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AMARG: America's Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve by Dunn, Jim
RRP: $31.18$22.64The United States military stores more than 4,000 aircraft in the Arizona desert at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Known as the Boneyard, this facility is much more than... -
Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan
RRP: $31.18$26.87Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020 Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also... -
Empire and Sexuality by Ronald Hyam 9780719025051
RRP: $38.98$34.34Established in the belief that imperialism as a cultural phenomenon had as significant an effect on the dominant as it did on the subordinate societies, the "Studies in Imperialism" series seeks to develop the new socio-cultural approach which... -
Cricket Teas by Phil McCann
RRP: $29.23$19.11A cricket tea is an integral part of any cricket match. It's a well-known fact that some players only turn out at windswept grounds on the promise of a solid brew, a chewy wedge of cake and a sticky handful of egg mayo sandwiches. Likewise, there is... -
Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present by Ben Kiernan
RRP: $113.10$65.73This book narrates the history of the different peoples who have lived in the three major regions of Viet Nam over the past 3,000 years. It brings to life their relationships with these regions' landscapes, water resources, and climatic conditions, their... -
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero 9780691154084
RRP: $29.23$22.89How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother... -
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan
RRP: $48.75$37.23A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It's a captivating story about what's worth fighting for, an antidote to... -
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini 9781847495389
RRP: $23.40$18.58Tosca, one of Puccini's greatest and most popular operas, is a supreme example of music's power to enthral the audience. In his introductory essay to this guide, Bernard Williams discusses the enduring quality of its appeal. Bernard Keeffe, in his... -
Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Christopher Clark 9780691217321
RRP: $35.08$28.47From the bestselling author of The Sleepwalkers, a book about how the exercise of power is shaped by different concepts of timeThis groundbreaking book presents new perspectives on how the exercise of power is shaped by different notions of time... -
Napoleon by Georges Lefebvre
RRP: $38.98$35.28With a new introduction by Andrew Roberts.'A penetrating interpretation...No one with a serious interest in the Napoleonic period can afford to ignore it. ' - Times Literary SupplementWhether viewed as an inspired leader or obsessed tyrant, Napoleon has... -
Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State by Marc Valeri
RRP: $42.90$38.06Based on years of firsthand research, Marc Valeri treats the political career of Sultan Qaboos as a case study of the social and political mechanisms that perpetuate authoritarianism in post-colonial states. He examines the way in which Sultan Qaboos... -
The Highland Battles: Warfare on Scotland's Northern Frontier in the Early Middle Ages by Chris Peers 9781526741745
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Maimonides: Faith in Reason by Alberto Manguel
RRP: $33.13$32.49An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Cordoba, Spain. The... -
The Horus Killings (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 2): A captivating murder mystery from Ancient Egypt by Paul Doherty
RRP: $19.48$13.65After the death of her husband Pharoh Tuthmosis II, Hatusu has confounded her critics by winning a great battle against the Mitanni. Aided by her lover, Senenmut, she is determined that all sections of Egyptian society should accept her as the first... -
Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road Rob Schmitz 9781444791082
RRP: $21.43$14.63'Enjoyable and illuminating . . . Rob Schmitz writes with great affection' GuardianShanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas and opportunity. Rob Schmitz is one of... -
Baden Powell s Fighting Police The SAC: The Boer War unit that inspired the Scouts by Ross, Hamish 9781399083621
RRP: $48.75$34.36This work begins in August 1900 during the war in South Africa, when mounted Boer commandos ranging across the veldt superseded pitched battles of massed armies and heavy weaponry. Thanks to his flair for organisation, Baden-Powell is asked to create a... -
Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy by Emile Grillot de Givry 9780486224930
RRP: $33.13$28.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486224930Author Emile Grillot De GivryFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
A People's History of London by John Rees
$47.74In the eyes of Britain's heritage industry, London is the traditional home of empire, monarchy and power, an urban wonderland for the privileged, where the vast majority of Londoners feature only to applaud in the background.Yet, for nearly 2000 years,... -
Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank 1936-45 Bryan Perrett 9781855328433
RRP: $25.33$21.47The 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... -
From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth by Matthew Beresford
$41.22In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The... -
The Travels by Marco Polo 9780140440577
