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Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC by Reed Tucker
RRP: £14.99£10.23Over the years, the companies have deployed an arsenal of schemes in an attempt to outmaneuver the competition, whether it be stealing ideas, poaching employees, planting spies, ripping off characters or launching price wars. Sometimes the feud has been... -
Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources Laura Sangha 9781138823648
RRP: £39.99£35.06Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources is an introduction to the rich treasury of source material available to students of early modern history. During this period, political development, economic and social change, rising literacy levels, and the... -
Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea by Jeffrey T. Richelson 9780393329827
RRP: £13.99£13.25A global history of U.S. nuclear espionage from its World War II origins to twenty-first century threats from rogue states. For more than sixty years, the United States has monitored friends and foes who seek to develop the ultimate weapon. Since 1952... -
The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization: v. 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods by Marshall G. S. Hodgson 9780226346847
RRP: £36.00£35.23The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization... -
Heinemann Advanced History: France in Revolution 1776-1830 by Sally Waller
£32.42France in Revolution is the ideal book for students studying France in the period 1776-1830, including the origins and events of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power, his rule and the subsequent restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy in 1814.Book... -
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya by Frederic Wehrey
RRP: £11.99£11.44The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic... -
One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair by Allan Peterkin 9781551521077
RRP: £20.99£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551521077Author Allan PeterkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp PressWeight(grams) 380g -
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence by Joseph Berger
RRP: £20.00£15.38An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography category "An indispensable touchstone."-Julia M. Klein, Forward As an orphaned... -
The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin by David Satter
RRP: £15.99£13.82Once you accept that the impossible is really possible, what happens in Russia makes perfect sense "A few pages into David Satter's truly terrifying book, one realizes that his title is smack-on accurate: modern Russia is a frightening member of the... -
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E Ricks
RRP: £19.99£12.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062997463Author Thomas E RicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 295g -
Naples: A Traveller's Reader Mr Desmond Seward 9781472142306
RRP: £12.99£8.60Many Italian cities look back with pride to the days when they were independent republics: Naples, on the contrary, remembers its days as a royal capital, the brilliant administrative and political centre of The Kingdom of The Two Sicilies, ruled over... -
Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland: An Edinburgh Classic Edition by G.W.S. Barrow
RRP: £23.99£22.25The story of how Robert Bruce outwitted Edward I, the shrewd and ruthless King of England, defeated his son Edward II, and in doing so regained Scotland's independence. Professor Barrow describes the dazzling and tragic career of William Wallace, the... -
My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains by Jessa Crispin 9780226820101
RRP: £16.00£13.84Sharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals. For many Americans, Kansas represents a vision of Midwestern life that is good and wholesome and... -
Strike Of The Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier by Stephen L. Moore 9780593472873
RRP: £28.99£18.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593472873Author Stephen L. MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich Gelissen
RRP: £17.99£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807093139Author Rena Kornreich GelissenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Gloves and Glove-making by Mike Redwood
RRP: £8.99£7.64From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions - insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. Gloves have been used since prehistoric times, but in Britain their use as... -
Bedminster by Anton Bantock 9780752410661
RRP: £14.99£11.55A history of Bedminster.Book InformationISBN 9780752410661Author Anton BantockFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume I: Peoples and Place by Hamish Scott
£41.09This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and... -
The Scudamores of Kentchurch and Holme Lacy by Heather Hurley 9781910839386
RRP: £12.95£10.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839386Author Heather HurleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 242mm * 171mm * 17mm -
The Origins of the First World War by Ruth Henig
RRP: £36.99£32.53First published in 2003. There is an enormous literature on the origins of the First World War and this pamphlet focuses on the major issues involved in the topic and assesses the validity of the different interpretations. Beginning with the legacy of... -
The Solomons 1943-44 by Mark Stille
RRP: £15.99£11.61Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt to isolate and capture the key Japanese base of Rabaul on New Britain. In order to do this they had to... -
The Little Book of Warwickshire by Lynne Williams
RRP: £9.99£7.55Warwickshire, home to William Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke and the legendary Lady Godiva, boasts a rich and engaging history. Revealed within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Warwickshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns... -
Aspects of Arnhem: The Battle Re-examined by Richard Doherty 9781399043915
£30.09Almost 80 years on the battle for the Arnhem Rhine crossing remains controversial. Opinion on its justification and success differs widely. This superbly researched book, written by two acknowledged experts, takes a wide-ranging examination of Operation... -
The Japanese Home Front 1937-45 by Philip Jowett
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defence forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against... -
Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America by Thomas Milan Konda
RRP: £26.00£24.85Between Pizzagate, QAnon, and the now ubiquitous cries of "fake news," it's tempting to think that we're living in an unprecedentedly fertile age for conspiracy theories. But the sad fact is that these narratives of suspicion-and the delusional... -
That Place We Call Home: A journey through the place names of Ireland by John Creedon 9780717189854
RRP: £21.99£17.72John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names,... -
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir by Madeleine Albright 9780062802279
RRP: £10.99£7.25"Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat." -New YorkerNow in paperback with a new epilogueIn this revealing, funny, and inspiring memoir, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright-among... -
Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies Joseph Soeters 9781138200852
RRP: £58.99£51.48This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies. As an institution relying on individuals and resources provided by society, the military has been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines:... -
Reassessing Foucault: Power, Medicine and the Body by Colin Jones 9780415183413
RRP: £37.99£33.38Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Reassessing Foucault critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers in a wide range of areas in the social and human sciences... -
Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank 1936-45 Bryan Perrett 9781855328433
RRP: £12.99£11.01The PzKpfw IV was essentially an integrated support weapon, and its involvement in WWII is difficult to separate from the story of the Panzerwaffe as a whole. A powerful and robust fighting machine, the PzKpfw IV was supplied to various allies of... -
Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of History by Anna Aslanyan
RRP: £16.99£15.08Would Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow' with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? Who, or what, is Kuzma's mother, and why... -
Vietnam War by Geoffrey Ward
RRP: £21.00£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984897749Author Geoffrey WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood by James M. Fenelon
RRP: £25.00£16.24In the tradition of Band of Brothers, historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a grunt's-eye view of the 11th Airborne's heroic campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War II. A soldier's history at its best.A Grunt's-Eye View of... -
A History of Bury St Edmunds by Frank Meeres
RRP: £20.00£15.44Bury St. Edmunds has an extraordinary history. The ancient Saxon settlement of Bedricesworth was transformed when the body of Edmund, the martyred King of the East Saxons, was brought to the town in the early 10th century. Around his tomb grew one of the... -
Dundee: A comprehensive guide for locals and visitors by Norman Watson 9781910745199
RRP: £12.99£9.26As Scotland's fourth largest city, Dundee has long been known for its 'Three Js' of jute, jam and journalism. Now a thriving university city, Dundee is a UNESCO City of Design, and a shortlisted UK City of Culture. Year round, Dundee is alive with... -
A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis by R. H. C. Davis 9780582784628
£52.88'Probably the best "buy" among recent works for one who comes to medieval history for the first time.'History (about the second edition)Consisting of two parts, this book successfully conveys the importance of the distant past in understanding our modern... -
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs 9780674659926
RRP: £17.95£14.60Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap... -
In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara 9780679767497
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679767497Author Robert S. McNamaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon by John Paul Rathbone 9780143119333
RRP: £24.00£16.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119333Author John Paul RathboneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 287gDimensions(mm) 214mm *... -
In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson Dr Sam Willis 9780857895738
RRP: £30.00£21.35SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 MARITIME MEDIA AWARDSBetween 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history. When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty...