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British Honduras: Past and Present Stephen L. Caiger 9781032418827
RRP: $48.01$40.81British Honduras (1951) examines this most neglected of the British colonies, from the early days of settlement by the logwood-cutters and buccaneers up to the post-war period. It examines the first occupation by British adventurers, consolidation by... -
Empires of Spymasters: The Secret War Between the British Empire and Imperial Japan, 1900–1941 Panagiotis Dimitrakis 9781398124370
RRP: $39.43$33.52‘The Empire is the Master [in the Far East] and they are the guests’ Yamagata Aritomo, the chief imperial strategist of Tokyo, remarked. From the early 1900s, Imperial Japan aimed for hegemony in the Far East. The resourceful and independent-minded... -
Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge Annie Whitehead 9781398119888
RRP: $39.43$33.52The records pertaining to the Anglo-Saxon period contain many stories of murder, particularly regicide, many of which include details of witchcraft and poisoning, or of betrayal of the worst kind, leaving us with the impression that this period was one... -
History of Nigeria Sir Alan Burns 9781032425085
RRP: $51.44$43.72History of Nigeria (1969) was first published in 1929 and completely revised by its author, and gives the history of Nigeria from before its first encounters with the British, through colonial rule, and up to independence in 1960. It describes the... -
Hiding from the Nazis in Plain Sight: A Graphic Novel Biography of Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya Aleksandar Sotirovski 9781398257085
RRP: $15.42$13.10Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya were two talented child musicians when Nazis invaded their city of Kharkiv, Ukraine during World War II. Along with their parents, the Jewish sisters were forced into a death march. They each eventually escaped individually... -
Hebridean Healers: The Beatons of Mull Christine Leach 9781839830525
RRP: $25.71$21.85The discovery of a long-forgotten physic garden and the restoration of an old weathered Celtic cross on a coastal headland on the beautiful Scottish island of Mull led the authors of this book on a fascinating voyage into the history of one branch of a... -
Culture(s): A World Tour of 99 Antique Miniature Treasures from the Donnadieu Collection Luigi Spina 9791254600658
RRP: $44.60$37.91The ancient treasures collected over the past 20 years by Ludovic Donnadieu, hail from a myriad of ancient cultures, famous or obscure, across all five continents. The selection maintains a balanced representation of different geographical areas,... -
The Travels of Cristoforo Buondelmonti and Ciriaco d’Ancona in the Aegean Sea: Humanism, Early Colonial Politics and Agency Eleni Tounta 9781032502342
RRP: $222.99$189.54This book explores the travels of Cristoforo Buondelmonti and Ciriaco d’Ancona to the Greek lands in the early fifteenth-century eastern Mediterranean.Drawing on post-colonial studies' frameworks, such as travel writing and imaginative geographies, this... -
Chasing the Shadow: Mickey Marcus's 200 Days of Destiny Steven L. Ossad 9780826223180
RRP: $68.53$58.25The life of David “Mickey” Marcus has become the stuff of legends and myths (even fantasy), conspiracy, wild exaggeration, and untethered embellishment. The image of Marcus cast by the character portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the film version of his life... -
Between the Seas: Island Identities in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas Deborah Paci 9781350360396
RRP: $49.73$42.26In Between the Seas, Deborah Paci takes a comparative view of islandness in island identities through case studies of islands in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. These case studies primarily include, in the Baltic case, the Åland Islands, Gotland,... -
Race, Politics, and Reconstruction: The First Black Cadets at Old West Point Rory McGovern 9780813951911
RRP: $44.51$37.84The first in-depth study of racial integration at West Point after the Civil WarRace, Politics, and Reconstruction tells the story of racial integration at the United States Military Academy after the Civil War and spotlights the social environment and... -
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess Adam Zamoyski 9780008521714
RRP: $29.14$24.77Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $29.14$24.77Subtotal: -
Converting Verse: The Poetics of Asceticism in Late Roman Gaul David Ungvary 9780197600740
