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In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the beautiful young Leila Khaled with her jewellery made from grenade rings, the hard-drinking philanderer Carlos the Jackal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593703304Author Andy StjernFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a powerhouse of global trade, a city that stood at the centre of Medieval Europe. But Pisa had a problem. It was running out of coins. In the face of a looming financial crisis, the city’s rulers and its moneylenders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350291553Author Dr Elizabeth MusgraveFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Visual ArtsPublisher Bloomsbury Visual ArtsWeight(grams) 454g

In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the beautiful young Leila Khaled with her jewellery made from grenade rings, the hard-drinking philanderer Carlos the Jackal...

For more than a century, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 has remained an object of historical scrutiny. As an attempt to consolidate peace in the wake of World War I and to prevent future conflict, it was instrumental in shaping political and social...

Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings of Vasily Surikov and Viktor Vasnetsov, two of the most important Russian painters of the period. By placing specific paintings and...

Analyzes the historical significance of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.  This book addresses different aspects of the Soviet army’s twenty-year presence in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and 1991. It explores the circumstances of the Soviet settling...

The book investigates the multifaceted entanglements between the many pasts and presents of the Nordic medieval period and colonialism. The edited volume contributes to the untangling of questions concerning how present, recent, and past structures of...

Physical cleansing is an anthropological constant. The bath serves hygienic as well as ritual purposes and can also be related to spiritual healing in a figurative sense. Above all, however, it relates to the body in need of care, which must be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350345041Author Beatrice de GraafFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians...

Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings of Vasily Surikov and Viktor Vasnetsov, two of the most important Russian painters of the period. By placing specific paintings and...

Examining the interplay of religion, history, and literature through a case study of King Krsnadevaraya's celebrated Telugu poem Amuktamalyada, Ilanit Loewy Shacham showcases the groundbreaking worldview that this often-overlooked poem embodies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350242401Author Jack HepworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late AntiquityEthnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax-collectors, or ambassadors. It helps rulers articulate cultural differences, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350375024Author David WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350329973Author Barbara SantichFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

The Airborne Mafia explores how a small group of World War II airborne officers took control of the US Army in after World War II. This powerful cadre cemented a unique airborne culture that had an unprecedented impact on the Cold War US Army and beyond...

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It looks at how the Soviet Union’s antiracist campaigns attracted interest from Black radicals, activists, and intellectuals and how many...

Tangled Transformations presents a historical analysis of the interplay between German unification and European integration from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Building on freshly released documents, the book’s sixteen chapters explore constellations in...

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern GreeceIn 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of...

This book offers an original reading of Carlo Ginzburg’s work, tracing his trajectory in the context of Italian microhistory, his debates on the objectivity of historical knowledge, and the connection of his work to the expanded perspectives constructed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783111127378Author Dr Peter JensenFormat HardbackPage Count 60Imprint De GruyterPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 268g

New neighborhoods began emerging north of Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the 1870s as emancipated Black men and women spent their hard-won post-slavery wages to purchase lots and build homes. As the decades rolled by, they and their...

'Kuper is a shrewd observer in this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naïf getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city. Simon...

Fifteen years since the publication of its second edition, this foundational text in Arab-Israeli peace studies has been updated to include developments from the first two decades of the twenty-first century.Thoroughly revised and expanded, the third...

The Galveston Campaigns were a series of naval and overland battles that pitted Confederate General John B. Magruder and his often-improvised Confederate forces against General Nathaniel P. Banks and a variety of Union army and naval forces. A Federal...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813079165Author Kent SpriggsFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint University Press of FloridaPublisher University Press of Florida

Israel’s relentless response to the October 7th murders on its southern border has turned Gaza yet again into a bloodbath, bringing unimaginable suffering to its inhabitants. There have always been two opposing tropes about those who inhabit the Strip:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510162Author Adrien FontanellazFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

A panoramic global history of Africa in the age of imperialismAfrica’s long nineteenth century was a time of revolutionary ferment and cultural innovation for the continent’s states, societies, and economies. Yet the period preceding what became known as...

This volume examines the influence that Pompeii and, to a lesser extent, Herculaneum had on the visual and performing arts in Spain and countries across South America. Covering topics from architecture, painting and decorative arts to theatre, dance and...

Brought to you by Penguin.Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn’t we?Well, as it happens Britannia got its name from the Romans, and almost none of the kings and queens of England were...

This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, offers a rare snapshot of African voices in the history of slavery. Including narratives from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean trades, as...

 Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitution–and the American experiment"To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite...

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle.4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious.5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south.5.02: Running short of...

Despite extensive scholarship on the social and cultural history of industrial England there is little work that explores how new forms of capitalist production were understood and normalised. Capital and Labour in Victorian England explores how accounts...

Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies upon cities, and this is especially the case in the modern Turkish Republic. By exploring Istanbul's modern architectural and urban history, Murat Gul...