, and highly... -
Girls in Khaki: A History of the ATS in the Second World War by Barbara Green 9780752463506
RRP: $29.23$22.85At the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain's manpower crisis forced them to turn to a previously untapped resource: women. For years it was thought women would be incapable of serving in uniform, but the ATS was to prove everyone wrong. Formed in... -
Deathsong of the River: A Reader's Guide to the Chinese TV Series "Heshang" by Xiaokang Su 9780939657544
RRP: $15.58$14.04Perhaps the most daring TV documentary series ever produced in mainland China, which directly affected the thinking of Chinese youth on the eve of the 1989 democracy movement. This richly-annotated translation of the original filmscript by Su Xiaokang... -
The Tudors: Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G. J. Meyer
RRP: $33.13$25.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385340779Author G. J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 9780062316097
RRP: $73.13$43.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062316097Author Yuval Noah HarariFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint HarperPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Unwritten Order: Hitler's Role in the Final Solution by Peter Longerich
RRP: $31.18$23.89The Holocaust differs from other genocides in recent history for one main reason: there is no other example in which a minority was annihilated systematically and as completely as possible on the orders of a head of state and through the apparatus of... -
The Priest Hunters: The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters by Colin Murphy
RRP: $23.38$17.75A fascinating investigation the lives of four priest hunters - Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia. Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell - during this period Catholicism and Irish nationalism became inexorably linked and priests... -
Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer 9780393357790
RRP: $29.23$22.97In 1930s and 1940s Vienna, child psychiatrist Hans Asperger sought to define autism as a diagnostic category, treating those children he deemed capable of participating fully in society. Depicted as compassionate and devoted, Asperger was in fact deeply... -
Korea 1950-53 Recounting REME Involvement by John Dutton 9780955675300
RRP: $32.66$29.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955675300Author John DuttonFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Las Atalayas PublishingPublisher Las Atalayas PublishingWeight(grams) 504g -
In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth: A Memoir and Anthology by Erin Darcy
RRP: $31.18$22.64In early 2018, Erin Darcy created an online art project, In Her Shoes - Women of the Eighth, to safely and anonymously share private stories of the real and devastating impact of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. In the five months... -
Nambu Pistols: Japanese military handguns 1900-45 John Walter 9781472855428
RRP: $31.18$22.64This is the absorbing story of the handguns credited to Nambu Kijiro, the principal personal-defence weapons of the Imperial forces. Featuring full-color artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this book charts the origins, development, combat use,... -
A Less Boring History of the World by Dave Rear
RRP: $37.03$26.54Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not... -
The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261-1517: Out of the Shadows by Mustafa Banister
RRP: $60.45$55.50Explores and analyses the Abbasid Caliphate as it was re-imagined in late medieval Cairo Presents different types of source material jurisprudential, historiographical and documentary which speak about topics in turn, resulting in a highly nuanced... -
The Seleucid Army of Antiochus the Great: Weapons, Armour and Tactics by Plessis, Jean Charl Du 9781399091794
RRP: $48.75$34.36*The Seleucid Empire was a superpower of the Hellenistic Age, the largest and most powerful of the Successor States, and it's army was central to the maintenance of that power. Antiochus III campaigned, generally successfully, from the Mediterranean to... -
Old Wishaw by Rhona Wilson 9781840330021
RRP: $23.30$21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330021Author Rhona WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 170mm * 240mm * 4mm -
British Battleships 1889 1904 by Burt, R A 9781399096560
RRP: $48.75$37.48This volume of R A Burt's magnificent bestselling three-volume history of British battleships covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. The Russian war scare of 1884 and the public's anxiety about... -
The History of Ipswich by Carol Twinch 9781780913636
RRP: $19.48$14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780913636Author Carol TwinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Holy War: The Untold Story of Catholic Italy's Crusade Against the Ethiopian Orthodox Church by Ian Campbell
RRP: $58.50$52.14A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022 In 1935, Fascist Italy invaded the sovereign state of Ethiopia--a war of conquest that triggered a chain of events culminating in the Second World War. In this stunning and highly original tale of two Churches,... -
Nubia: Lost Civilizations by Sarah Schellinger 9781789146592
RRP: $35.10$25.27Nubia, the often overlooked southern neighbour of Egypt, has been home to groups of vibrant and adaptive peoples for millennia. This book explores the Nubians' religious, social, economic and cultural histories, from their nomadic origins during the... -
Winchester From Prehistory to the Present by Tom Beaumont James 9780752437422
RRP: $35.08$26.99Provides an account of ancient capital of Wessex, from prehistory onwards, based on archaeological as well as historical research.About the AuthorTom Beaumont James is Professor of Regional Studies at University College Winchester, where he has been... -
Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique (Designed for the Beginner) Ryukyu Saito 9780804832601
RRP: $29.23$19.60Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of suiboku, a form of Japanese ink painting.Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumi-e. It adds water to emphasize the shading... -
Norwegian Waffen-SS Legion, 1941-43 Ramiro Bujeiro 9781472834393
RRP: $25.33$21.47Following the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1941, the Waffen-SS began recruiting volunteers to serve in their ranks. Initially formed into small volunteer units, these developed into large divisions by 1943, referred to as 'Legions' in Nazi propaganda... -
Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940 by John Kiszely 9781316646427
RRP: $72.13$62.19The British campaign in Norway in 1940 was an ignominious and abject failure. It is perhaps best known as the fiasco which directly led to the fall of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his replacement by Winston Churchill. But what were the reasons... -
Hitler's Tyranny: A History in Ten Chapters by Ralf Georg Reuth
RRP: $39.00$27.42Hitler's tyranny is still difficult to understand today. In this book, Ralf Georg Reuth examines ten aspects of this catastrophe. Among other things, he asks: Was anti-Semitism more pronounced in Germany than elsewhere? Was Versailles responsible for... -
'Sir, They'Re Taking the Kids Indoors': The British Army in Northern Ireland 1973-74 by Ken Wharton
RRP: $38.90$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777428Author Ken WhartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-700 by Stephen Mitchell 9781119768555
RRP: $81.80$72.95A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700, distinguished historians Geoffrey Greatrex and Stephen Mitchell deliver... -
Life in the Victorian and Edwardian Workhouse by Michelle Higgs 9780752442143
RRP: $33.13$25.60Life in a workhouse during the Victorian and Edwardian eras has been popularly characterised as a brutal existence. Charles Dickens famously portrayed workhouse inmates as being dirty, neglected, overworked and at the mercy of exploitative masters. While... -
The Art of Dining: The History of Cooking and Eating by Sara Paston-Williams
$29.72A reissue of the classic reference work on the history of cooking and eating. Sara Paston-Williams has used the great wealth of National Trust houses and records to produce this wonderful book which is a feast for the eye as well as a fascinating guide... -
The Battle for Kyiv: The Fight for Ukraine s Capital by Christopher A Lawrence 9781399048484
RRP: $39.00$34.36On 24 February 2022, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, unleashed an attack on Ukraine that developed into the most significant conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Fought over the same ground that the Germans and the Soviet Union battled... -
The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution by Faramerz Dabhoiwala
RRP: $29.23$21.35For most of western history, all sex outside marriage was illegal, with the church and state punishing any dissent. Between 1600 and 1800, this entire world-view was shattered by revolutionary new ideas - that consenting adults have the freedom to do... -
Portsmouth at War by Andrew Whitmarsh 9780752442969
RRP: $25.33$19.25A collection of images providing a pictorial record of events in Portsmouth during the Second World War.About the AuthorAndrew Whitmarsh has worked as a curator in military history museums for over 25 years, and since 2001 as the curator of The D-Day... -
Chinese Arms and Armour by Natasha Bennett 9780948092893
RRP: $25.33$18.00The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to the mysterious Great Wall, China's allure is as vast as the country itself. Here, Natasha Bennett introduces the fascinating world of Chinese arms and armour... -
Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War by Paul Jankowski
RRP: $29.23$21.35At seven o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next ten hours, twelve hundred German guns showered shells on a salient in French lines. The massive weight of explosives collapsed dugouts,... -
The Lie of the Land: Irish Identities Fintan O'Toole 9781859841327
$29.70The Lie of the Land is a highly engaging study of Ireland's fractured and shifting identities by one of its most talented writers. From its sometimes confused sense of place, caught somewhere between Europe and America, Ireland has redefined itself in... -
Richelieu and Olivares by J. H. Elliott
RRP: $44.83$35.63Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting historical fortunes of the two men reflect the outcome of...