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Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq by William R Polk 9780061236204
$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061236204Author William R PolkFormat PaperbackImprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 231g -
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow 9780306814433
RRP: $62.38$49.90In December 1953 French paratroopers, who had been searching for the elusive Vietnamese army, were quickly isolated by them and forced to retreat into their out-gunned and desolate jungle base-a small place called Dien Bien Phu. The Vietnamese besieged... -
At War's Summit: The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II by Alexander Statiev 9781108424622
RRP: $56.53$49.16This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet... -
Night of Sorrows: War God Trilogy: Book Three by Graham Hancock
RRP: $21.43$15.17Cortes and his small army of Conquistadors enter Tenochtitlan, the island city of the Aztecs, as guests of the psychotic emperor Moctezuma who plans to trap them there and kill them all. In a stunning coup, Cortes acts first, taking the emperor hostage... -
The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991 by Philip Hanson
RRP: $97.48$93.29Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in... -
Soldiers as Workers: Class, employment, conflict and the nineteenth-century military Nick Mansfield 9781800348974
$57.12The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the... -
The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Selection by Oscar Wilde 9780674248670
RRP: $46.70$37.91An innovative new edition of nine classic short stories from one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era."I cannot think other than in stories," Oscar Wilde once confessed to his friend Andre Gide. In this new selection of his short fiction, Wilde's... -
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette 9781556529580
RRP: $37.03$26.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556529580Author Ned SubletteFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Lawrence Hill BooksPublisher Lawrence Hill BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 226mm... -
Sparta's Second Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 446-418 B.C. by Paul Anthony Rahe
RRP: $63.38$53.72The latest volume in Paul Rahe's expansive history of Sparta's response to the challenges posed to its grand strategy"Paul Rahe stands out as one of the world's leading scholars on the Peloponnesian War. His latest volume on Sparta's protracted struggle... -
The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $52.55$50.54From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic "stagflation," political scandal, and global turmoil. Yet from an international perspective it was a seminal decade, one that brought the... -
Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths by Simon Connor 9781617971341
RRP: $77.98$64.68A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and beliefWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although the Late Antiquity period appears to have... -
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470-1600 by Martin Ingram 9781316631737
RRP: $52.63$45.24How was the law used to control sex in Tudor England? What were the differences between secular and religious practice? This major study reveals that - contrary to what historians have often supposed - in pre-Reformation England both ecclesiastical and... -
Coventry City Police: A Brief History by Corinne Brazier
RRP: $38.98$32.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844918881Author Corinne BrazierFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Mapseeker Digital LtdPublisher Mapseeker Digital Ltd -
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
RRP: $35.08$21.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449861Author Lindy WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 138mm *... -
The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction by Jamie Kreiner
RRP: $46.78$37.65The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasise about escaping our screens. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world... -
Renaissance Florence, Updated edition by Gene A. Brucker
RRP: $48.75$38.20In 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... -
A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber
RRP: $31.18$21.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541587Author Leanna Renee HieberFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
Stubbington and Titchfield by Ron Brown 9780752410050
RRP: $25.33$19.25This unique collection of over 220 old photographs brings together the two villages of Stubbington and Titchfield, in a fascinating pictorial study. The history of the two villages is very contrasting: today Titchfield looks much the same as it did one... -
Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time by The National Archives
RRP: $48.75$37.60A series of daring missions from World War II, revealed through letters and documents from the main protagonists. Winning World War II was about more than military force. It required guile, and tremendous acts of bravery by Special Forces and... -
Early Rome to 290 Bc: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic by Guy Bradley
RRP: $60.45$50.19The emergence of Rome as an imperial power. In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. This book examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success... -
Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Early-Medieval Medicine by Anne Van Arsdall 9780367753771
RRP: $70.18$61.80Featured here is a modern translation of a medieval herbal, with a study showing how this technical treatise on herbs was turned into a literary curiosity in the nineteenth century. The contours of this second edition replicate the first; however, it has... -
Voices of Fairford & Lechlade by June Lewis-Jones 9780752422725
RRP: $25.33$16.11These personal memories give a unique and fascinating insight into the lives of the people who lived in and around the Gloucestershire market town neighbours of Fairford and Lechlade. This volume of reminiscences documents the individuality of the people... -
St Albans: Life on the Home Front, 1914-1918 by Sue Mann
RRP: $37.03$33.11Much has been written about the men who left to fight in the First World War but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this... -
Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie Leduff 9780143124467
RRP: $37.05$24.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124467Author Charlie LeDuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 139mm... -
Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe by William R. Hogan 9780063272026
RRP: $48.75$32.04A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany-against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on... -
Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-Century Britain by Dr Sam Wetherell 9780691241760
RRP: $42.90$34.38An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate,... -
Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines by Koos Stadler
RRP: $37.03$27.34South African Special Forces, known as the 'Recces', are an elite group of soldiers that few can aspire to join. Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have long fascinated, but little is known about how they... -
The Danger of Dreams: German and American Imperialism in Latin America by Nancy Mitchell 9780807847756
$86.23American imperialism in Latin America at the beginning of the 20th century has been explained, in part, as a response to the threat posed by Germany in the region. But, as Nancy Mitchell demonstrates, the German actions that made the US defensive - and... -
How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero's Guide to the Real Middle Ages by Cait Stevenson
RRP: $29.23$20.01Grab your magical sword and take the place of your favorite fantasy character with this fun and historically accurate how-to guide to solving epic quests.What should you ask a magic mirror? How do you outwit a genie? Where should you dig for buried... -
Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again by Norman Thelwell 9781846893995
RRP: $31.18$21.55The artist Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) was famous for his horse and pony cartoons, but his work was far more wide ranging. He focused his exceptional talent and humour on many diverse subjects, with his witty and wry observations providing amusement and... -
The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend by Adam Shoalts
RRP: $29.23$18.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735241060Author Adam ShoaltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
Lifestyle and Medicine in the Enlightenment: The Six Non-Naturals in the Long Eighteenth Century James Kennaway 9781032400327
RRP: $77.98$68.89The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise. In many ways, this marks a return to the state of medicine in the eighteenth century, when ideals of healthy living were a much more central part of the... -
The Lost History of Peter the Patrician: An Account of Rome's Imperial Past from the Age of Justinian by Thomas M. Banchich
RRP: $81.88$71.66The Lost History of Peter the Patrician is an annotated translation from the Greek of the fragments of Peter's History, including additional fragments which are now more often considered the work of the Roman historian Cassius Dio's so-called Anonymous... -
The Last Consolation Vanished: The Testimony of a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz by Zalmen Gradowski
RRP: $39.00$29.84A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz. On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz obtained explosives and rebelled against their Nazi murderers. It was a... -
This Day in History: A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures by Cider Mill Press
RRP: $31.18$21.16From 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?... -
Immediate Family by Ashley Nelson Levy 9781914198069
RRP: $19.48$13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198069Author Ashley Nelson LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Monmouthshire Villages Geoffrey Davies 9781910758151
RRP: $19.48$14.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910758151Author Geoffrey DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Sigma PressPublisher Sigma Press -
History: Bks. V-VIII by Herodian
RRP: $48.65$46.33A chronicle of Rome in crisis.The History of Herodian (born ca. AD 178-179) covers a period of the Roman empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 180) to the accession of Gordian III (238), half a century of turbulence, in which we can... -
Northfield Past & Present by Veronica Smith
RRP: $25.33$19.25This book includes a fascinating selection of previously unseen photographs drawn from the collections of local residents. Northfield has a beautiful conservation area about which much has been written, but the authors, John and Jean Smith, have... -
The Political History of Modern Iran: Revolution, Reaction and Transformation, 1905 to the Present Ali Rahnema (American University of Paris, France) 9780755643998
RRP: $46.78$41.77From the rise of constitutionalism during the rule of despotic Qajars, foreign invasions, the Pahlavi regimes' destructive politics, economic, cultural and social modernization efforts and the oil nationalization movement, to the Iranian Revolution, its...