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Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948 by Lucy Noakes 9780415390576
RRP: $74.08$65.09In this fascinating, timely and engaging study, Lucy Noakes examines women's role in the army and female military organizations during the First and Second World Wars, during peacetime, in the interwar era and in the post-war period. Providing a unique... -
Collecting Nature: The History of the Herbarium and Natural Specimens Clive Aslet 9789189425644
RRP: $68.25$43.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189425644Author Clive AsletFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1240g -
Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America by Thomas Milan Konda
RRP: $50.70$48.46Between Pizzagate, QAnon, and the now ubiquitous cries of "fake news," it's tempting to think that we're living in an unprecedentedly fertile age for conspiracy theories. But the sad fact is that these narratives of suspicion-and the delusional... -
Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic by Dan-el Padilla Peralta 9780691247632
RRP: $58.50$46.14How religious ritual united a growing and diversifying Roman RepublicMany narrative histories of Rome's transformation from an Italian city-state to a Mediterranean superpower focus on political and military conflicts as the primary agents of social... -
A Hundred Years of Spying by Phil Carradice
RRP: $39.00$27.87Early espionage organisations like Walsingham's Elizabethan spy network were private enterprises, tasked with keeping the Tudor Queen and her government safe. Formal use of spies and counter spies only really began in the years after 1909, when the... -
Renault R35 & R40 Through a German Lens by Alan Ranger
$32.29The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char leger Modele 1935 R (or R35), was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank. To this end it was... -
Ghetto Men: The SS Destruction of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto April-May 1943 by French Maclean 9780764312854
RRP: $107.23$69.44The twenty-eight day siege of the Warsaw Ghetto was one of the most protracted large-scale urban battles in World War II. Only the fighting at Leningrad from 1941-1943, Stalingrad in 1942-1943, the Warsaw Rebellion of 1944, and Budapest in 1944-1945... -
Argonauts by Apollonius 9781906814755
RRP: $15.58$14.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906814755Author of Rhodius ApolloniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Classic Comic Store LtdPublisher Classic Comic Store LtdWeight(grams)... -
Great Britain: Identities, Institutions and the Idea of Britishness since 1500 by Keith Robbins 9780582031197
RRP: $107.23$103.12This is a timely exploration of national identity in Great Britain over nine hundred years of history. Our attitudes to the nation state are changing - national assemblies in Scotland and Wales and growing pressures for regional assemblies. In his... -
Blood Matters: Studies in European Literature and Thought, 1400-1700 by Bonnie Lander Johnson
RRP: $154.05$135.04In late medieval and early modern Europe, definitions of blood in medical writing were slippery and changeable: blood was at once the red fluid in human veins, a humor, a substance governing crucial Galenic models of bodily change, a waste product, a... -
Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children’s Toys in 1960s and 1970s America by Rob Goldberg 9781478025115
RRP: $44.83$39.02In Radical Play Rob Goldberg recovers a little-known history of American children's culture in the 1960s and 1970s by showing how dolls, guns, action figures, and other toys galvanized and symbolized new visions of social, racial, and gender justice... -
KJV, Personal Size Reference Bible, Sovereign Collection, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter, Thumb Indexed, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson
RRP: $78.00$61.04This beautiful Bible edition honors the legacy of the King James Version Bible in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type,... -
The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa by Gebru Tareke 9780300204148
$67.08Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of this crucial Horn of Africa region... -
Castro To Christopher: Gay Streets of America 1979-1986 by Nicholas Blair 9781648230349
RRP: $83.83$54.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648230349Author Nicholas BlairFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S. -
Bannockburn 1314: The Battle 700 Years On by Chris Brown
RRP: $29.23$22.85The Battle of Bannockburn is the most celebrated battle in history between Scotland and England. Fought over two days on 23 and 24 June 1314 by a small river crossing in Stirling, it was a decisive victory for Robert the Bruce in the Scottish Wars of... -
Anthropologies of Revolution: Forging Time, People, and Worlds by Igor Cherstich
RRP: $58.50$45.42A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What can anthropological thinking contribute to the study of revolutions? The first book-length attempt to develop an anthropological approach to revolutions,... -
Lafayette We Are Here! by Jean-Michel Steg
RRP: $19.48$14.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054685Author Jean-Michel StegFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The University of Buckingham PressPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
1820: Scottish Rebellion: Essays on a Nineteenth-Century Insurrection by Gerard Carruthers
RRP: $195.00$134.49The 1820 Scottish Rising has been increasingly studied in recent decades. This collection of essays looks especially at local players on the ground across multiple regional centres in the west of Scotland, as well as the wider political circumstances... -
The Story of Australia's People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia Geoffrey Blainey 9781761041945
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761041945Author Geoffrey BlaineyFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia -
A Secret Life: The Polish Colonel, His Covert Mission, And The Price He Paid To Save His Country by Benjamin Weiser
RRP: $29.23$24.43In August 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected colonel in the Polish Army, embarked on what would become one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Despite the extreme risk to himself and his family, he contacted... -
