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Tobruk: Birth of a legend by Frank Harrison
RRP: $21.43$14.84The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATEDThe siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in World War II. Despite... -
The Spectral Wound: Sexual Violence, Public Memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971 by Nayanika Mookherjee
RRP: $46.78$41.26Following the 1971 Bangladesh War, the Bangladesh government publicly designated the thousands of women raped by the Pakistani military and their local collaborators as birangonas, ("brave women"). Nayanika Mookherjee demonstrates that while this... -
The Politics of the Veil by Joan Wallach Scott 9780691147987
RRP: $48.75$38.81In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds... -
The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank by Terry Breverton 9781445660400
RRP: $19.48$14.06Did you ever wonder what the Tudors ate and drank? What was Elizabeth I's first meal after the defeat of the Spanish Armada? Which pies did Henry VIII gorge on to go from a 32 to a 54-inch waist? The Tudor Kitchen provides a new history of the Tudor... -
VCs of the First World War: Spring Offensive 1918 by Gerald Gliddon 9780752487304
RRP: $19.48$15.15At the end of 1917, after three years of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Allied armies of Britain and France, and those of their main opponent, Germany, had reached a point of exhaustion and hibernation. On March 21 1918, the German Army... -
Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History and Consumption of All Manner of Booze by Ian Lendler 9780143035978
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The Medieval Dagger by Guy Windsor
RRP: $41.93$39.98The term 'medieval martial arts' conjures images of armoured knights wielding sword, lance and axe. While the image is correct, at the foundation of knightly combat was a sophisticated form of close quarter combat, centred on fighting with - and against... -
Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany by James M. Fenelon 9781501179389
RRP: $39.00$23.07"Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority...A riveting read" (Donald L. Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air) about World War II's largest airborne operation-one... -
Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol III: Florius de Arte Luctandi by Ken Mondschein
RRP: $165.75$156.20The warriors of medieval Italy practised a complex and complete martial art, which included the wielding of sword, axe and spear with wrestling, knife-fighting and mounted combat. In the waning years of the 14th century, Fiore dei Liberi was a famed... -
Spanish National Identity, Colonial Power, and the Portrayal of Muslims and Jews during the Rif War (1909-27) by Elisabeth Bolorinos Allar
RRP: $156.00$148.22How were Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures depicted in Spanish literature, journalism, and photography during the Rif War and what did this portrayal reveal about conflicting visions of Spanish identity? Runner-up for the 2017-18 AHGBI-Spanish... -
The Histories, Volume VI: Books 28-39. Fragments by Polybius
RRP: $48.65$46.33Hellenistic history.The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he... -
Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Talk About Life in the Segregated South by William H. Chafe
RRP: $29.23$19.77A timely paperback reissue of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique first-person accounts Praised as "viscerally powerful" (Publishers Weekly), this remarkable work of oral history captures the searing experience of... -
World History of Warfare by Christon I. Archer
RRP: $62.40$56.14World History of Warfare is designed as a textbook for introductory college courses in military history. The text covers worldwide military history from ancient times to the present. Its principal theme is an exploration of change and continuity,... -
Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer by Professor Scott H. Hendrix
RRP: $33.13$28.49A bold, insightful biography of Martin Luther"[A] richly detailed portrait."-D.G. Hart, Wall Street Journal"Even-handed and engaging. . . . A nuanced portrait of Luther as a complex person of many roles."-Marilyn J. Harran, Theological Studies The... -
Henry VII's London in the Great Chronicle by Julia Boffey
RRP: $58.50$47.13This modernized extract from The Great Chronicle of London covers the reign of England's first Tudor king, Henry VII (1485-1509). It gives an eye-witness account of events in London, and of news from elsewhere, from the viewpoint of a well-to- do citizen... -
Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea Anthony Grafton 9780674030480
$55.19When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews whom they claimed to supersede, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and... -
The Flower of All Cities: The History of London from Earliest Times to the Great Fire by Robert Wynn Jones 9781398112414
RRP: $21.43$14.55The history of London up to 1666 is a story of Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts. Of a city that grew from ancient origins to become 'the flower of all cities', until the centuries of building and the lives within it were... -
The Voices of Women in Witchcraft Trials: Northern Europe Liv Helene Willumsen 9781032186177
RRP: $89.68$78.86Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea: Spanish Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Scotland, England, Norway,... -
Haiti: The Tumultuous History - from Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation by Philippe Girard
RRP: $27.28$22.76In the aftermath of January's horrific earthquake, the world's attention is focused on Haiti. In this full narrative history of the Caribbean nation, historian Philippe Girard offers insight into Haiti's complex and layered past, showing that its... -
The Little Book of Youghal by Kieran Groeger
RRP: $29.23$22.85Did you Know? St Mary's Collegiate Church claims to be the single oldest church in Ireland to have been in constant use over the centuries. The original roof, dating to c.1200, is still in situ. It was Thomas Harriott of Youghal who first brought... -
