History

BY THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE'Both history and a rallying cry . . . an illuminating guide to the nature and possibilities of propaganda.' TLSFrom one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732353268Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Clemens & Blair, LLCPublisher Clemens & Blair, LLCWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm)...

THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S MOST SECRETIVE SPECIAL FORCES UNITJune 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich falls across Europe. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan - a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees...

Susanna Rustin's Sexed is a radical retelling of the story of British feminism. Starting in the revolutionary 1790s and ending in the present day, she introduces the 1830s radicals who demanded "LIBERTY FOR EVER!", Victorian petitioners who expected to...

'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning...

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio. After he began to grasp the magnitude of what had happened to American economic life, he decided to set down his impressions in his diary. This collection of...

The #1 testimony book that every Christian needs to read. As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker's family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of Christ. Despite the danger and threat of discovery,...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 'Epic,...

One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces' operations - Daily ExpressIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982352014Author Patrick F BrowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Wilcox Swanson LLC/ DBA Deer Track PublishingPublisher Wilcox Swanson LLC/ DBA Deer...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome-and the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his...

The incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and 80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt Path'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE'Elegant, effortlessly readable . . . essential reading for the new dark age of disinformation.' JONATHAN FREEDLAND'Original . . . Pomerantsev digs deep into the past history of information...

Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet - fungi.At the centre of countless superstitions, folkloric tales and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475299Author Jake AdelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut EconomicsA Financial Times Book of the Year______________________________________Our...

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour...

The phrase "music history" likely summons up images of long-dead composers, smug men in wigs and waistcoats, and people dancing without touching. In Music: A Subversive History, Gioia responds to the false notions that undergird this tedium. Traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988368231Author Tedor RichardFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Richard TedorPublisher Richard TedorWeight(grams) 440g

Stranger in the Mask of a Deer conjures an elemental, dreamlike narrative ranging from the present to the Late-Upper Palaeolithic, when the British peninsula was gradually reoccupied by humans and animals returning from the greater continent after the...

Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after filling 'the walls of his room with piteous petitions to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573113512Author Ian HislopFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. Scotland's history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors. But what about its lesser-known places, people and events?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016299978Author Alfonso RodríguezFormat HardbackPage Count 492Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 862g

Garden and social historian Advolly Richmond (of Gardener's World) unravels the surprising histories of 60 flowers that shape our gardens. Have you ever wondered where your favourite garden flowers came from? Where their names derived? Or why some...

From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon...

A fully updated 10th anniversary edition of the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 Bestseller

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024' 'A searing expose' Glamour 'A timely reminder of the dangers posed by...

A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908828668Author Philip MussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Token Publishing LtdPublisher Token Publishing Ltd

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781973914426Author Julie WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684834986Author Sara M. EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)...

The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology,...

Little Book of Dior is the pocket-sized and beautifully illustrated story of 70 years of opulent fashion. Christian Dior's spectacular rise to the upper echelons of the Parisian fashion world is one of the most compelling stories of twentieth-century...

Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426954627Author Deanna SpingolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 684Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 989gDimensions(mm)...

The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735221369Author Ryan H. WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016635103Author Alfonso RodríguezFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 757g