RRP: $133.79$113.72For centuries, the Roman aristocracy encoded its social and cultural superiority in classical poetry. In the late Roman world, however, Christian poets--especially those in the outlying provinces of Gaul--began to experiment with poetry as a medium for... -
Apedemak: Lion God of Meroe: A Study in Egyptian-Meroitic Syncretism Louis Zabkar 9798888571262
RRP: $68.53$58.25The rescue excavation of Egyptian sites in advance of construction of the Assuan Dam contributed greatly to the understanding of the ancient Egyptian and Sudanese civilisations in the Nile valley. This book examines cultural relationships in the last... -
In Search of Admiration and Respect: Chinese Cultural Diplomacy in the United States, 1875-1974 Yanqiu Zheng 9780472056804
RRP: $44.51$37.84In Search of Admiration and Respect examines the institutionalization of Chinese cultural diplomacy in the period between high imperialism and the international ascendance of the People's Republic of China. During these years, Chinese intellectuals and... -
Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: The Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800–1940 Katie Cooper 9781776711116
RRP: $85.68$72.83Cookhouses and wharekai, hāngī pits and coal ranges, boil-ups and mutton – this book tells the hearty story of sustenance and manaakitanga in rural New Zealand. The rhythms and routines of country life are at the heart of this compelling account of the... -
The Port: Hà Tiên and the Mo Clan in Early Modern Asia Xing Hang 9781009426961
RRP: $32.57$27.68The Port (present-day Hà Tiên), situated in the Mekong River Delta and Gulf of Siam littoral, was founded and governed by the Chinese creole Mo clan during the eighteenth century and prospered as a free-trade emporium in maritime East Asia. Mo Jiu and... -
Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm Katherine Carter 9780300270198
RRP: $34.31$29.16A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Winston Churchill found himself out of government and... -
Learning to Love: Intimacy and the Discourse of Development in China Sonya E Pritzker 9780472056866
RRP: $44.51$37.84Learning to Love offers a range of perspectives on the embodied, relational, affective, and sociopolitical project of “learning to love” at the New Life Center for Holistic Growth, a popular “mind-body-spirit” bookstore and practice space in northeast... -
Killing the Elites: Haiti, 1964 Jean-Philippe Belleau 9780231213783
RRP: $185.25$157.46In the summer and fall of 1964, a massacre took place in the small town of Jérémie, Haiti. After an ill-fated uprising, the brutal regime of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier ordered reprisals against the town that some of the insurgents were allegedly from... -
On Gladsmuir Shall the Battle Be!: The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Arran Johnston 9781804515679
RRP: $42.88$36.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515679Author Arran JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Araguaia War: Counterinsurgency Against the Communist Guerrillas of Brazil, 1964-1985 Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia 9781804515754
RRP: $34.22$29.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515754Author Antonio Luis Sapienza FracchiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
War in Europe Askold Melnyczuk 9781739353797
RRP: $24.01$20.41“War in Europe” is an essential issue from Irish Pages, the island’s leading literary journal. The prime focus is the war in Ukraine, guest edited by the highly distinguished Ukrainian-American novelist Askold Melnyczuk. Much Ukrainian writing (from both... -
Contemporary Korean Art: New Directions Since the 1960s Mina Kim 9781789148718
RRP: $60.04$51.03Presenting fresh and thematic interpretations, this book showcases a collection of the most visually captivating, socially intriguing and often overlooked examples of Korean art. Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous history, artists in Korea embarked... -
No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust Chris Heath 9780349136271
RRP: $32.57$27.68This shattering and inspiring account of prisoners who dug their way out of torture and imprisonment by the Nazis is both a stunning escape narrative and an object lesson in how we remember and continually forget the particulars of the Holocaust.No Road... -
Searching for Authenticity: Rustic Architecture in America 1877-1940 Edward Ford 9781957183947
RRP: $85.68$72.83Rustic Architecture in America 1887-1940 is a history of a series of misunderstood masterpieces, the log-based architecture that emerged in the Adirondacks and the National Parks between 1890 and 1935. It is a history of how both form and technology of... -
