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‘Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else’ John PrestonFrom the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR . . .On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy...

Recent research has revised earlier views about the role of veterans of World War One in paramilitary formations, radical nationalism and political extremism in inter-war Europe, yet there remain considerable gaps in our understanding of the role they...

The Midway-class were the US Navy's biggest carriers built during World War II. Superbly illustrated, this explains how they became the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Entering service in September 1945, the Midway-class aircraft carrier was the US...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735248205Author Tim CookFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801511308Author Peter DalyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd

A potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit. Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888571088Author David PettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Casemate PublishersPublisher Casemate Publishers

Significantly expanded and updated—a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914325205Author Dr. Wafik MoustafaFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad PublishingWeight(grams) 450g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063161955Author Richard ParkerImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The period of Viennese Modernism is widely regarded as Europe’s cultural heyday. This was when Vienna, with a population of two million, was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy and a melting pot of European cultures. Around 1850, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626401198Author Todd LerewFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S.

In the late 1960s, Israel became more closely entwined with the United States not just as a strategic ally but also through its intensifying intimacy with American culture, society, and technology. Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets shows how...

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What was the mood of the British people during the middle and later years of the Second World War? How did they react to the major military and domestic events of the period? What issues were uppermost in their minds? What incidents caused particular...

This volume fills a gap in current research on the Hellenistic Peloponnese, complementing and challenging traditional interpretations by adopting new perspectives on its complex social and political history. The resurgence of interest in the Hellenistic...

Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? 56 experts, 48 chapters and over 1,700 pages explore...

Als 'Stille Größe' bezeichnete Winckelmann die Fähigkeit antiker Bildwerke tiefe Leidenschaften zu verkörpern und dennoch ruhig zu verbleiben sowie gemäßigt im Ausdruck. Seine ästhetische Prämisse barg dabei einen ethischen Kern, der sich in die...

A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990776601Author Margaret HorsfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

A first-hand account of the defense of Outpost Harry, a strategic position in Korea’s Chorwon Valley brutally contested by the US and Chinese armies as they jockeyed for advantageous positions in anticipation of peace negotiations in Panmunjom. Evans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957454108Author Jana MynárováFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Lockwood PressPublisher Lockwood Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515686Author Simon BattenFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

An electrifying history of protest and its transformations in post-war Europe In post-war Europe, protest was everywhere. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, from Paris to Prague, Milan to Wroclaw, ordinary people took to the streets, fighting for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515716Author Massimiliano AfieroFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515471Author Edward M FurgolFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

'The queen of food historians' LUCY WORSLEY 'Annie Gray leads the pack' JAY RAYNERA colourful history of one of our most loved and ever-changing public spaces The modern-day cry is that the high street is dying. But are our present concerns so different...

A fresh look at the global dimensions of US painting from the 1850s to 1898.Painting US Empire is the first book to offer a synthetic account of art and US imperialism around the globe in the nineteenth century. In this work, art historian Maggie M. Cao...

At 08.15 hours on 6 August 1945, one of the most seismic events in human history unfolded over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb, nicknamed _Little Boy_, exploded about 1,500 feet above the city with a force of 15,000 tons of TNT. Around...

The Palestinian national liberation movement – or the Palestinian revolution as it is known in Arabic – emerged during the 1960s as an iconic cause of the global Left. This volume highlights the different practices of international solidarity that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515549Author Albert WinklerFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Featured in The Vietnam War PBS series by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick In 1968 James T. Gillam was a poorly focused college student at Ohio University who was dismissed and then drafted into the Army. Unlike most African-Americans who entered the Army then,...

World War II issues relating to race, ethnicity, and class make the work timely and relevant The World War II Bond Campaign is a history of the World War II bond drive led by the federal government, an effort called the most successful marketing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515556Author Douglas MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515761Author Antonio Luis Sapienza FracchiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515525Author James O'NeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This volume brings together scholarship from both established scholars and early career academics to provide fresh insights and new research on the cinema of Iran. The book is organised around eight broad themes including cinema before and after the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515730Author 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 9781804515631Author David SnapeFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company