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Romania's Holy War: Soldiers, Motivation, and the Holocaust by Grant T. Harward
RRP: $74.10$64.37Romania's Holy War rights the widespread myth that Romania was a reluctant member of the Axis during World War II. In correcting this fallacy, Grant T. Harward shows that, of an estimated 300,000 Jews who perished in Romania and Romanian-occupied... -
America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition by Campbell Craig
RRP: $40.85$33.42"A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union."-Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy"Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic... -
The Defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Eastern Front 1941-45, A Strategy for Disaster by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $19.48$13.14In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this... -
Beirut by Samir Kassir 9780520271265
RRP: $58.50$46.20Widely praised as the definitive history of Beirut, this is the story of a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilization for more than four thousand years. The last major work completed by Samir Kassir before his tragic death in... -
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
RRP: $19.48$13.46A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their... -
Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000 by David Blackbourn
RRP: $78.00$59.98With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification-and revealing a... -
Munich 1919: Diary of a Revolution Victor Klemperer 9781509510597
RRP: $25.33$23.28Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer provides a moving and thrilling account of what turned... -
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez 9781474616720
RRP: $39.00$29.15From the iconic, award-winning artist and designer, a graphic memoir of leaving Cuba, becoming American, and fighting for freedom, here and there.'Exhilarating, immensely powerful, gorgeous' PHILIPPE SANDS'Belongs in the pantheon that MAUS built' PRINT... -
Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself by Ann Wroe
RRP: $33.13$23.95Four questions consumed Shelley and coloured everything he wrote. Who, or what, was he? What was his purpose? Where had he come from? And where was he going? He sought the answers in order to free and empower not only himself, but the whole human race... -
How to Drink Like a Writer: Recipes for the Cocktails and Libations That Inspired 100 Literary Greats by Apollo Publishers
RRP: $31.18$21.53Pairing 100 famous authors, poets, and playwrights from the Victorian age to today with recipes for their iconic drinks of choice, How to Drink Like a Writer is the perfect guide to getting lit(erary) for madcap mixologists, book club bartenders, and... -
El Alamein 1942: Turning Point in the Desert by Richard Doherty 9781526700797
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel s Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and... -
Russia's Wars in Chechnya 1994-2009 by Mark Galeotti
$32.08In this fully illustrated book an expert on the conflicts traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. He assesses... -
Blackpool: Britain in Old Photographs by Catherine Rothwell
RRP: $29.23$22.52There can be no better example of Victorian enterprise than the amazing success story of Blackpool whose pioneering spirit embodied all the unflagging, indomitable confidence of that age - "He who dares wins". This was the watchword, and bold publicity... -
The Armada Portrait by Christine Riding
RRP: $25.33$17.73The Armada Portrait is perhaps the most immediately recognisable depiction of Elizabeth I and, arguably, of any British monarch. It captures both the drama of a pivotal moment in Britain's history - the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 - and the... -
We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism by Andy Campbell
RRP: $56.55$41.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306827464Author Andy B CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm... -
Bethnal Green Memories: Recollections of Life in the 1930s-50s by Derek Houghton
RRP: $29.23$22.52Memories of growing up in the East End between the Wars.Book InformationISBN 9780750951265Author Derek HoughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 170mm * 10mm -
The Reigns of Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig, 939-959: New Interpretations by Dr Mary Elizabeth Blanchard 9781783277643
RRP: $156.00$148.22Essays highlighting the importance of three kings - Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig - in understanding England in the tenth century. Much scholarly attention has been devoted to both the expanding kingdom of Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and... -
No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War Volume 2: 1965-75 by Sergio Miller
RRP: $58.50$44.54No Wider War is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the story from the Japanese surrender... -
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory 9780008601713
RRP: $29.23$25.70A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES 'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES ... -
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
RRP: $25.33$18.21In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two... -
Peterborough in 50 Buildings by Lorna Talbott 9781398113596
RRP: $31.18$21.49In the seventh century the Anglo-Saxons built an abbey dedicated to St Peter, where the Roman Ermine Street crossed the River Nene. The town around the abbey came to be known as St Peter's Burgh, and is dominated today by the cathedral on the site... -
Daily Readings From The Christian In Complete Armour by William Gurnall
RRP: $29.23$23.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802413369Author William GurnallFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Moody PublishersPublisher Moody Publishers -
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank by James Kinnear
RRP: $58.50$42.80A highly illustrated study of the T-62 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War. The T-62 is one of the most widespread tanks used by the Soviets during the Cold War. Developed from... -
Bomber Command: Men, Machines and Missions: 1936-68 by Gordon A. A. Wilson
RRP: $39.00$26.01Bomber Command is a richly illustrated account of the Royal Air Force organisation from its inception prior to the Second World War in 1936 to its final years during the Cold War. The book covers the reasons for Bomber Command and the personnel that... -
Tacitus: Agricola by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: $54.58$47.33The first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77-84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines... -
Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together by Ian Goldin
RRP: $39.00$28.53One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023 Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced. ... -
Headstart In History: Power & People 1066-1485 by Rosemary Rees
$62.61Aiming to provide challenge and stimulus for more able pupils, the "Headstart in History" books have high narrative content; extended writing opportunities and suggestions videos and historical fiction.Book InformationISBN 9780435323028Author Rosemary... -
Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and France, 1914-1918. by Kevin Smith 9781781553381
$31.28A generation raised on the British Empire confronted the unexpected horrors of modern war. Never were a nation's expectations so different from the coming clash of the First World War. Expecting a vigorous romp to victory, soldiers endured a brutal... -
The Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914: Crucible of Modernity by Trevor R. Getz
$49.63The Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914 is a global history textbook with a difference. It is a guide for students to the actions and experiences by which communities and individuals in different parts of the world constructed, contested, and were... -
Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon by Ryan S Walters
RRP: $42.90$27.40On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than... -
Rules: A Short History of What We Live By by Lorraine Daston 9780691254081
RRP: $33.13$26.62A panoramic history of rules in the Western worldRules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of... -
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture by Jerrilynn D. Dodds 9780300142143
$44.23A dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin strands that are woven into its fabric Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement, this lavishly illustrated work explores the vibrant interaction among... -
Clandestine In Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
RRP: $31.18$24.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173404Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Roman Legionary AD 284-337 by Ross Cowan
RRP: $29.23$21.35Diocletian and Constantine were the greatest of the Late Roman emperors, and their era marks the climax of the legionary system. Under Constantine's successors the legions were reduced in size and increasingly sidelined in favour of new units of elite... -
Byzantium: A History by John Haldon
RRP: $29.23$22.85Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts - from the glittering centre at Constantinople,... -
Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex by Rachel Feltman
RRP: $42.90$28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645037163Author Rachel FeltmanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 258mm * 144mm... -
Fuel Fire And Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War by Colin Pateman 9781781556757
RRP: $48.75$36.93During the Second World War the need for an on-board technical expert to join the Bomber Crews evolved. The various systems on the latest 4-engined 'Heavy Bombers', namely the Handley Page Halifax, Shorts Stirling and Avro Lancaster witnessed the... -
Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe by Jan-Werner Muller
RRP: $33.13$32.49In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the... -
Recollections of Paisley by Donald Malcolm
RRP: $23.30$21.29Apologies 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 -
The Story of Leicester by Siobhan Begley 9781860776953
RRP: $48.75$26.33The Story of Leicester traces the evolution of this remarkable city. When the Romans arrived they developed an existing settlement into Ratae, an administrative capital. During the Tudor, Stuart and Georgian periods the town lost status, but remained an...