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The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide Michael J. Salevouris (Webster University, USA) 9781118745441
RRP: $50.60$44.66Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and... -
Hannibal by Patrick N. Hunt 9781439102183
$23.19Hannibal is "an exciting biography of one of history's greatest commanders...a thrilling page-turner" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees, and... -
Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power by John Steele Gordon 9780060505127
RRP: $35.08$26.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060505127Author John Steele GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries by Rosemary Sayigh 9781842779637
RRP: $165.75$164.35As the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on, it is more important now than ever to understand the history of the Palestinian people. Rosemary Sayigh's The Palestinians is a classic of radical history. Through extensive interviews with Palestinians in... -
Around Willesden and Wembley by Len Snow
RRP: $25.33$19.25Looks at the history of Brent through a series of articles and pieces. As such, this work is a varied collection of thoughts and facts about local firms, people, buildings and the natural surroundings. It starts with a look at the makers of Brent such as... -
Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century by Tessa Murdoch
RRP: $146.25$117.10The value of inventories in charting how houses were arranged, furnished and used is now widely appreciated. Typically, the listings and valuations were occasioned by the death of an owner and the consequent need to deal with testamentary dispositions... -
Modern Women on Trial: Sexual Transgression in the Age of the Flapper by Lucy Bland
RRP: $38.98$28.31Modern women on trial looks at several sensational trials involving drugs, murder, adultery, miscegenation and sexual perversion in the period 1918-24. The trials, all with young female defendants, were presented in the media as morality tales, warning... -
Edward III's Faithful Knight: Walter Mauny and His Legacy by Stephen Porter
RRP: $39.00$26.79Sir Walter Mauny was described as Edward III's 'faithful knight'. That accurately summed up his life and career as a loyal servant of the king, distinguishing himself as a soldier, naval commander and diplomat. From the profits of war and royal favour he... -
Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England by Michael Alexander
RRP: $33.13$28.49Now reissued in an updated paperback edition, this groundbreaking account of the Medieval Revival movement examines the ways in which the style of the medieval period was re-established in post-Enlightenment England-from Walpole and Scott, Pugin, Ruskin,... -
The Role of Intelligence in the Battle of Britain by Norman Ridley
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Battle of Britain was fought between two airborne military elites and was a classic example of pure attack against pure defence. Though it was essentially a 'war of attrition', it was an engagement in which the gathering, assessment and reaction to... -
The Normans in Europe by Elisabeth M. C. Van-Houts
RRP: $38.98$35.30This book provides a selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered. As this study demonstrates, few other medieval peoples generated historical writing of such quantity and quality. Van Houts takes a... -
Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization by Richard J. Goodrich
RRP: $38.98$27.85Halley's Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions (or so it was thought), proving that... -
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic by Erich S. Gruen
RRP: $68.25$56.04Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as... -
A Marvelous Solitude: The Art of Reading in Early Modern Europe by Lina Bolzoni 9780674660236
RRP: $66.20$53.86A preeminent Renaissance scholar illuminates early modern encounters with books, in which literature became a portal to self-awareness and miraculous communion between author and reader.The experience of reading is often presented as personal and... -
Air War Varsity by Martin W. Bowman 9781473863101
$49.84Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, British and Canadian paratroop and resupply missions, all presented together in one ambitious volume. ... -
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 by Donald Keene 9780231123419
RRP: $48.75$40.15When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly... -
On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought by Musab Younis
RRP: $48.75$38.20This expansive history of Black political thought shows us the origins-and the echoes-of anticolonial liberation on a global scale.On the Scale of the World examines the reverberations of anticolonial ideas that spread across the Atlantic between the two... -
Intellectual Capital: Money and Mind at St John's College, Oxford by Matthew Ford 9781800818552
RRP: $58.50$40.85This 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,... -
The Cotswold House by Tim Jordan
RRP: $37.03$25.56From humble cottages and quintessential village houses to elegant manor houses, The Cotswold House is the first book to give a complete overview of the history, social and architectural, of the Cotswold home. Characteristic features tie all these... -
Alexis De Tocqueville's Journey in Ireland, July-August, 1835 by Emmet Larkin 9780813207193
RRP: $29.15$27.69Alexis de Tocqueville visited Ireland in the company of his good friend Gustave de Beaumont in July and August of 1835. At the time of his visit, Tocqueville had just acquired an international reputation with the publication of the first two volumes of... -
