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One Word Shapes a Nation: Integration Politics in Germany Johanna Schuster-Craig 9781487551162
$156.68One Word Shapes a Nation demonstrates that integration politics limit how immigrants, refugees, and their descendants can participate in German society and how Germans imagine their national future. By reconstructing recent polemic media scandals,... -
Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age Ysenda Maxtone Graham 9780349144412
RRP: $23.08$19.61A unique take on women's history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins'Witty, clever and warm-hearted' The Times'Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation' Spectator'Terrific' Daily... -
From Desert One to Desert Storm: Operation Eagle Claw as a Critical Movement Tal Tovy 9781032396125
RRP: $77.68$66.02This book recounts the history of the United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, examining the events that led to and followed a series of organizational and operational reforms in the American... -
Civil Rights in Bakersfield: Segregation and Multiracial Activism in the Central Valley Oliver Rosales 9781477329597
RRP: $102.90$87.47A multiracial history of civil rights coalitions beyond the farm worker movement in twentieth-century Bakersfield, California. In Civil Rights in Bakersfield, Oliver Rosales uncovers the role of the multiracial west in shaping the course of US civil... -
Property and Piety in Early Medieval Winchester Alexander R. Rumble 9781803270104
RRP: $121.80$103.53Winchester in the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods was an important royal and religious centre. Property and Piety comprises an edition and translation, with extensive commentary, of thirty-three Anglo-Saxon and Norman documents relating to the... -
Trelawny’s Cornwall: A Journey through Western Lands Petroc Trelawny 9781474625098
RRP: $46.20$39.27It would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. His first name is shared with one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the Radio 3... -
From Desert One to Desert Storm: Operation Eagle Claw as a Critical Movement Tal Tovy 9781032397672
RRP: $283.50$240.98This book recounts the history of the United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, examining the events that led to and followed a series of organizational and operational reforms in the American... -
A History of the Modern Middle East William L. Cleveland 9780367516154
RRP: $283.50$240.98A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
African Americans and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970: ‘Black America Cares’ James A. Farquharson 9781032254265
RRP: $273.00$232.05This book is the first to recover and analyse at length the extent, complexity, and character of African American responses to the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).Far from having only marginal significance, the Nigerian Civil War collided at full velocity... -
Gateway to the French Revolution: Select Writings by Edmund Burke, Friedrich Gentz, and Joseph de Maistre Edmund Burke 9781684514502
RRP: $27.28$23.18The legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day.Gateway to the French Revolution features voices critical of the French Revolution and its aftershocks. Edmund Burke’s critique of the Revolution is widely known and... -
Peter the Great's Disastrous Defeat: The Swedish Victory at Narva, 1700 Michael Fredholm Von Essen 9781804514436
RRP: $62.90$53.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514436Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Leonardo. The Complete Paintings. 40th Ed. Frank Zöllner 9783836599900
RRP: $52.50$44.63One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonné of all of the... -
Croydonopolis: A Journey to the Greatest City That Never Was Will Noble 9781838405199
RRP: $39.88$33.89D. H. Lawrence and David Bowie struggled with being there. Comedians have found it a convenient trope for philistinism and the banal. The ‘Croydon facelift’ succeeded ‘Essex girls’ as a snobbish putdown. Riots and burning buildings in 2011 didn’t help... -
Targeted: Beirut Jack Carr 9781398540828
RRP: $52.50$44.63The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine... -
If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt 9781501179808
RRP: $20.98$17.83Experience the “heartwarming, smart, and at times even humorous” (Woman’s World) wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt in this annotated collection of the candid advice columns that she wrote for more than twenty years.In 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a new... -
Turkey’s Violent Formation: New Social Contracts at the End of the Ottoman Empire Hans-Lukas Kieser 9780755649549
RRP: $52.48$44.60The decade of war and violence culminating in the Conference of Lausanne was formative for the modern state of Turkey, as it was for interwar Europe’s diplomacy and appeasement. Yet the currents that gave rise to the defining events of the period –... -
Uncover History: Stone, Bronze and Iron Age Clare Hibbert 9781526322159
RRP: $18.88$16.04Who were the first Britons? Read about their daily lives, what jobs they did, what they made, how they traded. Find out the answer to questions such as 'How did they build their settlements such as Skara Brae?', 'Why was Stonehenge built?', 'When did the... -
Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings Natalie Lawrence 9781474619011
RRP: $42.00$35.70The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the... -
Kings Mountain: America's Most Forgotten Battle That Changed the Course of the American Revolution Phillip Thomas Tucker 9781510766433
RRP: $46.20$39.27Learn the little-known history of the turning-point battle of Kings Mountain, one of the most decisive American victories in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Kings Mountain was the most remarkable, unexpected, and unorthodox patriot victory of... -
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 3, Endings and Aftermaths Lien-Hang T. Nguyen 9781107105126
RRP: $252.00$214.20The third and final volume of The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War examines key domestic, regional, and international developments in the period before and after the war's end, including its legal, environmental, and memorial legacies. The latter... -