Tracking the Texas Ranger Historians Bruce A. Glasrud 9781574419306
RRP: $68.53$58.25The first systematic inquiry into the Texas Rangers did not begin until 1935 with Walter Prescott Webb’s publication The Texas Rangers. Since then numerous works have appeared on the Rangers, but no volume has been published before that covers the... -
The Spirit of 1889: Restoring the Lost Promise of the High Plains and Northern Rockies Samuel Western 9780700637041
RRP: $65.10$55.34In August 1889, the five states that were once part of the Dakota 1861 Territory—North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho—drafted their state constitutions in preparation for inclusion in the United States. These constitutions were models... -
Oceans, Seas, Shorelines and Warfare Richard Harding 9780367443405
RRP: $231.57$196.83For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and the focal point for many histories and ideas of heritage. This book presents a rarely explored aspect: the long-term impact of those battles... -
Cross-dressing in the Middle Ages Marina Montesano 9781032325781
RRP: $231.57$196.83By encompassing the hagiographies of the first centuries, the most famous case of Joan of Arc, numerous chivalrous novels, and the overlooked accounts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, this is the first study to consider cross-dressing for the... -
Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream David Leonhardt 9781529435467
RRP: $25.71$21.85'An important book' Martin Wolf, Financial Times (BOOK OF THE YEAR)The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behind The New York Times's "The... -
The South Korean Film Industry Junhyung Cho 9780472076925
RRP: $125.22$106.43As shown by the success of Squid Game and Parasite, South Korea's film industry is producing films and original series for streaming services, film studios, and television stations worldwide. South Korea is now arguably considered one of the few... -
Design Before Disaster: Japan's Culture of Preparedness Miho Mazereeuw 9780813950914
RRP: $168.10$142.88Models of disaster preparedness Across the globe, few sites have faced as many environmental disasters as the islands of the Japanese archipelago. They have endured typhoons, cyclones, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Residents of... -
Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights Dylan C. Penningroth 9781324095644
RRP: $34.29$29.14The familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When lynch mobs gathered, police and judges often closed... -
Queer Chimerica: A Speculative Auto/Ethnography of the Cool Child Shana Leodar Ye 9780472057009
RRP: $44.51$37.84Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Queer Chimerica unpacks the ways in which the transnational circulation of queer culture, politics, and institutions are structured through the... -
50 Early Medieval Finds: From the Portable Antiquities Scheme Jo Ahmet 9781398118911
RRP: $27.43$23.31From the fall of the Roman Empire to the battle of Hastings, the early-mediaeval period is one of our most engaging historical eras. It covers the formation of the kingdoms and countries of Britain, the establishment of Christianity, Viking invaders and... -
Holidays with Hitler: State-sponsored Fun in Nazi Germany Nathan Morley 9781398122598
RRP: $18.85$16.02Holidays with Hitler tells the story of German leisure time and state-sponsored fun under the Nazi regime. Nathan Morley looks at consumerism, entertainment and travel in German society, and offers a vivid portrait of what it was like to visit as a... -
The Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery Jenny Shaw 9781469682754
RRP: $168.10$142.88The Women of Rendezvous is a dramatic transatlantic story about five women who birthed children by the same prominent Barbados politician and enslaver. Two of the women were his wives, two he enslaved, and one was a servant in his household. All were... -
A History of Railways in 100 Maps Jeremy Black 9780712355018
RRP: $68.61$58.32Continuing the thematic strand of the successful and proven British Library ‘100 Maps’ series, this new volume traces the fully international history of railways from their beginnings in the north-west of England through to the inter-continental lines of... -
Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America Luis L. Schenoni 9781009442138
RRP: $145.80$123.93Bringing War Back In provides a fresh theory connecting war and state formation that incorporates the contingency of warfare and the effects of war outcomes in the long run. The book demonstrates that international wars in nineteenth-century Latin...