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1989: A Global History of Eastern Europe by James Mark 9781108447140
RRP: $48.73$41.61The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a... -
Epidemics: The Story of South Africa's Five Most Lethal Human Diseases by Howard Phillips 9780821420287
RRP: $25.33$23.30This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today-smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and... -
Roman History: v. 8 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $48.65$48.44A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampate Ba
RRP: $37.03$32.60The Fortunes of WangrinAmadou Hampate Ba [note special accents on the "e" in Hampate and "a" Ba not correctly reproduced here-see ms.]Translated by Aina Pavolini Taylor with an Introduction by F. Abiola IreleWinner of the Grand Prix Litteraire de... -
The First Great Powers: Babylon and Assyria by Arthur Cotterell
RRP: $58.50$52.92The rediscovery of Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that even the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians together did not constitute the ancient world. These peoples had nothing to do... -
USS Indianapolis (CA-35): From Presidential Cruiser, to Delivery of the Atomic Bombs, to Tragic Sinking? In WWII by David Doyle
RRP: $37.03$24.71Despite the limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty, USS Indianapolis was an imposing warship. She was widely used by US dignitaries in the 1930s, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who sailed aboard the ship many times. After the outbreak of... -
The Struggle for Democracy: Parliamentary Reform, from the Rotten Boroughs to Today by Roger Mason
RRP: $35.08$26.99Prior to the 1832 Reform Act the electoral system was rife with corruption and in desperate need of reform. In England and Wales only about 12 per cent of adult men had the vote and the proportion was even less in Scotland and Ireland. Women did not vote... -
An Analysis of Joan Wallach Scott's Gender and the Politics of History Pilar Zazueta 9781912128662
RRP: $12.68$12.11Joan Scott's work has influenced several generations of historians and helped make the topic of gender central to the way in which the discipline is taught and studied today. At root a new way of conceptualizing capitalist societies, Scott's theories... -
Strategiya: The Foundations of the Russian Art of Strategy by Ofer Fridman
RRP: $97.50$85.37In recent years, Western experts have generally portrayed the Kremlin's actions as either strategic or tactical. Yet this proposition raises a very important question: how closely does the West's interpretation of Russian strategy reflect the country's... -
Burundi: The Biography of a Small African Country by Nigel Watt
RRP: $42.90$38.06Little known in the English-speaking world, Burundi is Rwanda's twin, a small Central African country with a complex history of ethnic tension between its Hutu and Tutsi populations that has itself experienced traumatic events, including mass killings of... -
The Empire Strikes Back?: The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Andrew S. Thompson 9780582438293
RRP: $93.58$90.44`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa,... -
The Psychology of Counter-Terrorism by Andrew Silke
RRP: $85.78$74.96This edited book explores how psychology can be used to improve our understanding of terrorism and counterterrorism.This work firstly aims to provide balanced and objective insight into the psychology of terrorists; what their motivations are, what keeps... -
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 9780226801063
RRP: $46.80$45.69"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every... -
Wiltshire's Military Heritage Andrew Powell-Thomas 9781398103139
RRP: $31.18$21.16The landlocked county of Wiltshire, characterised by its high downland and wide valleys, has a rich military history that stretches back through the centuries. Evidence of Wiltshire's military heritage can be seen throughout the county with numerous... -
The Way of the Warrior: Deluxe 3-Volume Box Set Edition by Sun Tzu 9781398801882
RRP: $97.48$55.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398801882Author Sun TzuImprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 2100gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 163mm * 69mm -
Dead on Time: The Memoir of an SOE and OSS Agent in Occupied France by Jean Claude Guiet 9780750965262
RRP: $39.00$29.78Jean Claude Guiet, born in France and raised in the US, attended Harvard aged 18 until, as a 'naive' 19-year-old, he entered the US Army in 1943. As a native French speaker he was quickly assigned to SOE and the OSS (the precursor of the CIA) and... -
The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey by Henry M. Cowles
RRP: $62.30$50.64The surprising history of the scientific method-from an evolutionary account of thinking to a simple set of steps-and the rise of psychology in the nineteenth century.The idea of a single scientific method, shared across specialties and teachable to... -
JFK - 9/11: 50 Years of Deep State by Laurent Guyenot
RRP: $58.48$35.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615776313Author Laurent GuyenotFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 412g -
Dancing in the English Style: Consumption, Americanisation and National Identity in Britain, 1918-50 by Allison Abra
RRP: $48.75$34.94Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant... -
Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders Philip Hatfield 9780712352192
RRP: $58.50$39.39If you centre a globe on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), all you see around it is a vast expanse of ocean. Islands of various sizes float in view while glimpses of continents encroach on the fringes, but this is a view dominated by water. The immense... -
Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook by Patricia Crawford
RRP: $72.13$63.43Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in... -
Bitter Peleliu: The Forgotten Struggle on the Pacific War's Worst Battlefield by Joseph Wheelan
RRP: $48.75$32.39The hard-hitting history of the Pacific War's 'forgotten battle' of Peleliu - a story of intelligence failings and impossible bravery. In late 1944, as a precursor to the invasion of the Philippines, U.S. military analysts decided to seize the small... -
Bloody Vienna: The Soviet Offensive Operations in Western Hungary and Austria, March-May 1945 by Kamen Nevenkin
RRP: $58.48$40.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786155583261Author Kamen NevenkinFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint PeKo Publishing Kft.Publisher PeKo Publishing Kft. -
Join the Vikings: The Raid Peter Pentz 9788792596192
RRP: $68.25$43.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788792596192Author Peter PentzFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Strandberg PublishingPublisher Strandberg PublishingWeight(grams) 830g -
Trajan: Optimus Princeps by Julian Bennett
RRP: $74.08$65.87Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? Why did Dante, writing in the Middle Ages, place him in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers?In this, the only biography of Trajan available in... -
Monty and the Canadian Army: A Military Triumph by John A. English
RRP: $54.58$47.85General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian... -
Spitfire!: The Full Story of a Unique Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron by Dilip Sarkar 9781526732811
$77.18As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based at Fowlmere - and... -
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States by Ali Velshi 9780063382589
RRP: $29.23$19.42Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging documents brought by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County (GA) and Manhattan (NY) district attorneys-a riveting and shocking narrative of the... -
The Meuse-Argonne 1918: The Right Bank to the Armistice by Maarten Otte
RRP: $31.18$22.64The Americans had considerable initial success when they launched their huge offensive against the Germans in the Meuse-Argonne in the last days of September 1918/. However, not everything went smoothly and the attack became bogged down, held up by the... -
How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature by Emily Hauser 9780691201078
RRP: $68.25$54.50How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of genderWhen Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed to describe a poet was a male one-aoidos, or "singer-man." The most famous woman poet of ancient Greece, whose craft was one of words,... -
Nasser's Blessed Movement: Egypt's Free Officers and the July Revolution by Joel Gordon 9789774167782
RRP: $33.13$27.50This essential book explores the early years of military rule following the Free Officers' coup of 1952. Enriched by interviews with actors in and observers of the events, Nasser's Blessed Movement shows how the officers' belief in a quick reformation by... -
Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict by Sumantra Bose
RRP: $38.98$33.09An authoritative, fresh, and vividly written account of the Kashmir conflict-from 1947 to the present The India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir is one of the world's incendiary conflicts. Since 1990, at least 60,000 people have been killed-insurgents,... -
Mapping the Heavens by Peter Whitfield 9780712352659
RRP: $29.23$20.87Throughout history people have sought ways in which to map the heavens. From the sources of mathematics and mythology sprang the classic star chart, the finest examples of which are both scientific documents and works of art. In this beautifully... -
Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples by Stephan Palmie
RRP: $72.15$71.70Combining fertile soils, vital trade routes, and a coveted strategic location, the islands and surrounding continental lowlands of the Caribbean were one of Europe's earliest and most desirable colonial frontiers. The region was colonized over the course... -
The King's Chamberlain: William Sandys of the Vyne, Chamberlain to Henry VIII by John Jenkins
RRP: $39.00$26.01This book looks at the life, activities and achievements of William, 1st Baron Sandys, Knight of the Garter. It is the story of a Hampshire man who, during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, achieved prominence from a relatively modest but... -
Hard Road West: History and Geology Along the Gold Rush Trail by Keith Heyer Meldahl 9780226519623
RRP: $33.15$28.51In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor... -
A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts: Third, revised and expanded edition by John L Hayes
RRP: $107.25$102.51This 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... -
The Full-Length Mirror: A Global Visual History by Wu Hung
RRP: $68.25$47.37This book tells two stories about the full-length mirror. One story, through time and space, crisscrosses the globe to introduce a broad range of historical actors: kings and slaves, artists and writers, merchants and craftsmen, courtesans and commoners... -
Spying for the People: Mao's Secret Agents, 1949-1967 by Michael Schoenhals
RRP: $44.83$31.55Since the end of the Cold War, the operations of secret police informers have come under the media spotlight and it is now common knowledge that vast internal networks of spies in the Soviet Union and East Germany were directed by the Communist Party. By... -
The Last Tigers of Hong Kong: True Stories of Big Cats That Stalked Britain's Chinese Colony by John Saeki
RRP: $27.28$17.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554615Author John SaekiFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 284g