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Connecting History: National 4 & 5 Red Flag: Lenin and the Russian Revolution, 1894-1921 Alec Jessop 9781398345447
$26.88Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together... -
Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $34.17$24.51The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in... -
Churchill's Generals by John Keegan
RRP: $16.76$11.09John Keegan has assembled a cast of seventeen generals whose reputations were made (and some of them broken) by Churchill and the Second World War.Churchill's reputation as prime minister during the Second World War fluctuated according to the successes... -
A Narrative of Events, since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica by James Williams 9780822326472
RRP: $25.79$22.63This book brings back into print, for the first time since the 1830s, a text that was central to the transatlantic campaign to fully abolish slavery in Britain's colonies. James Williams, an eighteen-year-old Jamaican "apprentice" (former slave), came to... -
Women on the Front Line: British Servicewomen's Path to Combat by Kathleen Sherit 9781445696843
RRP: $25.80$17.21Women on the Front Line explains how women went from unacknowledged participation in combat in the Second World War to the opening of all combat roles by 2018. It explores why regular service was offered after the war; the struggle to establish careers;... -
Master Pongo: A Gorilla Conquers Europe by Mustafa Haikal 9780271082165
RRP: $32.19$28.37In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as "the most gigantic ape known to zoology." Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories... -
A Seaman's Pocketbook: June 1943, by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Brian Lavery
RRP: $12.89$7.64At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight period prose it outlines all the basic expressions and tasks a seaman needed to know to perform his duties efficiently... -
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin Kruse 9781541604667
RRP: $21.92$17.12In this "incisive" (Vanity Fair) and "authoritative" (New York Times) instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's pastThe United States is in the grip of a crisis of... -
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin
RRP: $18.05$17.17Ever since this nation's inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolising a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States' belief in itself as an exceptional nation -... -
Cromwell to Cromwell: Reformation to Civil War by John Schofield 9780752459684
RRP: $16.76$12.41The English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Resisting the king was... -
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith 9780691150345
RRP: $23.21$16.20The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the... -
1820: Scottish Rebellion: Essays on a Nineteenth-Century Insurrection by Gerard Carruthers
RRP: $129.00$88.97The 1820 Scottish Rising has been increasingly studied in recent decades. This collection of essays looks especially at local players on the ground across multiple regional centres in the west of Scotland, as well as the wider political circumstances... -
The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa by Gebru Tareke 9780300204148
RRP: $38.70$38.25Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of this crucial Horn of Africa region... -
The Remnant by Charlie Fletcher
RRP: $12.89$8.11'The Oversight is most dangerous when most reduced. There are many dead and gone who did not remember that.'The Oversight of London has been sworn for millennia to prevent the natural and the supernatural worlds from preying on each other. Now at its... -
Intellectual Capital: Money and Mind at St John's College, Oxford by Matthew Ford 9781800818552
RRP: $38.70$27.03This overview of the financial history of St John's College, Oxford from the College's foundation in 1555 up until 1980 documents in detail how the richest college in Oxford very nearly lost everything. As well as providing a window on the past,... -
A History of the Alans in the West: From Their First Appearance in the Sources of Classical Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages by Bernard S. Bachrach 9780816656998
RRP: $41.28$36.39A History of the Alans in the West was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions... -
A Brief History of the Mediterranean by Jeremy Black
RRP: $14.18$4.53A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean... -
Old Dundalk and Blackrock by Hugh Oram 9781840333756
RRP: $15.42$14.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333756Author Hugh OramFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 174mm *... -
The Fatimid Caliphate: Diversity of Traditions by Farhad Daftary
$56.93The Fatimids ruled much of the Mediterranean world for over two centuries. From the conquest of Qayrawan in 909 to defeat at the hands of Saladin in 1171, the Fatimid caliphate governed a vast area stretching, at its peak, from the Red Sea in the East to... -
Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979–98 by Michael Jerchel
RRP: $16.76$14.20In 1963 West Germany and the United States signed an agreement to develop the best tank in the world the MBT/KPz-70. Though by 1970 this project was stopped, West Germany used the components created for the MBT/KPz-70 to develop a new main battle tank... -
Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by T. F. Earle 9780521176606
