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The Tombs of Pompeii: Organization, Space, and Society by Virginia L. Campbell
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, delving into the importance of social class and self-representation, and developing a broad understanding of... -
The Dragoman Renaissance: Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism by E. Natalie Rothman
RRP: £21.99£19.59In The Dragoman Renaissance, E. Natalie Rothman traces how Istanbul-based diplomatic translator-interpreters, known as the dragomans, systematically engaged Ottoman elites in the study of the Ottoman Empire-eventually coalescing in the discipline of... -
Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich by Detlef Garbe
RRP: £39.95£38.20Between Resistance and Martyrdom is the first comprehensive historical study of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust era. Refusing to perform military service under Germany's Third Reich due to their fundamental belief in... -
Old Fyvie by Helen Taylor 9781840339505
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339505Author Helen TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell 9780743254083
RRP: £24.95£15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254083Author Thomas SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 25mm -
The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America’s Midnight War Against Russia by Barnes Carr 9781398104501
RRP: £20.00£13.50It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in history - a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. After that, leaders in Washington, Paris,... -
The Welsh at War: The Grinding War: The Somme and Arras by Steven John 9781399023764
RRP: £16.99£13.61The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War. These units included the four regular regiments – the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South... -
Agriculture in World History by Mark B. Tauger
RRP: £36.99£32.53Now in its second edition, Agriculture in World History presents a unique exploration of farmers and farming, and their relationships to non-farmers and urban societies from the ancient world to the 21st century.From its origins, civilization has... -
Drawing the Greek Vase by Caspar Meyer
RRP: £83.00£75.34How have two-dimensional images of ancient Greek vases shaped modern perceptions of these artefacts and of the classical past? This is the first scholarly volume devoted to the exploration of drawings, prints, and photographs of Greek vases in modernity... -
Elizabeth I by Judith M. Richards
RRP: £37.99£33.38Elizabeth I was Queen of England for almost forty-five years. The daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn, as an infant she was briefly accepted as her father's heir. After her mother was executed at her father's command she was declared illegitimate and... -
Women and Religion in Late Medieval Norwich Carole Hill 9780861933464
£27.05A vivid account of the nature and significance of intense female spirituality in one of England's greatest medieval cities. The religious attachments and charitable activity of women in and around late medieval Norwich are used here as a case study to... -
Africa Reimagined: Reclaiming Prosperity for the Continent by Hlumelo Biko
RRP: £20.00£13.34Under chapter headings such as 'Sources of Africa's cultural fragility', 'Thinking differently about African institutions', and 'Liberating human capital', Hlumelo Biko shows how, twenty years in, this century could yet become Africa's century, as many... -
Homeland Security in the UK: Future Preparedness for Terrorist Attack since 9/11 by Paul Wilkinson 9780415383752
RRP: £29.99£27.04This book is a detailed examination of whether domestic security measures are striking an appropriate balance between homeland security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era.Professor Paul Wilkinson and the other contributors assess the nature of UK... -
A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day by Friso Wielenga 9781350379596
RRP: £24.99£21.93Friso Wielenga's detailed history of the Netherlands traces its political development from independence to today, incorporating significant explorations of culture, economics, international relations, colonisation and decolonisation in the process. It... -
Africa's First Democrats: Somalia's Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen by Abdi Ismail Samatar 9780253022226
RRP: £74.00£64.45Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country's independence when Africa's first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the... -
Ancient African Kingdoms: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush by Captivating History 9781647489472
RRP: £24.99£18.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489472Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)... -
Conspiracies of World War II: Devious Plots, Sinisters Saboteurs and Extraordinary Enigmas by Alexander Macdonald 9781398828834
RRP: £9.99£7.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398828834Author Alexander MacdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
The Banat of Timisoara: A European Melting Pot by Victor Neumann 9781785511240
RRP: £29.95£21.33The Banat is a uniquely fascinating example of a European cross-border region, incorporating parts of western Romania, northeastern Serbia and a small area of southeastern Hungary. The team of historians, headed by Professor Victor Neumann of the West... -
Makers of Democracy: A Transnational History of the Middle Classes in Colombia by A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros
RRP: £23.99£20.84In Makers of Democracy A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros traces the ways in which a thriving middle class was understood to be a foundational marker of democracy in Colombia during the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide array of sources... -
Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours: From the Fifth Century to the Viking Age John Hines 9781783271795
RRP: £95.00£90.37An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources. From as early as the first century AD, learned Romans knew of more than one group of people living in north-western Europe... -
Cardano's Cosmos: The Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer by Anthony Grafton
RRP: £25.95£20.96Girolamo Cardano was an Italian doctor, natural philosopher, and mathematician who became a best-selling author in Renaissance Europe. He was also a leading astrologer of his day, whose predictions won him access to some of the most powerful people in... -
License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport by Patrick Bixby
RRP: £21.00£16.09This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey... -
Global Air Power by John Andreas Olsen 9781597975551
RRP: £50.00£38.96What influences have shaped air power since human flight became a reality more than a hundred years ago? Global Air Power provides insight into the evolution of air power theory and practice by examining the experience of six of the world's largest air... -
Liberated Cinema, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001 by Daniel J. Goulding
RRP: £16.99£15.88Originally published in 1985, Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience received the first annual "Close-up" award from the Yugoslav Film Institute in 1986 for "outstanding scholarship and for promoting the values of Yugoslav film art internationally."... -
Irish Catholic Identities by Oliver P. Rafferty 9780719097317
RRP: £24.99£22.18What does it mean to be Irish? Are the predicates Catholic and Irish so inextricably linked that it is impossible to have one and not the other? Does the process of secularisation in modern times mean that Catholicism is no longer a touchstone of what it... -
The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On: Lessons for the Future by Stephen Badsey 9780415350303
RRP: £47.99£41.81A fascinating new insight into the Falklands Conflict, covering every aspect of its origins and the political and diplomatic response to the Argentinean action as well as illuminating accounts of the military action to retake the islands, at every level... -
The German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen by Waldemar Goralski
RRP: £16.00£15.49The German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was an enlarged version of the Admiral Hipper class ships. The keel was laid on 23 April 1936, she was launched on 22 August 1938, and commissioned on 1 August 1940. She took part in the first mission of the... -
Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Medea Benjamin
RRP: £12.99£11.66U.S. relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but under the Trump Administration tensions are rising to startling levels. Medea Benjamin, one of the best-known 21st century activists, offers the incredible history of how a probable alliance... -
Astray: A History of Wandering by Eluned Summers-Bremner
RRP: £16.00£11.62This book explores how, far from being limited to deviation from known pathways or desirable plans of action, wandering is an abundant source of meaning, as intimately involved in the history of our universe as it will be in the future of our planet. In... -
Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown by Alex F. Young 9781840332292
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332292Author Alex F. YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 174mm * 4mm -
White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian by Jamie Bisher
RRP: £43.99£38.84This is the gripping story of a forgotten Russia in turmoil, when the line between government and organized crime blurred into a chaotic continuum of kleptocracy, vengeance and sadism. It tells the tale of how, in the last days of 1917, a fugitive... -
Out of Love for My Kin: Aristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the Loire, 1000-1200 by Amy Livingstone 9780801448416
RRP: £54.00£47.55In Out of Love for My Kin, Amy Livingstone examines the personal dimensions of the lives of aristocrats in the Loire region of France during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. She argues for a new conceptualization of aristocratic family life based on... -
Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature by Emily Pillinger
RRP: £24.99£22.37This book explores the miscommunications of the prophet Cassandra - cursed to prophesy the truth but never to be understood until too late - in Greek and Latin poetry. Using insights from the field of translation studies, the book focuses on the dialogic... -
Peace! Books! Freedom! The Secret History of a Radical London Building by Rosa Schling 9780852832851
RRP: £10.00£9.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852832851Author Rosa SchlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Housmans BookshopPublisher Housmans BookshopWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945 Second Edition John Wright 9781471841286
£32.59A new edition for HL Option 2, History of the Americas, Topic 13: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945.The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.An authoritative and engaging narrative, with... -
A Traveller's History of Venice by Peter Mentzel
RRP: £10.99£9.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566566117Author Peter MentzelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)... -
Decolonizing African Knowledge: Autoethnography and African Epistemologies by Toyin Falola
RRP: £29.99£26.34Addressing the consequences of European slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism on African history, knowledge and its institutions, this innovative book applies autoethnography to the understanding of African knowledge systems. Considering the 'Self'... -
The Russian Cruiser Askold by Aliaksandr Sukhanevich
RRP: £28.50£19.95In the late 1890s the Russian Empire sought to strengthen its presence in the Far East, China and Korea. Faced with a growing threat posed by the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Russians saw an urgent build-up of their naval forces in the region as an utmost... -
A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror by Larry Schweikart
RRP: £24.00£19.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595231154Author Larry SchweikartFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint SentinelPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g -
Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan by Karl F. Friday
RRP: £41.99£36.75Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of...