Soldiers and Gentlemen: A History of the University and Public Schools Brigade of the Royal Fusiliers 1914-1918 Colin W Taylor 9781804514221
RRP: $83.90$71.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514221Author Colin W TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography Abraham Rubin 9781487557348
RRP: $130.20$110.67Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath... -
Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation Eugenia Kisin 9781487503420
$119.51Aesthetics of Repair analyses how the belongings called “art” are mobilized by Indigenous artists and cultural activists in British Columbia, Canada. Drawing on contemporary imaginaries of repair, the book asks how diverse forms of collective reckoning... -
Thailand's Far South: Engaging the Difficult Realities in a Recurring Conflict Kee Howe Yong 9781487556129
RRP: $109.20$92.82In Thailand’s Far South, Kee Howe Yong sheds light on the Malay Muslims in Thailand’s far south. The book focuses on the relationship between the construction of minorities – and thus majority – and issues of engaging with the difficulties of their... -
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 2, Escalation and Stalemate Lien-Hang T. Nguyen 9781107105102
RRP: $252.00$214.20In great depth, Volume II examines the escalation of the Vietnam War and its development into a violent stalemate, beginning with the overthrow of the Ngô Đình Diệm in 1963 to the aftermath of the 1968 Tết Offensive. This five-year period was, for the... -
Villa Arianna at Stabiae: History, Art and Architecture of a Roman Villa in the Bay of Naples Paolo Gardelli 9783111338989
RRP: $248.85$211.53The archaeological investigation and the architectural survey conducted at Villa Arianna at Stabiae between 2010 and 2019 form the core of this book. The author's motivation to start on a large-scale study began with the wall constructions, paintings,... -
The Sieges of Rhodes 1480 and 1522 Jonathan Davies 9781804514511
RRP: $62.90$53.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514511Author Jonathan DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Debunking FDR: The Man and The Myths Mary Grabar 9781684515684
RRP: $52.50$44.63The myths about Franklin Delano Roosevelt live on. For the left, FDR was a champion of the working class and the oppressed, suffering abuse as a “traitor to his class.” He gave up the lifestyle of the Hudson River gentry to lead his country out of the... -
Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia Alexandar Mihailovic 9780299340544
RRP: $69.20$58.82Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia, countries that only recently viewed each other as intractable foes. In Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the... -
The Force Saul David 9780008701086
RRP: $23.08$19.61Hailed as 'masterly' (Wall Street Journal) and a 'monumental achievement' (Douglas Brinkley), this book tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite US and Canadian soldiers who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible... -
A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders Fin Dwyer 9780008556020
RRP: $20.98$17.83The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of Irish history, opening up our past as never... -
The Infantry's Armor: The U.S. Army's Separate Tank Battalions in World War II Harry Yeide 9780811776585
RRP: $39.88$33.89Tanks, amphibian tanks, and amphibian tractors in action in all theaters, from Africa and Europe to the Pacific How the battalions fought the war, often in the tankers' own words Crystal-clear maps The U.S. Army's separate armored battalions fought in... -
The 1840 Rhodes Blood Libel: Ottoman Jews at the Dawn of the Tanzimat Era Olga Borovaya 9781805396864
RRP: $207.90$176.72The Rhodes blood libel of 1840, an outbreak of anti-Jewish violence, was initiated by the island’s governor in collusion with Levantine merchants, who charged the local Jewish community with murdering a Christian boy for ritual purposes. An episode in... -
Omitted: The Untold Black History Lessons We Need to Change The Future Lavinya Stennett 9780008508166
RRP: $35.68$30.32If we don’t understand the past, how can we understand the now? Why is the teaching of Black history – both in the past and present, and in the UK and beyond – still not only fundamentally flawed, but scarce and inadequate? So many of us have gaps in... -
The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's Fair The Missouri Historical Society Press 9798985571646
RRP: $50.40$42.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985571646Author The Missouri Historical Society PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Missouri Historical Society PressPublisher Missouri Historical... -
Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood Abigail A. Van Slyck 9781517916961
RRP: $75.60$64.26Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s... -
Zoroastrianism in India and Iran: Persians, Parsis and the Flowering of Political Identity Alexandra Buhler 9780755601608
RRP: $178.50$151.73In the nineteenth century, a great number of Zoroastrians emigrated from Iran to India. The subsequent importance of the cultural, religious and political ties between the Zoroastrian communities of Iran and the Zoroastrians communities of India has long... -
Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery Seth Rockman 9780226723457
RRP: $58.80$49.98An eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history that reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor. The industrializing North and the agricultural South—that’s how we have been taught to think... -
Green Lands for White Men: Desert Dystopias and the Environmental Origins of Apartheid Meredith McKittrick 9780226834696
RRP: $54.60$46.41How an audacious environmental engineering plan fanned white settlers’ visions for South Africa, stoked mistrust in scientific experts, and gave rise to the Apartheid state. In 1918, South Africa’s climate seemed to be drying up. White farmers claimed... -
Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood Abigail A. Van Slyck 9781517916954
RRP: $226.80$192.78Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s...