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How the Workers' Parliaments Saved the Cuban Revolution: Reviving Socialism After the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Pedro Ross
RRP: $35.08$29.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583679784Author Pedro RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
OCR GCSE History SHP: Britain in Peace and War 1900-1918 Christopher Culpin 9781471861079
$42.76Exam board: OCR (Specification B, SHP)Level: GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018An OCR endorsed textbookLet SHP successfully steer you through the OCR B specification with an exciting, enquiry-based series,... -
Air Wars 1920-1939: The Development and Evolution of Fighter Tactics by Philip MacDougall 9781781555200
RRP: $39.00$29.33Spain (1936-9), China (1937 onwards), Mongolia (1939), Finland (1939-40) and France (1939-40) were a testing ground for a new approach to air tactics with western democracies and totalitarian states analyzing the resulting lessons. Attention in Air Wars... -
1939: The Last Season Anne de Courcy 9781474625135
RRP: $21.43$14.63A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and... -
The Story of Australia's People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
RRP: $35.08$24.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761041952Author Geoffrey BlaineyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia -
The Indian Ideology by Perry Anderson
RRP: $33.13$27.50The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world's most populous democracy. Even critics of injustices within Indian... -
Sexton Blake and the Great War (Sexton Blake Library Book 1) by Mark Hodder
RRP: $17.53$15.27Britain and Germany are at war and Sexton Blake is in the thick of itAs the battle for the Western Front rages, adventuring detective Sexton Blake pits his intellect and physical prowess against the machinations of the Kaiser. A band of intrepid allies... -
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project by Robert S. Boynton
RRP: $19.48$13.26During 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... -
Sir Garnet Wolseley: Soldier of Empire by Stephen Manning 9781399072441
$59.81Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was an eminent Victorian, one of a handful of late nineteenth-century military men whose reputation transcends his age. He served the British empire in Burma, India, China, the Crimea, Canada, Asante, Egypt, South Africa and... -
Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds by Franck Goddio
RRP: $78.00$54.11Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were dramatically rediscovered in the 20th century and brought to... -
B-26 "Flak-Bait": The Only American Aircraft to Survive 200 Bombing Missions during the Second World War by Alan F. Crouchman
RRP: $79.93$53.96The definitive history of Flak-Bait, the most accomplished American bomber of the Second World War. Battling flak and enemy fighters over the skies of Europe during World War II, the US Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber named "Flak-Bait"... -
US Soldier vs Afrikakorps Soldier: Tunisia 1943 David Campbell 9781472828163
RRP: $31.18$25.99Operation Torch, launched on 8 November 1942, landed Anglo-American forces in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to create a second front against the Axis forces in North Africa, catching Rommel's German and Italian forces in the claws of a giant... -
Cartography: The Ideal and Its History by Matthew H Edney 9780226605685
RRP: $50.70$48.46Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space. As the current director of the project that has... -
The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow Karl Schloegel (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt) 9781509554928
RRP: $25.33$16.97Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schloegel unravels the... -
Making a Noise: Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong in Life, Arts and Broadcasting Sir John Tusa 9781474607087
RRP: $48.75$43.27In almost sixty years of professional life, John Tusa has fought for and sometimes against the major arts and political institutions in the country. A distinguished journalist, broadcaster and leader of arts organisations, he has stood up publicly for... -
Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography by Alicia Spencer-Hall 9789048559190
$69.09Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography. Scholarship has productively combined analysis of medieval literary texts with modern queer theory... -
White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea by Tyler Stovall
RRP: $48.75$38.79The racist legacy behind the Western idea of freedomThe era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of... -
Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Suleyman by Kaya Sahin 9780197531631
RRP: $47.76$40.52A full life and times biography of Suleyman, the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Suleyman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire between 1520 and 1566, was a globally recognized figure during his lifetime. His domain extended from Hungary to... -
Nottinghamshire Unusual & Quirky by Andrew Beardmore 9780857042668
RRP: $38.98$33.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857042668Author Andrew BeardmoreFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler
$53.66The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II."An absolute joy...Wanderlust... -
Lost London by Vic Keegan 9780954076276
$50.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954076276Author Vic KeeganFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint ShakespearesmonkeyPublisher ShakespearesmonkeyWeight(grams) 216g -
Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe In Profile by Daniel Uhr
RRP: $68.25$47.37Apologies 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 -
The Second World War David Horner 9781472833938
RRP: $58.50$43.97Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and colour maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of history's greatest conflict. The period... -
The Forgotten Lifeboats of Tyrella by Barbara Lomas
RRP: $19.48$17.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527254503Author Barbara LomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Bird Rock PressPublisher Bird Rock Press -
Translation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel 9780993009372
RRP: $19.50$13.65Mireille Gansel grew up in the traumatic aftermath of her family losing everything-including their native languages-to Nazi Germany. In the 1960s and 70s, she translated poets from East Berlin and Vietnam to help broadcast their defiance to the rest of... -
Hull (West) 1890: Yorkshire Sheet 240.02 by Susan Neave 9781847844958
$7.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847844958Author Susan NeaveImprint Alan Godfrey MapsPublisher Alan Godfrey Maps -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng
RRP: $68.25$45.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750586Author Yang JishengFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England by Sharon Marcus
RRP: $42.90$34.38Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. A few had sexual relationships with each... -
The FN MAG Machine Gun: M240, L7, and other variants Chris McNab 9781472819673
RRP: $31.18$25.99For six decades, the 7.62mm FN MAG has been a dominant general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) in worldwide arsenals. Three qualities have guaranteed this enduring status - reliability, ease of operation, and firepower. Several nations have license-produced... -
Reflections of Bognor Regis by Sylvia Endacott 9780752442990
RRP: $25.33$19.25Bognor Regis is today a thriving but relaxing seaside resort. Illustrated with over 200 images this fascinating book depicts the growth and changes to the town and its surrounding villages from its earliest origins up to the 1970s. Bognor was founded in... -
Arctic Convoy PQ18: 25 Days That Changed the Course of the War by John R McKay 9781399036603
$52.28This superbly researched book tells the story of one of the most significant maritime operations of the Second World War. The importance of the Arctic convoys providing the Soviets with the necessary equipment needed to win the war on the Eastern Front... -
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff
RRP: $70.10$56.92In 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world of politics back home in Canada. By 2008, he was leader of the country's Liberal Party and poised-should the governing Conservatives... -
Parliamentary Reform 1785-1928 by Sean Lang
RRP: $72.13$63.43Parliamentary 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... -
Stuka Attack: The Dive-Bombing Assault on England during the Battle of Britain by Andy Saunders
RRP: $25.33$18.70The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognised worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Countries are almost legendary, but in the UK its import... -
What is Early Modern History? by ME Wiesner–Hanks
RRP: $31.18$28.10What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organize the past and how the discipline of history has evolved... -
The Experimenters: Chance and Design at Black Mountain College by Eva Diaz
RRP: $68.25$58.44Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time at Black Mountain College: Harry Callahan, Merce Cunningham, Walter Gropius, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Aaron Siskind, Cy... -
Rez Life by David Treuer 9780802120823
$26.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802120823Author David TreuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
Stonehenge & Avebury by Keith Sugden
RRP: $11.70$8.97This 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: $54.58$47.07"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... -
Portugal's Bush War in Mozambique by Al J Venter
RRP: $58.48$40.83Portugal fought a bush war in Mozambique - one of the most beautiful countries in the world - for over a decade. The small European nation was ranged against formidable odds and in the end was unable to muster the resources required to effectively take...