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond
RRP: $44.83$29.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316409148Author Jared DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm *... -
Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta by George A. Said-Zammit
RRP: $77.98$68.37Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta is a study concerned with a wide spectrum of early modern dwellings in Malta, ranging from palazzi and affluent residences to peasant dwellings, troglodyte houses, and... -
My Sea Lady: An Epic Memoir of the Arctic Convoys by Graeme Ogden 9781910533734
RRP: $21.43$15.33During WWII sea convoys were the lifeblood of the Allied war effort. They were integral to the ultimate defeat of Germany on both fronts. My Sea Lady stands out as one of the most remarkable testaments of those dark days of the war at sea and the... -
Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland 1900-2012 by Steve Bruce
RRP: $46.78$42.61Steve Bruce explores Scotland's transformation from the largely devout Presbyterian country of 1900, with the church as a major social force, to the diverse, more secular society of today, when less than 10 per cent of Scots attend church. He bases his... -
The History of Britain and Ireland: Prehistory to Today Prof. Kenneth L. Campbell (Monmouth University, USA) 9781350260740
RRP: $54.58$47.66The History of Britain and Ireland: Prehistory to Today is a balanced and integrated political, social, cultural, and religious history of the British Isles. Kenneth Campbell explores the constantly evolving dialogue and relationship between the past and... -
Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War by Stacey Philbrick Yadav
RRP: $97.50$85.37Responding to a diplomatic stalemate and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, Yemen's civil actors work every day to build peace in fragmented local communities across the country. This book shows how their efforts relate to longstanding justice demands... -
Chinese Power and Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives and Challenges William C. Hannas (Georgetown University, Washington DC) 9781032081090
RRP: $72.13$63.92This book provides a comprehensive account of Chinese AI in its various facets, based on primary Chinese-language sources.China's rise as an AI power is an event of importance to the world and a potential challenge to liberal democracies. Filling a gap... -
Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth Century Married Life by A. James Hammerton
RRP: $74.08$65.09Cruelty and Companionship is an account of the intimate but darker sides of marriage in Victorian and Edwardian England. Hammerton draws upon previously unpublished material from the records of the divorce court and magistrates' courts to challenge many... -
The Publishing Game: Adventures in Books: 150 years of Hodder & Stoughton Edward Stourton 9781473671171
RRP: $48.75$32.72Author, journalist and BBC presenter Ed Stourton delves into the Hodder & Stoughton archives to tell the human story of 150 years of publishing. From the day in June 1868 when Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton first founded the... -
A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper 9780393346237
RRP: $25.33$22.35In 1840 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled city of gold, Timbuktu. His... -
Counterinsurgency: Theory and Reality by Daniel Whittingham
RRP: $39.00$37.52Counterinsurgency is defined as efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority. While it has become a buzz-word in the last twenty years, it is as old as society itself. This concise history discusses the development of modern... -
True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Emily Skidmore
RRP: $38.98$34.20Winner, 2018 U.S. History PROSE Award The incredible stories of how trans men assimilated into mainstream communities in the late 1800s In 1883, Frank Dubois gained national attention for his life in Waupun, Wisconsin. There he was known as a... -
Daily Life in Russia under the Last Tsar by Henri Troyat
RRP: $46.78$41.26This book is a vivid account of life in Moscow, "the most Russian of Russian cities," in the year 1903, a year before Russia's disastrous war with Japan and two years before the momentous Revolution of 1905. Though the undercurrents of social change were... -
The Africans by David Lamb 9780394753089
$30.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394753089Author David LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Revolutionary Russia: New Approaches to the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Rex A. Wade 9780415307482
RRP: $72.13$63.43This collection presents the major recent writings on the Russian Revolution and its context. It brings together key texts to illustrate new interpretive approaches and covers the central topics and themes. Together, the chapters in this volume form a... -
Beyond the Second Sophistic: Adventures in Greek Postclassicism by Tim Whitmarsh
RRP: $58.50$45.42The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization... -
The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation by Adam Burns
RRP: $74.08$65.60The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflict's aftermath.Taking a broadly thematic approach to the... -
Invasion!: Operation Sea Lion, 1940 by Martin Marix Evans 9780582772946
RRP: $72.13$70.47This terrifying alternative reality is actually based on historical facts. The book follows the real course of events up to1 September, including the planning in Britain and Germany, and the aerial war. The fictional story then supposes that the Germans... -
Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism by Tim Naftali 9780465092826
RRP: $56.53$51.30In this revelatory new account, national security expert Timothy Naftali relates the full story of America's decades-long attempt to fight terrorism. On September 11, 2001, a long history of failures and missteps came to a head, with tragic results. But,... -
Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II: Maintaining Imperial Rule Between Rome and Constantinople in the Fourth Century AD by Muriel Moser
RRP: $54.58$50.02In this book, Muriel Moser investigates the relationship between the emperors Constantine I and his son Constantius II (AD 312-361) and the senators of Constantinople and Rome. She examines and contextualizes the integration of the social elites of Rome...