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A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. When Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt, he overthrew the hated Persian overlords and was welcomed as a saviour. He repaid them...

A spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets

An illustrated account of the clashes between the Luftwaffe’s Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, and the USAAF’s B-26 Marauder bomber during the final months of the war in Europe. As the world’s first jet-engined fighter aircraft, the Luftwaffe’s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515327Author David GriffithsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

When Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in early September 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan moved his reorganized and revitalized Army of the Potomac to meet him. The campaign that followed included some of the most...

In Waste, Eiko Maruko Siniawer innovatively explores the many ways in which the Japanese have thought about waste—in terms of time, stuff, money, possessions, and resources—from the immediate aftermath of World War II to the present. She shows how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514504Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515822Author Julian GrenfellFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

A history of knowledge transfer of Oriental Studies stretching along an axis from Germany to Palestine/Israel. This study examines the history of Zionist academic Orientalism—referred to throughout as Oriental studies, the term contemporary English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512289Author Arda MevlutogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515440Author Modest Ivanovich BogdanovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515532Author Stephen TurnbullFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515570Author Simon ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Examines the many iterations of a story of child martyrdom in colonial Mexico. A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515433Author Alexander S BurnsFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

A comprehensive exploration of Dolores Huerta's contributions to U.S. labor history and her life's work of advocating for systematically disadvantaged and marginalized groups. An iconic figure in American civil rights and one of the most influential...

This book skilfully combines cutting-edge historical research by leading and emerging researchers in the field to investigate the utilization of British humour during the Second World War as well as its legacy in British popular culture. Juliette...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801510837Author Joseph McBrinnFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515587Author Dmitry ZubkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This latest addition to the Histories of the Modern Nations series explores the complex and diverse history of the United States from the nation's precolonial origins to the present day. Supported by contemporary historiography, this book highlights...

This edited volume is the first internationally available English translation of key lectures and essays delivered at Beijing’s Inside Out Art Museum over the past decade. The book elevates a chorus of voices from domestic and international...

Through 30 interpretative essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution sees an international team of leading scholars comprehensively examine Russia’s revolutionary years. In the wake of the 2017 centenary, this handbook is the first...

Simo Knuuttila was an influential philosopher, theologian, and historian of philosophy who conducted research on a variety of topics including modalities, emotions, perception, and change in different historical periods, from Ancient to Modern. His...

Open AccessBook InformationISBN 9783111335421Author Molly BriggsFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint De Gruyter OldenbourgPublisher De Gruyter

The palaces built in Rome in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are some of the most magnificent buildings in Europe – yet they remain relatively unfamiliar. This is the first stand-alone overview guide ever published. We produce it as a companion...

From the podcast legends who brought you The Rest is History comes The Rest is History Returns. This time Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history’s best and most bizarre moments! Charge forth...

Joshua Chamberlain has become a pop culture icon and his regiment is now the most famous small military unit in American history. A major focus of The Killer Angels, the largest selling Civil War novel of all time, save Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and two major...

Between Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World offers the first dedicated examination of the phenomenon of rebellion across the early Islamicate world. It combines discourse analysis with a return to long-neglected social-historical analysis in...

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of more than 67,000 trials uncovers over 2,500 formal acquittals, more than 6,600 suspended trials, and nearly...

'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars . . . But it's Ghosh's big-picture thinking that has made his nonfiction so...

Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names?Or why jet lag exists?Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip?If any of these ring true or if you can relate to spending far too much time down an internet rabbit hole then you...

Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names?Or why jet lag exists?Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip?If any of these ring true or if you can relate to spending far too much time down an internet rabbit hole then you...

Sermones Contra Hereticos presents an edition and translation of a group of mostly unpublished Latin sermons which were originally preached in the context of the Albigensian Crusade of 1226 and during the fight against heresy in northern France in 1231...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529946185Author Caroline ElkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint VintagePublisher Vintage PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802797442Author Robert VerkaikFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Headline Welbeck Non-FictionPublisher Headline Publishing Group

A timely history of the profound impact of Earl Warren's Supreme Court on many areas of modern American government and society From 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren served as chief justice of the US Supreme Court. During that time, the Warren Court made a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063336704Author Matthew GabrieleImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The galvanizing true story of a group of remarkable women in the 1970s male-run world of business, banking, and finance. They didn’t play by the rules. They changed them and made history. In the 1970s, a new wave of feminism was sweeping America. But in...

'A magnificent work of scholarship' - Edmund de Waal 'I learned something new on every beautifully illustrated page' - Neil MacGregor 'A fascinating book about a long-forgotten world' - Hadley Freeman Through a series of striking case studies this...

An incredible story of courage, peril, secrecy and resistance.'You know you can change your mind, don't you? Even now. Even when you are halfway across the English Channel. Any time before you jump.''Yes, I know,' I quickly reassured her, 'and I won't...