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Unavoidable Evil: Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon Zack White 9781804513453
RRP: $48.75$41.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513453Author Zack WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Engaged Historian: Perspectives on the Intersections of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession Stefan Berger 9781805397403
RRP: $54.50$46.33On the surface, historical scholarship might seem thoroughly incompatible with political engagement: the ideal historian, many imagine, is a disinterested observer focused exclusively on the past. In truth, however, political action and historical... -
Doing Digital Film History: Concepts, Tools, Practices Sarah-Mai Dang 9783111081496
RRP: $88.73$75.43How has the digital turn shaped the practices of film historical research and teaching? While computational approaches have been used by film historians since the 1960s and 1970s, the arrival and use of digital tools and methods in recent decades has... -
Endurance: The Discovery of Shackleton's Legendary Ship John Shears 9781426223839
RRP: $87.75$74.59This is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, deep beneath the ice of Antarctica.In March 2022, an international polar expedition team made an astonishing find: the wreck of Ernest... -
All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence (Revised and Updated Edition) Emily L. Thuma 9798888902639
RRP: $38.98$33.13A vital history of organizing within and beyond the walls of women’s prisons in the 1970s, illuminating a crucial chapter in today’s abolition feminist struggles.This new edition of an award-winning book features a foreword from acclaimed... -
Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era Matthew Frye Jacobson 9780520409668
RRP: $48.75$41.44A deep dive into racial politics, Hollywood, and Black cultural struggles for liberation as reflected in the extraordinary life and times of Sammy Davis Jr. Through the lens of Sammy Davis Jr.'s six-decade career in show business—from vaudeville to... -
The Chameleon and the Fly: The Amandebele War of 1893 David Snape 9781804514580
RRP: $58.40$49.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514580Author David SnapeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Kahnweiler & Rupf (Bilingual edition): A Gallerist and his Collector, 1933–1945 Hermann und Margrit Rupf-Stiftung 9783775756488
RRP: $113.10$96.14A special bond Born in Bern, the businessman Hermann Rupf was an avid collector of modern art. In 1907, he was Daniel Henry Kahnweiler’s first client at his Gallery in Paris. This catalogue contains previously unpublished archival material from the... -
A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan Timothy M. Yang 9781501779176
RRP: $68.25$58.01Winner of the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business History Finalist of the 2023 International Convention for Asian Scholars Book Prize in the Social Sciences In A Medicated Empire, Timothy M. Yang explores the history of Japan's pharmaceutical industry in the... -
A Revolution in Colour: Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800 Prof. Giorgio Riello 9781350405622
RRP: $165.75$140.89This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the period, yet their story has been side-lined by a focus on visual experiences shaped by the high arts... -
Becoming Ottoman: Converts, Renegades and Competing Loyalties in the Early Modern and Modern Ages Yavuz Köse 9780755640997
RRP: $165.75$140.89This book examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed “Ottoman identity”, be it by way of conversion to Islam and assimilating to the host society or by becoming loyal servants or... -
Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson Jane E. Calvert 9780197541692
RRP: $52.63$44.73Why is it that so many Americans have not heard of John Dickinson? John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and Delaware was an early leader of the resistance to British rule in the American colonies. In fact, to many, he was the most prominent figure in the... -
A Cultural History of Genocide Professor Paul R. Bartrop 9781350469853
RRP: $253.50$215.48How has human response to genocide evolved over time? What effect has it had on our understanding of the cause and consequences of genocide? Spanning 2,800 years of human history, A Cultural History of Genocide offers the first comprehensive,... -
The Plot to Kill President Kennedy in Chicago: And The Other Traces of Conspiracy Leading to the Assassination of JFK - A Visual Investigation Vincent Michael Palamara 9781634244893
RRP: $42.80$36.39The book represents an exciting visual investigation using rare and never-before-published documents and photos. There has never been a book on the Chicago plot shortly before the Kennedy assassination, as well as an in-depth look at prior plots and... -
Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader Jonathan Bean 9781598133981
RRP: $50.60$43.02In this long-awaited updated edition of Race & Liberty in America, editor Jonathan Bean presents the timeless and urgent insights classical liberalism has to offer our troubled and polarized time. In 2009, when Race & Liberty in America was originally... -
Early Insular Art at the Crossroads: Volume 1: Metalwork, Manuscripts and Other Media David Petts 9798888571064
RRP: $81.90$69.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888571064Author David PettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Casemate PublishersPublisher Casemate Publishers -
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa Anthony Grafton 9780140276916
RRP: $21.43$18.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140276916Author Anthony GraftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
Assembly by Design: The United Nations and Its Global Interior Olga Touloumi 9781517913335
RRP: $58.48$49.71How the United Nations headquarters became the architectural instrument and broadcast medium of global diplomacy For almost seven years after World War II, a small group of architects took on an exciting task: to imagine the spaces of global governance... -
Soft Power beyond the Nation Sylvia Dummer Scheel 9781647124984
RRP: $234.00$198.90An innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-state Starting in the nineteenth century, as world events became more interconnected than ever, and as public opinion began to weigh on... -
Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion Jacob L. Mackey 9780691236537
