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'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...

Brian Dickinson, famously known for having climbed down Mt. Everest, completely snow blind, is often asked how he managed the incredible feat. He has always attributed it to his faith, and his U.S. Navy Search and Rescue Training, which taught him how to...

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...

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

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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...

The experience of all occupied countries during the Second World War was characterised by severe material shortages. Food, most noticeably, became a scarcity in everyday life; and that food grew into a major stake for all political groups at this time...

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...