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan
RRP: $48.75$32.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036661Author Hugh RyanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 560gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 156mm *... -
Napoleon's Line Infantry by Philip Haythornthwaite 9780850455120
RRP: $25.33$23.46Napoleon's line infantry was founded upon that of the Ancien Regime. A total re-organisation began on 1 January 1791 with the abolition of the old regimental titles, and over the next two years an increasing number of conscript and volunteer battalions... -
Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of History by Anna Aslanyan
RRP: $33.13$29.84Would Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow' with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? Who, or what, is Kuzma's mother, and why... -
The Nightsilver Promise by Annaliese Avery 9780702306037
RRP: $15.58$10.55An 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, ... -
Bolt Action: Campaign: Stalingrad by Warlord Games
RRP: $48.75$35.14One of the most infamous and decisive battles of the Second World War, Stalingrad was a turning point of the Eastern Front, showing that the German juggernaut was not invincible. This Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce... -
The Experience of Crusading by Peter W. Edbury 9780521781510
RRP: $175.50$114.19The study of the crusades is one of the most thriving areas of medieval history. This collection of seventeen further essays by leading researchers in the field reflects the best of contemporary scholarship. The subjects handled are remarkably... -
Ireland and Argentina in the Twentieth Century: Diaspora, Diplomacy, Dictatorship, Catholic Mission and the Falklands Crisis by Keogh Dermot
RRP: $68.25$55.75This is a ground-breaking book on Irish diplomatic relations with Argentina/Latin America from the nineteenth to the twenty first century. Written in an accessible style, the contents will appeal to both a specialist academic and general readership. The... -
Backstabbing for Beginners (Media tie-in): My Crash Course in International Diplomacy by Michael Soussan
RRP: $27.28$15.83A Wall Street Journal best book of the year"What made this episode in our collective history possible was not so much the lies we told one another, but the lies we told ourselves."A recent Brown University graduate, Michael Soussan was elated when he... -
Medieval Antisemitism? by Francois Soyer
RRP: $31.10$30.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641890076Author Francois SoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Art Deco Tiles Hans van Lemmen 9780747811992
RRP: $17.53$14.86Art Deco was arguably the twentieth century's most popular and memorable design movement, and has come to define the inter-war period with its clean sleek lines, streamlined shapes, bold abstract forms and bright colours. Art Deco Tiles charts the impact... -
Wolf's Lair: Inside Hitler's East Prussian HQ by Ian Baxter
RRP: $25.33$19.25The Wolf's Lair was the most important German command post building during the Second World War. Orders sent from these secret headquarters would play a massive part in the outcome of the War. Ian Baxter looks in to the inner workings of Hitler's... -
No Beast So Fierce: The Champawat Tiger and Her Hunter, the First Tiger Conservationist by Dane Huckelbridge
RRP: $19.48$13.34The deadliest animal of all time meets the world's most legendary hunter in a classic battle between man and wild. But this pulse-pounding narrative is also a nuanced story of how colonialism and environmental destruction upset the natural order, placing... -
Fighting Sail: Fleet Actions 1775-1815 by Ryan Miller
$25.74In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbers. Players take on the roles of fleet admirals in... -
Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti Jake Johnston 9781250284679
RRP: $48.73$31.38Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels... -
Aesthetics and Subjectivity by Andrew Bowie 9780719057380
RRP: $48.75$43.64New, completely revised and re-written edition. Offers a detailed but accessible account of the vital German philosophical tradition of thinking about art and the self. Looks at recent historical research and contemporary arguments in philosophy and... -
The Five Hundred Year Rebellion by Benjamin Dangl
RRP: $29.15$19.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353465Author Benjamin DanglFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Connected Women: Inspiring women who have shaped the world and each other by Kate Hodges
RRP: $25.33$17.22Behind every great woman... is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships and secret histories of 84 pioneering women are revealed in inspirational stories which together show the indomitable strength of womankind. From... -
At the Gates of Rome: The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410 by Don Hollway
RRP: $39.00$37.05A dramatic retelling of the final years of the Western Roman Empire and the downfall of Rome itself from the perspective of the Roman general Stilicho and Alaric, king of the Visigoths. It took little more than a single generation for the... -
A-Z of the Yorkshire Dales: Places-People-History by Mike Appleton
RRP: $31.18$21.16A breathtaking landscape and attractive small towns and villages draw many visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National Park. A huge variety of people, landscapes and wildlife can be found within its boundaries, from churches that acted as places of rest on... -
Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945–1948 by Neill Lochery 9781541702301
RRP: $48.75$31.94By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to...