RRP: $58.50$49.73A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was at the heart of—Roman religionBelief and Cult argues that belief isn’t uniquely Christian but was central to ancient Roman religion... -
Barbie Rachel First 9798893040036
RRP: $25.33$21.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798893040036Author Rachel FirstFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Bellwether MediaPublisher Bellwether MediaWeight(grams) 227g -
The Last Hunter-Gatherers: The Epipaleolithic in Southwestern Syria Kurt Felix Hillgruber 9783935751261
RRP: $72.15$61.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783935751261Author Kurt Felix HillgruberFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Kerns VerlagPublisher Kerns Verlag -
Roblox Sara Green 9798886874488
RRP: $25.33$21.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886874488Author Sara GreenFormat HardbackImprint Blastoff! DiscoveryPublisher Blastoff! DiscoveryWeight(grams) 231g -
The Bravest Battell: Cheriton 1644 and the End of the Royalist Winter Campaign in Hampshire Serena Jones 9781912390977
RRP: $48.75$41.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390977Author Serena JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's Empire Edward Boyle 9781350324602
RRP: $165.75$140.89Ongoing arguments over how histories are honoured – as evidenced by the conflict between South Korea and Japan over the opening of Tokyo’s Heritage Information Centre in June 2020 – reveal the extent to which heritage processes enable states to assert... -
The Master Builder: William Butterfield and His Times Nicholas Olsberg 9781848223714
RRP: $117.00$99.45William Butterfield was the most daring, rigorous and brilliant architect of his age, whose 60-year practice spanned the entire Victorian era. This book addresses the emergence of a modern society, with rapidly expanding new institutions and a changing... -
The Lost Termini of Berlin: A Biography of the Railway Stations that Shaped the German Capital Ilja Nieuwland 9783111381213
RRP: $53.63$45.59From the birth of Berlin’s railway network to the time when the bombs of the Second World War and the concrete slabs of the Wall changed the city forever, the Prussian and later German capital counted eight major railway stations. These were beacons in... -
Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Quest for Homogeneity in Interwar Europe Dr Emmanuel Dalle Mulle 9781350263376
RRP: $56.53$48.05Interwar European minority questions have been predominantly discussed in the context of Eastern Europe until now. This open access book challenges that geographical emphasis by examining both Eastern and Western European experiences. It thus lays the... -
Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic Andre Tavares 9780262049108
RRP: $74.10$62.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262049108Author Andre TavaresFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Representing Belfast's pasts Raymond Gillespie 9781846828683
RRP: $97.50$82.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846828683Author Raymond GillespieFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700g -
Fire Ecology of Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain Reed F. Noss 9780813080772
RRP: $68.15$57.93An overview of the importance of fire to ecosystems in the Southeast, with guidance on how to best conduct controlled burns in the region.A biodiversity hotspot, Florida is home to many ecosystems and species that evolved in the presence of frequent fire... -
A Cultural History of Genocide in the Era of Total War Professor Elisa von Joeden-Forgey 9781350469792
RRP: $50.68$43.08The period between the two World Wars was characterized by an acceleration of mass violence across the world. Developments in technology, communications, ideology, global political and economic integration, and the organization of society greatly... -
The Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State: From Poverty in 1900 to Poverty in 2023 Professor Pat Thane 9781350414426
RRP: $42.88$36.45For the past decade at least 25% of the UK population and 30% of children have been in poverty by internationally accepted measures, and the numbers keep rising. In The Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State, Pat Thane analyses the history of state... -
Russian Campaigns in Central Asia: The Russian Military Expeditions to Khiva in 1839 and 1873 V a Perovskii 9781804514795
RRP: $48.75$41.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514795Author V a PerovskiiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
June 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Volume 2 - The Southern Front Tom Cooper 9781804510339
RRP: $38.90$33.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510339Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Mothers, Criminal Insanity and the Asylum in Victorian England: Cure, Redemption and Rehabilitation Alison C. Pedley 9781350275355
RRP: $56.53$48.05Tracing the experiences of women who were designated insane by judicial processes from 1850 to 1900, this book considers the ideas and purposes of incarceration in three dedicated facilities: Bethlem, Fisherton House and Broadmoor. The majority of these... -
Limestone and River: Essays on Limerick History in Honour of Liam Irwin Brian Hodkinson 9781846829840
RRP: $87.75$74.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829840Author Brian HodkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd -
'Don’t Delay - Enrol Today': The Women's Land Army in Hampshire John K. Lander 9781803997513
RRP: $31.18$26.50The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of final demobilisation of the Women’s Land Army in 1950. The employment of over 200,000 land girls on British farms, replacing male farm labourers who joined the armed forces, contributed to the nation’s ultimate... -
The Holocaust Museum and Human Rights: Transnational Perspectives on Contemporary Memorials Jennifer Barrett 9780812253221
RRP: $130.65$111.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812253221Author Jennifer BarrettFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania Press -
Periodical Famines: Irish Memories in Transatlantic News Media, 1845–1919 Lindsay Janssen 9780253071897
RRP: $193.05$164.09Long recognized as Ireland's greatest demographic disaster in recent memory, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. From the monuments erected to commemorate its victims to the political rhetoric involving it to the...