RRP: $38.69$31.68This book, first published in 2005, opens up the much neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African... -
German Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record by Norman Franks 9780764321177
RRP: $70.94$45.94The air aces of Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkrafte are an ever-popular subject among aviation historians, enthusiasts, war gamers, and aircraft modelers. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well... -
Pacific Profiles Volume 10: Allied Fighters: P-47d Thunderbolt Series Southwest Pacific 1943-1945 by Michael Claringbould 9780645700404
RRP: $38.64$34.21The ongoing Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served throughout the South Pacific. Volume 10 covers the P-47D Thunderbolt which flew combat missions in the New Guinea theatre until mid-1945, serving with a... -
Great Britain: Identities, Institutions and the Idea of Britishness since 1500 by Keith Robbins 9780582031197
RRP: $70.94$68.22This is a timely exploration of national identity in Great Britain over nine hundred years of history. Our attitudes to the nation state are changing - national assemblies in Scotland and Wales and growing pressures for regional assemblies. In his... -
Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914--15 by Gordon Corrigan
RRP: $21.92$16.69Four 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... -
War to Windrush by Stephen Bourne
RRP: $16.76$12.24Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, Stephen Bourne's War to Windrush explores the lives of Britain's immigrant community through the experiences of Black British women during the period spanning from the beginning of... -
The Nightsilver Promise by Annaliese Avery 9780702306037
RRP: $10.31$6.75An epic adventure featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny. "A smart, original, fantasy adventure" Dominique Valente, author of Starfell "Richly imagined and unputdownable" Vashti Hardy, ... -
Life Lessons from Explorers: Learn how to weather life's storms from history's greatest explorers Felicity Aston 9781787396111
RRP: $16.76$11.09Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in... -
Cold War Kent by Clive Holden
RRP: $20.63$14.00For almost forty-five years following the end of the Second World War, the world held its breath as the spectre of an even more terrible and devastating conflict hung over it. Britain played a significant role in what became known as the 'Cold War'... -
Odilo Globocnik: The Devil's Accomplice by Max Williams
RRP: $64.50$48.53Outside 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... -
Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh by Peter J Brand
RRP: $41.93$39.64Warrior, mighty builder and statesman, over the course of his 67-year-long reign (1279-1212 BCE), Ramesses II achieved more than any other pharaoh in the three millennia of ancient Egyptian civilization. Drawing on the latest research, Peter Brand... -
Renaissance Florence, Updated edition by Gene A. Brucker
RRP: $32.25$25.27In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the city of Florence experienced the most creative period in her entire history. This book is an in-depth analysis of that dynamic community, focusing primarily on the years 1380-1450 in an examination of the... -
This Dark Business: The Secret War Against Napoleon by Tim Clayton
RRP: $16.76$11.09Between 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... -
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hamalainen
RRP: $41.27$32.21American history and self-understanding have long depended on the notion of a "colonial America", an era that-according to prevailing accounts-laid the foundation for the modern United States. In Indigenous Continent, the acclaimed historian Pekka... -
Rossendale Then & Now by Susan Halstead 9780752471440
RRP: $19.34$13.13This stunning collection of images showcases the last century of life in the Lancashire town of Rossendale. Compiled by local-history expert Susan Halstead, it will delight visitors and residents alike.Book InformationISBN 9780752471440Author Susan... -
The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt by Justine Firnhaber-Baker 9780367143763
RRP: $59.33$52.28The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt charts the history of medieval rebellion from Spain to Bohemia and from Italy to England, and includes chapters spanning the centuries between Imperial Rome and the Reformation. Drawing together an... -
This Day in History: A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures by Cider Mill Press
RRP: $20.63$14.00From the Ides of March to the 40-minute war and the Great Molasses Flood, discover what extraordinary events took place from January 1 to December 31 with This Day in History.Have you ever wondered what happened on your birthday hundreds of years ago?... -
Cathal Brugha: "An Indomitable Spirit" by Gerard Hanley
$25.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801510172Author Gerard HanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd -
Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe by Fred C. Abrahams
RRP: $30.95$27.40In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe's most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read... -
Polish Armoured Trains 1921-1939 Vol. 3 by Adam Jońca 9788367227377
RRP: $28.38$24.66Book extensively covers the history of armored trains used by the Polish army from the end of the Soviet war to the conclusion of the 1939 campaign. It delves into the history, organization, and equipment of each individual composition in great detail...