$24.32Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of... -
Southern and Isle of Wight Railways: The Late 1940s to Late 1960s by Brian Reading
RRP: $31.18$21.16The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war southern England. We explore favourite routes and railway places, with many since changed beyond... -
A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel de Landa
RRP: $48.75$35.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942299328Author Manuel De LandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm -
Sir John Soane's Greatest Treasure: The Sarcophagus of Seti I John H Taylor 9781910258873
RRP: $19.48$13.46Sir John Soane's Greatest Treasure describes one of the most important antiquities ever found in Egypt - the beautiful calcite sarcophagus of the pharaoh Seti I. Re-discovered in 1817 in the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings by the flamboyant... -
The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751 by Ian Wood 9780582493728
RRP: $91.63$90.44A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians. Reviews'xxx; the most detailed account of the Merovingian kingdoms available in any language, and the most exciting xxx; this book should be required reading... -
Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914--15 by Gordon Corrigan
RRP: $33.13$25.60Four days after war was declared, an Indian corps of two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade was ordered to embark for the Western Front. Clad in in tropical uniforms, those men endured one of the bitterest winters on record and fought in every... -
Around Pulborough by P. A. L. Vine 9780752426112
RRP: $29.23$22.85Around PulboroughBook InformationISBN 9780752426112Author P A L VineFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
This Dark Business: The Secret War Against Napoleon by Tim Clayton
RRP: $25.33$17.22Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of unprecedented scope and intensity to persuade George III's reluctant subjects to fight the Napoleonic War, a war to... -
Living in Early Victorian London by Michael Alpert 9781399060844
RRP: $42.90$30.46London in the 1840s was sprawling and smoke-filled, a city of extreme wealth and abject poverty. Some streets were elegant with brilliantly gas-lit shop windows full of expensive items, while others were narrow, fetid, muddy, and in many cases foul with... -
The Boy from Boskovice: A Father's Secret Life by Vicky Unwin
RRP: $48.75$32.74Vicky Unwin had always known her father - an erstwhile intelligence officer and respected United Nations diplomat - was Czech, but it was not until a stranger turned up on her doorstep that she discovered he was also Jewish.So began a quest to discover... -
Beauty is in the Street: Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe by Joachim C. Häberlen 9780241479377
RRP: $68.25$48.91'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... -
Odilo Globocnik: The Devil's Accomplice by Max Williams
RRP: $97.50$72.81Outside of the Nazi hierarchy, Odilo Globocnik is almost certainly the most culpable in the planned and almost successfully executed attempt to annihilate all the Jews of Europe. In producing this book, the author was soon to discover several interesting... -
Bombers Fly East by Martin W. Bowman
RRP: $38.98$28.63Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile attempts of the South African Air Force Liberator crews in Italy to supply Polish patriots during the Warsaw uprising. Individual... -
Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India Anjali Roy 9781032091068
RRP: $77.98$68.89This book examines the afterlife of Partition as imprinted on the memories and postmemories of Hindu and Sikh survivors from West Punjab to foreground the intersection between history, memory and narrative. It shows how survivors script their life... -
A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-Century Britain by James Hamilton
RRP: $29.23$19.62Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its... -
Voices from History: East London Suffragettes by Rosemary Taylor
RRP: $19.48$15.15In 1914, the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, split from the WSPU. Sylvia's mother and sister, Emmeline and Christabel, had encouraged her to give up her work with the poor women of East London - but Sylvia refused... -
Putney and Roehampton by Patrick Loobey
RRP: $25.33$19.25Putney and RoehamptonBook InformationISBN 9780752406329Author Patrick LoobeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
Viking: The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual by John Haywood
RRP: $25.25$17.18The fifth instalment in this popular and highly successful series, Viking follows on from Legionary, Gladiator, Knight and Samurai, your guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. Discover everything you will need to become a successful Viking... -
A History of Luton: From Conquerors to Carnival by Anne Allsopp
RRP: $39.00$29.91In the past, Luton was a market town and, for many years, was also a centre for the brewing industry. In the 19th century it became famous for hat making, and more recently it has grown into a thriving industrial centre. During the Second World War it... -
The Scottish Suffragettes by Leah Leneman
$20.05An inspiring look at the remarkable women who fought so tirelessly for equality. Using new material, this study moves away from the ardent activists in London and focuses on the campaign for the vote for women in Scotland. Non-militant 'suffragist'...