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Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982 by Gareth Stedman Jones
RRP: £34.99£29.35This collection of essays by Gareth Stedman Jones proposes a different way of seeing both historians' analytical conceptions of 'class', and the actual manifestation of class in the history of English politics and English culture since the 1830s. As the... -
Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925 by John Privilege 9780719091322
RRP: £19.99£17.61Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925 provides a review and consideration of the role of the Catholic Church in Ireland during the intense political and social changes after 1879 through a major figure in Irish history, Michael... -
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution by Yuri Slezkine 9780691176949
RRP: £35.00£29.34On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the... -
History of Africa by Kevin Shillington
RRP: £44.99£40.76This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hugely respected authority in the field. The market-leading range of illustrated material from... -
The Origins of Cool in Postwar America by Joel Dinerstein
RRP: £21.00£18.16Cool. It was a new word and a new way to be, and in a single generation, it became the supreme compliment of American culture. The Origins of Cool in Postwar America uncovers the hidden history of this concept and its new set of codes that came to define... -
The Battle of Hue 1968: Fight for the Imperial City by James H Willbanks
RRP: £15.99£11.61In late January 1968, some 84,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a country-wide general offensive in South Vietnam, mounting simultaneous assaults on 36 of 44 provincial capitals, and five of the six autonomous cities (including the... -
The Far Land by Brandon Presser
RRP: £20.00£13.46'The Far Land swells in the cause and effect of actions of passion. Brandon Presser's fascinating narrative of the relentless consequences of the Bounty mutineers asks: were they brave or damned? They lived so very troubled ever after. You can't make... -
A Long Night in Paris: Winner of the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger by Dov Alfon
RRP: £10.99£7.78From a former Israeli spy, comes the most realistic and authentic thriller of the year. The Times Number One BestsellerWinner of the CWA International Dagger.A Times, Telegraph and FT pick for Summer Reads 2019, and an FT Thriller of the Year"The year's... -
Soviet State Security Services 1917-46 by Douglas A. Drabik
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state. The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' elimination of political dissent during the Russian Civil... -
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700 Charles Freeman 9781789545623
RRP: £30.00£20.95A 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... -
Sierra Leone: A Political History by David Harris
RRP: £22.00£19.52Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one... -
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India by Tripurdaman Singh
RRP: £10.99£7.25'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious... -
Urban Governance: Britain and Beyond Since 1750 Robert J. Morris 9780754600152
RRP: £135.00£117.28This is a coherent and integrated set of essays around the theme of governance addressing a wide range of questions on the organisation and legitimation of authority. At the heart of the book is a set of topics which have long attracted the attention of... -
De la Pole, Father and Son: The Duke, The Earl and the Struggle for Power by Michèle Schindler
RRP: £22.99£15.58John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442-1492) was a major magnate in fifteenth-century England. His youth was overshadowed by the political fall and subsequent murder of his father, who had been a favourite of King Henry VI but was increasingly... -
Hanes Cymru (A History of Wales in Welsh) by John Davies
RRP: £16.99£12.28Yn ymestyn o'r Oesoedd Ia hyd y dwthwn hwn, mae'r gyfrol feistrolgar hon yn olrhain hanes gwleidyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol y rhan honno o'r byd y daethpwyd i'w hadnabod fel Cymru. Dyma'r llyfr sy'n egluro pam, 'er gwaethaf pawb a phopeth, 'rydym... -
The Easter Rising: Revolution and Irish Nationalism by Alan J. Ward
RRP: £19.95£17.67In this innovative work, Alan Ward uses the pivotal event in twentieth-century Irish history as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the twelfth century to the present. By asking why the Easter Rising occurred, Ward is able to review the... -
Fruit of Knowledge by Liv Stomquist
RRP: £14.99£10.23'How I loved reading Fruit of Knowledge ... Clever, angry, funny and righteous, also informative to an eye-popping degree' Rachel Cooke, OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTHFrom Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologised and... -
Roman Law: An Introduction Rafael Domingo 9780815362777
RRP: £36.99£32.53Roman Law: An Introduction offers a clear and accessible introduction to Roman law for students of any legal tradition. In the thousand years between the Law of the Twelve Tables and Justinian's massive Codification, the Romans developed the most... -
In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII: The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's iconic queens by Sarah Morris
RRP: £20.00£14.69This book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of Henry VIII's six wives by embarking on a journey through the manors, castles and palaces in which their lives were played out. This journey traces their steps to the Alhambra in Spain, childhood home... -
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton by Nicolaus Copernicus 9780241360637
RRP: £16.99£12.35New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it aboutIn the late fifteenth century, it was believed that the earth stood motionless at the centre of a... -
The City in the City: Architecture and Change in London's Financial District by Amy Thomas 9780262048415
RRP: £29.00£20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048415Author Amy ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 992gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 167mm * 33mm -
Rock Me on the Water: 1974--the Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics by Ronald Brownstein
RRP: £12.99£8.48"An electric story filled with gripping personalities, compelling backstage histories, and a clear message for the divided America of today: the forces that fear change can win for a time, but in America the future always gets the last word. A lyrical... -
Beauty is in the Street: Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe by Joachim C. Häberlen 9780241479377
RRP: £35.00£24.69'A rich and readable account of left-wing activism in the West and opposition to Soviet-style communism in the East' Katja Hoyer, The Spectator'A dream, perhaps, but one that still sounds worth fighting for, even beautiful' Stuart Jeffries, The... -
The Universe: A Biography by Paul Murdin
RRP: £25.00£16.78The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative. We have entered a new age of exploration and discovery, enabling us to probe ever more... -
Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews by Peter Longerich
RRP: £22.49£16.94A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, paying detailed attention to an unrivalled range sources. Focusing clearly on the perpetrators and exploring closely the process of decision making, Longerich argues that... -
The Betrothed Sister: The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy by Carol McGrath
RRP: £10.99£7.78'The Betrothed Sister is like one of its own rich embroideries, cut from the cloth of history and stitched with strange and passionate lives' EMMA DARWINThe final instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy!'This is a... -
The Polish Navy 1918-45: From the Polish-Soviet War to World War II by Przemyslaw Budzbon
RRP: £11.99£8.43Packed with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years. Newly independent Poland's naval force was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo... -
Egyptian Hieroglyphics: How to Read and Write Them by Stephane Rossini 9780486260136
£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486260136Author Stephane RossiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 295g -
Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd by Frans P. B. Osinga
RRP: £44.99£39.28John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called 'OODA' loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea that military victory goes to the side that can complete the cycle from observation to action the... -
The Book of Lieder by Richard Stokes 9780571224395
RRP: £40.00£27.68This unique volume contains, in parallel translation, a thousand of the most frequently performed Lieder, both piano-accompanied and orchestral. Composers are arranged alphabetically, with their songs appearing under poet in chronological order of... -
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know by Richard Firth-Godbehere 9780008393793
RRP: £9.99£6.64How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as... -
Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller 9780743235457
RRP: £23.00£15.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743235457Author Donald L. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Britain under Thatcher by Anthony Seldon 9780582317147
£35.74This concise, accessible, and balanced historical analysis of the Thatcher years and their consequences analyzes many controversial aspects of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, including the Falklands War, the miner's strike, bitter relations with Europe... -
Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, Plagues, Gods and Grave-Robbers Terry Deary 9781780226385
RRP: £9.99£6.80Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks?Don't bet your afterlife on it.Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its... -
Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition by Kanan Makiya
RRP: £27.00£21.06First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out, "Republic of Fear" was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. This edition, updated in 1998, has a substantial introduction... -
Crabbgate by John Bevan
RRP: £12.99£12.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780950824284Author John BevanFormat PaperbackImprint Submex LtdPublisher Submex Ltd -
Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
RRP: £11.99£7.72A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2022'Well-researched and readable' - Financial Times'An absorbing, pacy read' - New Statesman'The story of lycra-clad feminism' Stylist'Canny and informative' - The New YorkerThe untold history of women's exercise culture, from... -
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays by Dr Edward Howell
RRP: £83.00£75.34For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling. If nuclear weapons beget security,... -
American Military History: A Very Short Introduction by Joseph T. Glatthaar
RRP: £8.99£6.45Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military has been an omnipresent part of America. In American Military History: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph T. Glatthaar explores this... -
Soviet Soldier vs Finnish Soldier by Mr David Campbell
RRP: £13.99£11.04In 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...