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Abandoned and Sacrificed: The Tragedy of the Montevideo Maru by Kathryn Spurling 9781760794774
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760794774Author Kathryn SpurlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland PublishersWeight(grams) 474g -
Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe In Profile by Daniel Uhr
RRP: £35.00£24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658627Author Daniel UhrFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1365g -
A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts: Third, revised and expanded edition by John L Hayes
RRP: £52.50£50.71This manual is designed as a textbook of the Sumerian language, based principally on texts of the Ur III period (21st century BCE). It is self-contained, so that it will be of use to students with or without a teacher. It includes a general description... -
Vought A-7 Corsair II: The US Navy and Us Air Force's Light Attack Aircraft by Mat "Irish" Garretson
RRP: £18.99£12.67Born of necessity during the Vietnam War, the Vought A-7 Corsair II ushered in a level of lethality, target accuracy, and economy not realized in any plane before it, and, arguably, any that followed. Originally designed as a "bomb truck," the A-7 would,... -
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project by Robert S. Boynton
RRP: £9.99£6.70During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to live in 'Invitation Only Zones', high-security detention-centres masked as exclusive areas, on the outskirts of... -
The Civil War in Wales: The Scouring of the Nation by Terry John
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Civil Wars of the seventeenth century had a devastating effect upon Wales and the Marches, stripping the country of its human resources and ruining whole communities. This book explores the years of conflict between 1642 and 1649, detailing the... -
"Pedlar in Divinity": George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals, 1737-1770 by Frank Lambert 9780691096162
RRP: £35.00£27.74A pioneer in the commercialization of religion, George Whitefield (1714-1770) is seen by many as the most powerful leader of the Great Awakening in America: through his passionate ministry he united local religious revivals into a national movement... -
Smuggling by Chris McCooey
RRP: £10.99£7.12A smuggler ... 'honest thief' or 'wretch'? Opinion was divided some 200 years ago when smuggling was in its heyday and known as 'that infamous traffick'. Charles Lamb, the essayist, was in favour when he wrote in the early 1800s, 'I like a smuggler;... -
Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire by Ray Laurence 9780415241496
RRP: £37.99£33.38This provocative and often controversial volume examines concepts of ethnicity, citizenship and nationhood, to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse... -
Stonehenge & Avebury by Keith Sugden
RRP: £6.00£4.44This stunningly illustrated guide explores the history and mystery of these two sites, as well as looking at the rituals that survive today. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel.About the AuthorKeith... -
Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity by Jonathan Wyrtzen
RRP: £27.99£24.14"There is no question that the value of a detailed account of Moroccan colonial history in English is an important addition to the field, and Wyrtzen's book will undoubtedly become a reference for Moroccan, North African, and Middle Eastern historians... -
Parliamentary Reform 1785-1928 by Sean Lang
RRP: £36.99£32.53Parliamentary Reform 1785-1928 surveys the dynamically changing role of the British Parliament from the pre-reformed Parliament through:the 1832 Great Reform ActChartismthe campaign for working class suffrageCatholic emancipationthe long struggle for the... -
The Valkyries' Loom: The Archaeology of Cloth Production and Female Power in the North Atlantic by Michele Hayeur Smith 9780813080116
RRP: £26.95£18.36Using textiles to understand gender and economy in Norse societiesIn The Valkyries' Loom, Michele Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North... -
Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 by Mark Jones
RRP: £30.99£28.68The German Revolution of 1918-1919 was a transformative moment in modern European history. It was both the end of the German Empire and the First World War, as well as the birth of the Weimar Republic, the short-lived democracy that preceded the... -
Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe by Raymond F. Toliver
RRP: £31.99£21.99The story of Hanns Scharff, the master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in World War II. Scharff, a German Intelligence Officer, gained the reputation as the man who... -
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture by Alice Echols 9780393338911
RRP: £15.99£12.27In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What about this music made it such hot stuff? In her incisive history, Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco transformed... -
The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration by Jo Woolf
RRP: £24.99£18.92Fifty stories of adventure and exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories and claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the... -
Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics by Marina Frolova-Walker
RRP: £32.50£27.95Marina Frolova-Walker's fascinating history takes a new look at musical life in Stalin's Soviet Union. The author focuses on the musicians and composers who received Stalin Prizes, awarded annually to artists whose work was thought to represent the best... -
Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia: Muslim Intellectuals and the Making of Islamic Reformism by Khairudin Aljunied 9780197514412
RRP: £79.00£71.78Southeast Asia is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world today. The region has also produced a cohort of reformers who have critiqued the limits of Islamic thought and propounded new lines of thinking with an eye toward constructing a... -
Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Matthew Dallek
RRP: £30.00£19.53How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremismAt the height of the John Birch Society's activity in the 1960s, critics dismissed its members as a paranoid fringe. After all, "Birchers" believed that a... -
Ford M8 and M20: The US Army's Standard Armored Car of WWII by David Doyle
RRP: £18.99£12.67Developed to provide the US military with a fast-moving reconnaissance vehicle sufficiently armed to knock out WWII-era armored vehicles. The M8 Armored Car and its sibling, the M20 Armored Utility Vehicles, were the most widely used armored vehicles... -
Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers by Peter FitzSimons
RRP: £19.99£13.75'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago.'MELBOURNE, 20... -
The Art of War: A Graphic Novel by Sun Tzu 9781684124299
RRP: £19.99£13.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684124299Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 244mm *... -
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War by James B. Conroy
RRP: £25.00£15.84The first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II.The Devils Will Get No... -
Southern Irish Loyalism, 1912-1949 by Brian Hughes
RRP: £32.99£29.98This book brings together new research on loyalism in the 26 counties that would become the Irish Free State. It covers a range of topics and experiences, including the Third Home Rule crisis in 1912, the revolutionary period, partition, independence... -
Swindon: A Sixth Selection by Swindon Society
RRP: £12.99£9.62Local history of SwindonBook InformationISBN 9780750916714Author The Swindon SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 169mm * 10mm -
Shaped by the State: Toward a New Political History of the Twentieth Century by Brent Cebul
RRP: £31.00£30.19American political history has been built around narratives of crisis, in which what "counts" are the moments when seemingly stable political orders collapse and new ones rise from the ashes. No doubt the history of American politics is filled with such... -
Tales of London Docklands by Henry T. Bradford
RRP: £14.99£11.55An anthology of true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's personal experience as a Registered Docker in the Port of London - when traffic through the docks was at its peak.About the AuthorHenry Bradford worked in the Port of London for thirty-two years;... -
Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good: From the Panopticon to the Skinner Box and Beyond by Cathy Gere
RRP: £26.00£21.70How should we weigh the costs and benefits of scientific research on humans? Is it right that a small group of people should suffer in order that a larger number can live better, healthier lives? Or is an individual truly sovereign, unable to be plotted... -
Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors by Edward E. Leslie 9780395911501
£22.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395911501Author Edward E. LeslieFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 563g -
Prisons and Prisoners in Victorian Britain by Neil Storey 9780752452692
RRP: £14.99£11.55Prisons and Prisoners In Victorian Britain provides an illustrated insight into the Victorian prison system and the experiences of those within it - on both sides of the bars. Featuring stories of crime and misdeeds, this fascinating book includes... -
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor 9780061708763
RRP: £20.99£13.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061708763Author Richard McGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Seventies Spotting Days Around the Western Region by Kevin Derrick
RRP: £15.99£10.66Seventies Spotting Days in the Western Region is a full-colour photographic album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulics from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news,... -
Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor by James M. Scott 9780393352276
RRP: £15.99£13.79On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan's factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on... -
Don't Think, Smile!: Notes on a Decade of Denial by Ellen Willis 9780807043219
RRP: £13.99£9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807043219Author Ellen WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 138mm * 17mm -
From the Mill to Monte Carlo: The Working-Class Englishman Who Beat the Monaco Casino and Changed Gambling Forever by Anne Fletcher
RRP: £9.99£6.64This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Amongst the men 'who broke the bank at Monte Carlo', Joseph Hobson Jagger is unique. He is the only one known to have devised an infallible and completely legal... -
US Navy Escort Carriers 1942-45 by Mark Stille
RRP: £12.99£11.01While not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the Essex- and Yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards Allied victory both in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres. Rather than relying on size or... -
Roman Social History: A Sourcebook by Tim Parkin
RRP: £39.99£35.46This Sourcebook contains a comprehensive collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD.Designed to form the basis for courses in Roman social history, this excellent... -
Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West by John Ralston Saul
RRP: £21.99£14.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476718965Author John Ralston SaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany by Roderick Stackelberg 9780415308618
RRP: £29.99£27.04The Routledge Companion to Nazi Germany combines a concise narrative overview with chronological, bibliographical and tabular information to cover all major aspects of Nazi Germany. This user-friendly guide provides a comprehensive survey of key topics...