Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Big History and the Future of Humanity Fred Spier (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 9781118881729
RRP: $32.19$28.10big history and the future of humanity "This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history... -
The Diver and The Lover: A novel of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters by Jeremy Vine
RRP: $11.60$3.75'The lives of the characters get entangled in this powerful read' WOMAN'S OWN'A pacy, gripping tale... written with skill and colour. It gave me enormous pleasure to read such a satisfying novel.' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'If you're in desperate need of a... -
Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain by Alison Winter 9780226902234
RRP: $30.96$30.22Thousands of men and women all across Britain in the Victorian age were being mesmerized, twisted into bizarre postures and speaking out in unknown languages, and the Victorians were literally entranced with this phenomenon. The text focuses on... -
Slim, Master of War: Burma, 1942-5 Robert Lyman 9781472132833
RRP: $14.18$9.55'Elegantly written and beautifully produced' TLSHow 'Uncle Bill' won the war in BurmaDefeated and demoralised, British units in the Far East had virtually been ejected from Burma when, in 1943, General W. J. Slim organised, trained and then deployed his... -
Spain, Rumor, and Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Jacobean England: The Palatine Match, Cleves, and the Armada Scares of 1612-1613 and 1614 by Calvin F. Senning
RRP: $51.59$45.23Geoffrey Parker has remarked that the Spanish Armada, though a disastrous defeat, was a considerable psychological success. Deep into the seventeenth century the specter of a returning armada haunted England. Twice in the middle of James I's reign alarms... -
Black Man on the Titanic: The Story of Joseph Laroche by Serge Bile
RRP: $19.29$12.72#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History - Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the TitanicAn Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a... -
Edexcel GCE History AS Unit 1 F7 From Second Reich to Third Reich: Germany 1918-45 Alan White 9781846907524
$31.01Book InformationISBN 9781846907524Author Alan WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Edexcel LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 216mm * 8mm -
B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer Mark Lardas 9781472845177
RRP: $18.05$12.58Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional medium-level bombing. High-level attacks wasted bombs,... -
Ham & Jam: 6th Airborne Division in Normandy - Generating Combat Effectiveness: November 1942 - September 1944 by Andrew Wheale
RRP: $45.15$31.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070852Author Andrew WhealeFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Tudor Socialite: A Social Calendar of Tudor Life by Jan-Marie Knights
RRP: $25.80$17.21Delivered in bite-sized diary chunks, Jan-Marie Knights takes the reader on a journey into the world of Tudor high society. This is a world of love affairs, tragedy, marriage and death; the realm of flamboyant dress, opulent jewellery and burning... -
The Punic Wars 264-146 BC by Nigel Bagnall
RRP: $19.34$16.19The three Punic Wars lasted nearly 100 years, from 264 BC to 146 BC. They represented a struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome, bent on imperial conquest, and the great maritime power of Carthage with its... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: $43.85$31.75Edited by Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading archaeologists, this book provides a comprehensive account of prehistoric Europe from the coming of the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire. Unique in its approach, it is a history of both... -
Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy Valerie Hedquist 9781032401317
RRP: $51.59$45.23The reception of Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in... -
Absolute Emperor: Napoleonic Wargame Battles by Boyd Bruce
RRP: $16.76$12.64From the late Revolutionary Wars and Egyptian campaign, to the battles of Austerlitz, Borodino, Leipzig, and Waterloo, Absolute Emperor is a mass battle wargame that provides all the rules needed to play during this period of grand armies and sweeping... -
Georgian Liverpool by Hugh Hollinghurst
RRP: $20.63$14.00Liverpool grew rapidly in the Georgian period as it was a major port for Atlantic trade, rivalling any other city in the UK outside London in terms of prosperity and population. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the city embarked on an... -
Recollections of Paisley by Donald Malcolm
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336429Author Donald MalcolmFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Merlin: The Prophet and His History by Geoffrey Ashe
RRP: $12.89$9.74Geoffrey Ashe's book on this legendary figure offers a succession of surprises. The Merlin of legend was born to be a magician. He was 'immaculately' conceived and was able to interpret dreams and utter prophecies. Even his fate was imbued with magic... -
The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 by Matthew Stevens 9781786834843
RRP: $32.24$24.25This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in 1536. Key themes include the evolution of the agrarian economy; the foundation and growth of towns; the adoption of a money... -
The Corn is Green: A Play by Emlyn Williams
$15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573017384Author Emlyn WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Every Man A King: The Autobiography Of Huey P. Long by Huey Long 9780306806957