The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era by Michael J. Neufeld 9781588344670
RRP: $52.65$33.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588344670Author Michael J. NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
The Deeds of Philip Augustus: An English Translation of Rigord's "Gesta Philippi Augusti" by Rigord
RRP: $38.98$34.20The first full English translation of Rigord's Gesta Philippi Augusti, The Deeds of Philip Augustus makes available to Anglophone readers the most important narrative account of the reign of King Philip II of France (r. 1180-1223), a critical source... -
From the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht: Conflict, Carnage And Cooperation In Europe, 1918 - 1993 Martin Holmes 9781032198149
RRP: $72.13$63.92This book examines European history and politics between two very well-known but flawed treaties: The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Maastricht.Taking the Treaty of Versailles, signed following World War I, as a starting point, the volume argues... -
St Petersburg: a Cultural History by Solomon Volkov 9780684832968
$57.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832968Author Solomon VolkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 938gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy by Karl Widerquist
RRP: $56.53$45.59The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, the primordial nature of inequality and war why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? Widerquist and McCall draw on archaeology and anthropology to show that... -
A Short History of the Weimar Republic by Colin Storer
$41.81It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government,... -
ANG in the 1980s by Adrian Symonds
RRP: $31.18$21.16Tracing roots to colonial militia formed in 1636, the National Guard provides the militia of US states, districts, commonwealths and territories. The Air National Guard was split away from the Army National Guard in 1947, concurrent with the creation of... -
Voices of Dissent: An Essay Romila Thapar 9780857428622
RRP: $25.33$22.68People have argued since time immemorial. Disagreement is a part of life, of human experience. But we now live in times when any form of protest in India is marked as anti-Indian and met with arguments that the very concept of dissent was imported into... -
Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter 9781848712119
RRP: $19.50$16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848712119Author Richard BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Banner of TruthPublisher Banner of TruthWeight(grams) 318g -
The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19 by Jeremy Brown
RRP: $54.58$46.04A physician and historian of science and medicine at the National Institute of Health tells the hidden story of how plagues and pandemics shaped the history of the Jewish people. Plagues, pandemics, and infectious diseases have shaped the history of... -
Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War: Reds Versus Whites by Professor Marlene Laruelle
RRP: $27.28$24.59In examining the re-emergence of Russia's White Movement, Memory Politics and the Russian Civil War gets to the heart of the rich 20th-century memory debates going on in Putin's Russia today. The Kremlin has been giving preference to a Soviet-lite... -
Gerrards Cross: A History by Julian Hunt 9781803993553
RRP: $35.08$26.60Gerrards Cross, known for its open common and picturesque Latchmore Pond, had been a place of resort ever since the 1790s. Genteel houses sprang up, attracting enough wealthy visitors that it began to be known as the 'Brighton of Bucks.' The opening of... -
Desert Anzacs: the Under-told Story of the Sinai Palestine Campaign, 1916-1918 by Neil Dearberg
RRP: $41.91$36.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925231625Author Neil DearbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Glass House BooksPublisher Interactive Publications -
Mirrored Loss: A Yemeni Woman's Life Story by Gabriele Vom Bruck
RRP: $68.25$60.43Mirrored Loss tells the story of Amat al-Latif al Wazir, only daughter of 'Abdullah al-Wazir, the leader of Yemen's constitutional movement of the mid-twentieth century for democratisation of the autocratic imamate. Her relationship with her adored... -
The Making of White American Identity by Ron Eyerman 9780197658949
RRP: $47.76$40.52An account of the emergence and development of white consciousness throughout American history. In The Making of White American Identity, Ron Eyerman provides an explanation for how whiteness has become a basis for collective identification and... -
Raising the Fleet: The Pearl Harbor Salvage Operation, 1941-1944 by Ernest Arroyo 9780878426843
RRP: $54.60$49.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878426843Author Ernest ArroyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pictorial Histories Publishing CompanyPublisher Pictorial Histories Publishing... -
Disembodying Women: Perspectives on Pregnancy and the Unborn by Barbara Duden 9780674212671
RRP: $36.95$30.42In earlier times, a woman knew she was pregnant when she experienced "quickening"-she felt movement within her. Today a woman relies on what she sees in a test result or a digital sonogram image to confirm her pregnancy. A private experience once... -
The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy by Simon Levis Sullam 9780691209203
RRP: $29.23$24.06A gripping revisionist history that shows how ordinary Italians played a central role in the genocide of Italian Jews during the Second World WarIn this brief history of Italy's role in the Holocaust, Simon Levis Sullam presents an unforgettable account... -
The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility by Jeffrey K. Olick
RRP: $89.68$78.25In the past decade, Jeffrey Olick has established himself as one of the world's pre-eminent sociologists of memory (and, related to this, both cultural sociology and social theory). His recent book on memory in postwar Germany, In the House of the... -
Ancient Literacy by William V. Harris 9780674033818
RRP: $85.70$69.87How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since...