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Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd Myths and Legends by Horatio Clare 9781913134297
RRP: $25.33$19.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134297Author Horatio ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm -
The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust by Martin Gilbert
RRP: $72.13$64.21The graphic history of the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 333 detailed maps. The maps, and the text and photographs that accompany them, powerfully depict the fate of the Jews... -
Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany by Dagmar Herzog
RRP: $68.25$55.22What is the relationship between sexual and other kinds of politics? Few societies have posed this puzzle as urgently, or as disturbingly, as Nazi Germany. What exactly were Nazism's sexual politics? Were they repressive for everyone, or were some... -
Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome by Sandra Boehringer
RRP: $72.13$63.43This groundbreaking study, among the earliest syntheses on female homosexuality throughout Antiquity, explores the topic with careful reference to ancient concepts and views, drawing fully on the existing visual and written record including literary,... -
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian bush to the Battle of Beersheba - an epic story of courage, resilience and derring-do by Peter FitzSimons 9780733646676
$43.84On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the... -
Albania: To Be or Not to Be? by Bejtullah Destani 9781398480025
RRP: $19.48$14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398480025Author Bejtullah DestaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Rise of Professional Society: England Since 1880 by Professor Harold Perkin
RRP: $74.08$65.87The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist "professional class" represents a new... -
Ways of Making and Knowing - The Material Culture of Empirical Knowledge by Pamela H. Smith
RRP: $51.68$50.13Although craftspeople and artists often work with natural materials, the notion that making art can constitute a means of knowing nature is a novel one. This book, with contributions from historians of science, medicine, art, and material culture, shows... -
An Infinite Fountain of Light – Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty–First Century by George M. Marsden
RRP: $40.93$35.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514006627Author George M. MarsdenFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 2400g -
The British West Indies Regiment: Race and Colour on the Western Front by Dominiek Dendooven 9781399067690
RRP: $39.00$27.87This is a military-political history with a vital and all-pervading cultural and social theme which shapes the narrative - race, colour and prejudice. But despite this, there is an extraordinary underlying theme of empire loyalty among serving soldiers -... -
Funeral for a Queen: Twelve Days in London by John Fraser
RRP: $25.33$17.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555903Author John FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Little Jazz Madrigals by Bob Chilcott 9780193559967
RRP: $22.43$17.34SATB and piano, with optional bass and drum kit This dynamic collection presents four jazzy settings of favourite madrigals by Thomas Morley, John Bennet, and Orlando Gibbons. The first, 'Sing we and chant it', is a relaxed jazz waltz with a compelling... -
Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England by Neil McKenna 9780571374922
RRP: $25.33$17.16'Uproarious.' The Times'Terrifically entertaining.' Evening Standard'Irresistible.' Daily Mail'Gripping.' Sunday Telegraph'A scintillating gem: a cracking page-turner, historically illuminating, culturally fascinating, and a book which effortlessly... -
What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? by John Hausdoerffer
RRP: $46.80$44.91As we face an ever-more-fragmented world, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? demands a return to the force of lineage-to spiritual, social, and ecological connections across time. It sparks a myriad of ageless-yet-urgent questions: How will I be... -
Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post by Martin Baron 9781250844200
RRP: $68.23$42.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250844200Author Martin BaronFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare by Professor Joanna Bourke 9780465007387
$37.28The characteristic act of men at war is not dying, but killing. Politicians and military historians may gloss over human slaughter, emphasizing the defence of national honor, but for men in active service, warfare means being - or becoming - efficient... -
Defiance: Greece and Europe by Roger Silverman 9781785353987
RRP: $31.18$26.95This socialist history of modern Greece tells the story of its rebirth in struggle, the heroic resistance to Nazi occupation, the civil war and its aftermath, the colonels' dictatorship and its overthrow, the rise and fall of PASOK, the debt crisis, the... -
Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena by James Hankins
RRP: $89.60$72.09The first full-length study of Francesco Patrizi-the most important political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance before Machiavelli-who sought to reconcile conflicting claims of liberty and equality in the service of good governance.At the heart of... -
Life Exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl by Adriana Petryna
RRP: $54.60$43.17On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are still suffering the effects. Life Exposed is the... -
Defending Gloucestershire and Bristol by Mike Osborne 9781781558898