RRP: $28.37$20.14Huey Long (1893-1935) was one of the most extraordinary American politicians, simultaneously cursed as a dictator and applauded as a benefactor of the masses. A product of the poor north Louisiana hills, he was elected governor of Louisiana in 1928, and... -
Britain since 1945: A Political History by David Childs 9780415519526
RRP: $51.59$45.74Britain since 1945 is the established textbook on contemporary British political history since the end of the Second World War. David Childs' authoritative chronological survey discusses domestic policy and politics in particular, but also covers... -
World War II Battlefields: Battle Sites Today by Paul Woodadge
RRP: $25.79$18.90World War II is one of the first conflicts to be extensively recorded in detail by both combatants and journalists, and many iconic photos of the fighting and battlefields have been passed down to us today. But how do these battlefields look now,... -
A Walk in the Park: Exploring the Treasures of Glasgow's Dear Green Places by John Cairney 9781910745359
RRP: $12.89$9.38In A Walk in the Park, Cairney shows that he clearly loves the city and he expresses that it is more than it appears to be. Glasgow is not just a city full of tenements and big buildings, it is a beautiful Scottish landmark outfitted with the beautiful... -
M-Mother: Dambuster Flight Lieutenant John 'Hoppy' Hopgood by Jenny Elmes
RRP: $25.80$19.92John 'Hoppy' Hopgood, pilot and 2nd in command in the May 1943 Dambusters raid, died a hero at just 21 years old. Wounded by flak and with his Lancaster M-Mother ablaze, Hoppy had no hope of escape yet managed to gain height for two of his crew to... -
Dust Bowls of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of "Green" Capitalism by Hannah Holleman 9780300230208
RRP: $35.48$34.74A profound reinterpretation of the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern plains and its relevance for today The 1930s witnessed a harrowing social and ecological disaster, defined by the severe nexus of drought, erosion, and economic depression that ravaged the... -
Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D. 990 - 1992 Charles Tilly (New School for Social Research) 9781557863683
RRP: $41.22$36.49In this pathbreaking work, now available in paperback, Charles Tilly challenges all previous formulations of state development in Europe. Specifically, Tilly charges that most available explanations fail because they do not account for the great variety... -
Britain's Declining Empire: The Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968 by Ronald Hyam
RRP: $39.98$34.61An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007 book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on... -
Cabinets and the Bomb by Peter Hennessy 9780197264225
$78.20The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson
RRP: $29.03$24.96An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the... -
World War II Battle by Battle by Nikolai Bogdanovic
RRP: $10.31$7.47This compact gift book takes thirty of World War II's most significant clashes, both the famous and the lesser known, and presents their stories in a concise, easy to digest format, accompanied by beautiful Osprey artwork plates in full colour that... -
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Daniel Knowles
RRP: $51.60$37.91In February 1942, six Swordfish armed with torpedoes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire in the English Channel and were shot down but not before two torpedoes were launched at a German battleship sailing at high speed. This attack was part of a wider... -
The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration by David Goodhart
RRP: $30.96$21.88SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE PADDY POWER POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS 2014 In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people... -
Murray's Cabaret Club: Discovering Soho's Secret by Benjamin Levy
RRP: $32.25$24.43Today, 16-18 Beak Street is a burger bar, but don't let the muddy grey of the whitewashed oak walls deceive you. This building was once filled with dancing showgirls in glitzy costumes, performing to over 100 people a night. For this corner of Soho once... -
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner 9780307886118
RRP: $18.05$12.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307886118Author Brendan I. KoernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $32.24$26.07This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the... -
Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook by Patricia Crawford
RRP: $47.72$41.96Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in... -
And I Looked Back: East Anglians In Their Own Words by Gillian Campbell 9781803136905
RRP: $16.76$11.73This is a work of East Anglian oral history. Over a period of nearly 30 years I listened to and recorded a number people from different backgrounds, all born in the early years of the 20th century, in an attempt to capture and save the memories of those... -
The Royal Navy: A History Since 1900 by Duncan Redford
$71.30Since 1900, the Royal Navy has seen vast changes to the way it operates. This book tells the story, not just of defeats and victories, but also of how the navy has adjusted to over 100 years of rapid technological and social change. The navy has... -
A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape by Victoria Perry
RRP: $32.25$28.42The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond... -
History of Civilization in Europe by Francois Guizot 9780865978379
RRP: $14.13$12.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978379Author Francois GuizotFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 540g