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Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century by Matthew Ford
RRP: $25.80$23.01This book examines the digital explosion that has ripped across the battlefield, weaponising our attention and making everyone a participant in wars without end. 'Smart' devices, apps, archives and algorithms remove the bystander from war, collapsing... -
Haunted Stevenage by Paul Adams
RRP: $12.89$9.74From unexplained sightings to the search for evidence of ghosts, this book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from Old and New Stevenage and the surrounding area. Compiled by paranormal historian Paul Adams, this collection features the restless... -
To Kill Rasputin: The Life and Death of Grigori Rasputin by Andrew Cook 9780752439068
RRP: $16.76$12.41The murder of Rasputin on the night of 17 December 1916 has always seemed extraordinary: first he was poisoned, then shot and finally drowned in a frozen river by Russian aristocrats fearful of his influence on Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.Book... -
Colonialism and Homosexuality by Robert Aldrich
RRP: $49.01$43.58Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of... -
Renault R35 & R40 Through a German Lens by Alan Ranger
$21.17The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char leger Modele 1935 R (or R35), was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank. To this end it was... -
When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity Kolleen M. Guy (Associate Professor, Ricardo Romo Distinguished Professor in the Honors College, University of Texas at San Antonio) 9780801887475
RRP: $35.48$34.74Winner of the Outstanding Manuscript Award from Phi Alpha Theta, this work explains how nationhood emerges by viewing countries as cultural artifacts, a product of "invented traditions." In the case of France, scholars sharply disagree, not only over the... -
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective by Robert C. Allen
RRP: $34.82$28.08Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of... -
In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars by James Davey
RRP: $19.34$17.32Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon's ultimate defeat Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the... -
Dartmoor In Old Photographs by Tom Greeves 9780752431468
RRP: $16.76$10.73This fascinating volume of archive pictures recalls life as it once was on Dartmoor: the towns, the villages and the local people who lived and worked on the moor between the 1860s and 1950s. Illustrated with over 200 archive photographs and postcards,... -
The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad by Thomas Hegghammer
RRP: $45.14$34.12Abdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who led the mobilization of Arab fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s, played a crucial role in the internationalization of the jihadi movement. Killed in mysterious circumstances in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, he... -
A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin John Julius Norwich 9781848546097
RRP: $16.76$11.09From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, acclaimed historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key... -
Storied Ground: Landscape and the Shaping of English National Identity by Paul Readman 9781108424738
RRP: $39.98$35.05People have always attached meaning to the landscape that surrounds them. In Storied Ground Paul Readman uncovers why landscape matters so much to the English people, exploring its particular importance in shaping English national identity amid the... -
Bannockburn 1314: The Battle 700 Years On by Chris Brown
RRP: $19.34$14.90The Battle of Bannockburn is the most celebrated battle in history between Scotland and England. Fought over two days on 23 and 24 June 1314 by a small river crossing in Stirling, it was a decisive victory for Robert the Bruce in the Scottish Wars of... -
World War II Vichy French Security Troops Dr Stephen M. Cullen 9781472827753
RRP: $16.76$11.73After 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... -
The Age of Improvement, 1783-1867 by Asa Briggs
RRP: $64.49$63.00The Age of Improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing. Widely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research. This second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by Lord... -
Illustrated Tales of Northumberland by Rob Kirkup
RRP: $20.63$14.00Northumberland is England's most northerly county and one of its most beautiful, with its spectacular countryside and coastline. Its location on the Anglo-Scottish border brings a wealth of history and culture, which, together with the stunning scenery,... -
Those Who Forget: One Family's Story; A Memoir, a History, a Warning by Geraldine Schwarz
RRP: $14.18$9.44During the war, Geraldine Schwarz's grandparents were neither heroes nor villains - they just followed the current. Afterwards they wanted to forget, to bury it all under the wreckage of the Third Reich. But decades later, delving through the basement... -
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist by Marcus Rediker 9781786634726
RRP: $19.34$16.19The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man-a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. He... -
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age by Justin Kaplan
RRP: $23.22$14.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452288584Author Justin KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm... -
The Renaissance Pupil's Book Rose Barling 9780719551864
$32.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780719551864Author Rose BarlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hodder MurrayPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 282mm * 228mm *... -
The Somme: A New History by Professor Gary Sheffield
RRP: $12.89$8.77On 1 July 1916, after a stupendous 7-day artillery preparation, the British Army finally launched its attack on the German line around the River Somme. Over the next four and half months they continued to attack, with little or no gain, and with... -
Liberating Libya! by Rupert Wieloch
RRP: $32.25$22.73Free Libya! was the chant heard throughout Libya during the Arab Spring revolution that ended with the death of Colonel Gadaffi in October 2011. The story is about British involvement in Libya since the first treaty signed with the rulers in Tripoli in... -
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (Collins Classics) by E. M. Berens
RRP: $3.86$3.66HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'This was the slaying of the Minotaur, which put an end forever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the... -
US Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 2: The LCT, LSM, LCS(L)(3), and LST by David Doyle
RRP: $24.50$16.34This second of two volumes on American landing craft of World War II focuses on the larger LCT, LSM, LCS(L)(3), and LST vessels that transported tanks and heavy equipment to the shores of North Africa and Normandy and throughout the Pacific. The need for... -
Wild Hope by Marisa Bate
RRP: $21.92$14.80Retracing my mother's footsteps in search of women's freedom 1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in Omaha, Nebraska, thousands of miles from home. Behind a carefree smile lies a... -
Hunt the Bismarck by Angus Konstam
RRP: $32.25$23.25Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinubung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was... -
1864: The forgotten war that shaped modern Europe by Tom Buk-Swienty
RRP: $16.76$11.73The Battle of Dybbol, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops... -
The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC by Graham Shipley
RRP: $64.49$56.63The Greek World After Alexander 323-30 BC examines social changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new post-Alexandrian kingdoms. An appraisal of the momentous military and political changes after the era of Alexander, this book... -
Census and Social Structure Richard Lawton 9780714629650
RRP: $174.15$151.81First Published in 1978. The census of population is a key source for any study of nineteenth-century England. In association with parish registers and, from 1837, the civil registers recording births, deaths and marriages, population numbers and trends,... -
The Apache Wars: The Hunt For Geronimo, The Apache Kid, And The Captive Boy Who Started The Longest War In American History by Paul Andrew Hutton
RRP: $24.50$16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770435837Author Paul Andrew HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)... -
The British Sailor of the First World War by Quintin Colville
RRP: $11.60$5.99How the Royal Navy saw off the U-boat challenge in the Great War, and the daily lives of its sailors. In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in... -
Flight Craft 28: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom by Coughlin, Geoff 9781399086424
$22.37The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the most-produced American supersonic military jet with 5,195 aircraft being produced. By any standards the F-4 has been incredibly successful, used not only by the USAF and US Navy but many air forces around the... -
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 9780226801063
RRP: $30.96$30.22"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every... -
Panzergrenadier vs US Armored Infantryman: European Theater of Operations 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: $18.05$12.58During World War II, the two pre-eminent mechanized infantry forces of the conflict, the German Panzergrenadier arm and the US Army's armoured infantrymen, clashed in France and Belgium after the Normandy landings. These engagements went on to... -
The History of Navigation by Dag Pike
RRP: $32.25$22.73Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus. The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago... -
All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront by Steve Jackson
RRP: $32.25$23.48As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Over the course of twenty years and... -
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Masterfully opens up a little explored realm: how the quest for religion and spirituality drives hundreds of millions of Chinese' Pankaj Mishra'A fascinating odyssey ... a nuanced group portrait of Chinese citizens striving for non-material answers in... -
The Welsh in their History Gwyn A. Williams 9781032274591
RRP: $37.40$32.37This book, first published in 1982, is a sequence of interrelated essays and aims to redirect attention to some critical moments in Welsh history from Roman times to the present. Each of the essays breaks new ground, argues for a new approach or opens a... -
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Many books claim to tell an "unknown" story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception . . . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl,... -
A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome by J. C. McKeown
RRP: $20.63$14.98There are few disciplines as exciting and forward-looking as medicine. Unfortunately, however, many modern practitioners have rather lost sight of the origins of their discipline. A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities aspires to make good this lapse...