RRP: $48.75$36.15Gloucestershire's strategic location straddling the Severn is reinforced by Bristol's importance as a port. The Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds are densely populated by prehistoric hillforts and Gloucester, Cirencester and Winchcombe were important... -
Jean Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution Clifford D. Conner 9780745331935
RRP: $48.73$32.43Jean-Paul Marat's role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians. Often he is portrayed as a violent, sociopathic demagogue. This biography challenges that interpretation and argues that without Marat's contributions... -
To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman 9780374298340
RRP: $62.40$38.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374298340Author Noah FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)... -
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War by Doug Stanton
RRP: $37.03$23.65SELECTED BY MILITARY TIMES AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers shares the powerful account of an... -
History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past by Jason Steinhauer 9783030851163
RRP: $44.83$33.01The Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History... -
The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet versus German Armour on the Eastern Front by Boris Kavalerchik
RRP: $29.23$21.35When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 the Red Army had four times as many tanks as the Wehrmacht and their tanks were seemingly superior, yet the Wehrmacht won the border battles with extraordinary ease the Red Armys tank force was pushed... -
The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History by Ed Achorn
RRP: $42.88$28.92The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in American history-Abraham Lincoln's history-changing nomination to lead the Republican Party in the 1860 presidential electionIllinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a... -
Lonesome Vol. 2: The Ruffians by Yves Swolfs 9781800440012
RRP: $17.53$12.29True to his word, Mayor Harper has brought in a Marshall to get rid of 'Lonesome', thrown in jail by a repentant sheriff. But it takes more than that to stop the lone rider in his quest for revenge, and he is soon back on the trail of Markham, the mad... -
Lindell's List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck Peter Hore 9780750966214
RRP: $39.00$32.55Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten. Evoking the spirit of Edith... -
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism by Kyla Schuller
RRP: $48.75$31.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036890Author Kyla SchullerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 156mm... -
A Shoe Story: Van Gogh, the Philosophers and the West by Lesley Chamberlain 9781905128242
RRP: $27.30$19.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905128242Author Lesley ChamberlainFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Harbour Books (East) LtdPublisher Harbour Books (East) Ltd -
Buntingford by Philip Plumb 9781845881337
RRP: $11.68$9.52Pocket Images BuntingfordBook InformationISBN 9781845881337Author Philip PlumbFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nonsuch PublishingPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 124mm * 10mm -
Ugliness: A Cultural History by Gretchen E. Henderson
RRP: $23.38$16.63In this riveting book Gretchen E. Henderson explores perceptions of ugliness through history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley's monster cobbled from corpses to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering... -
Karnak: Evolution of a Temple by Elizabeth Blyth 9780415404877
$89.06The first publication in English, this book fills a gap in the market and presents an in-depth examination of the significant temple site at Karnak. It is visited by thousands of tourists each year and is one of the most famous ancient temples in the... -
Bolt Action: Armies of Imperial Japan by Warlord Games
RRP: $48.75$41.32Following the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese military saw action across Asia, from the capture and defence of the islands of the Pacific to the occupation of territory in China and Burma. With this latest supplement for Bolt Action,... -
Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings by Avi Lifschitz
RRP: $68.25$54.50The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the GreatFrederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics,... -
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin 9781324093084
RRP: $46.78$36.27The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig and a British warship in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings... -
The Thin Red Line: An eyewitness history of the Crimean War by Julian Spilsbury
RRP: $25.33$17.22A FORGOTTEN VOICES for Victoria's RedcoatsThe Crimean War was the first 'modern' war for the British forces: journalists reported home via the telegraph, a device that also tempted the government to micro-manage the war from the comfort of Whitehall. It... -
Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints by Johanna Kramer
RRP: $58.40$47.64From the first centuries of Christianity, believers turned to the perfection modeled by saints for inspiration, and a tradition of recounting saints' Lives flourished. The Latin narratives followed specific forms, dramatizing a virgin's heroic resolve or... -
Scotland's Lost Industries by Michael Meighan 9781445609171
RRP: $39.00$26.79Until the 1960's The Clyde was synonymous with shipbuilding with many yards dotted on both sides of the river all the way from Glasgow to Greenock. Today they have all but gone, waterside apartments, exhibition centres and light industrial units taking... -
Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt by Salima Ikram 9789774166969
$46.20The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive...