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The Last Secret Agent: The Untold Story of One of Britain’s Last WW2 Spies – In Her Own Words Pippa Latour 9781800962774
RRP: £22.00£18.70An 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... -
Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act Martin Spychal 9781914477393
RRP: £90.00£76.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914477393Author Martin SpychalFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint University of London PressPublisher University of London -
What's Cooking in the Kremlin: A Modern History of Russia Through the Kitchen Door Witold Szablowski 9781837730209
RRP: £10.99£9.34'A spicy and original romp through Russian history' ROBERT SERVICE'Poignant, comical, and in the best sense disturbing' PAUL FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF TEN RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA'This wickedly delicious tale uncovers the secret, gustatory history of... -
The Art of War: The Classic Text on the Conduct of Warfare Sun Tzu 9781398839892
RRP: £12.99£11.04Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: £12.99£11.04Subtotal: -
Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life Joe William Trotter, Jr. 9780520344419
RRP: £24.00£20.40A new way of seeing Black history—the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor. Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for... -
Soviet Socialist Realism and Art in the Asia-Pacific Alison Carroll 9781032661308
RRP: £135.00£114.75This study evaluates how the ideology of Socialist Realism, developed by the Soviets in policies and the practices of art, has been influential in the Asia Pacific region from 1917 until today.Focusing primarily on Russia, then China, Vietnam, Korea,... -
Window Shopping with Helen Keller: Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture David Serlin 9780226748979
RRP: £24.00£20.40A particular history of how encounters between architects and people with disabilities transformed modern culture. Window Shopping with Helen Keller recovers a series of influential moments when architects and designers engaged the embodied experiences... -
Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin Professor Polly Jones 9781350250383
RRP: £12.99£11.04This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares representations of identity, ethics and memory across the corpus. The Soviet labour camp system, or Gulag, was a highly complex network of... -
The Colour of Injustice Lee Lawrence 9780349146706
RRP: £22.00£18.70Like The Secret Barrister, The Colour of Injustice is a passionate call to reflect upon and re-examine Britain's relationship with justice. Lee Lawrence will tell the most compelling and outrageous stories of crimes against Black people in Britain and in... -
Unleashing a Catastrophe: German Diplomacy and Preparations for War, December 1912 to September 1914 John Roehl 9781805397830
RRP: £89.00£75.65Historical consensus views the outbreak of World War I in July 1914 as the twentieth century’s primordial catastrophe but debate continues on the question of state responsibility. In this fresh evaluation of Germany and Austria’s primary responsibility... -
The Non-Religious and the State: Seculars crafting their lives in different frameworks from the Age of Revolution to the Current Day Jeffrey Tyssens 9783111337012
RRP: £59.50£50.58As the number of the non-affiliated and religiously indifferent is on the rise, this book adds a hitherto absent historical dimension to the field of secular studies. It shows a variety of ways in which the non-religious at large – be it organizations,... -
Queens in Antiquity and the Present: Speculative Visions and Critical Histories Patricia Eunji Kim 9781350380882
RRP: £90.00£76.50This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the notion of queenship as it has manifest from antiquity to the present, in contexts ranging from political acts to art production. Featuring the work of scholars, educators, curators and artists, this book... -
I Will Come Back for You: The undercover Jewish commando who helped defeat the Nazis Daniel Huhn 9781804185339
RRP: £20.00£17.00The deeply moving account of an against-all-odds reunion.Four days after Germany's surrender in May 1945, a young British officer named Freddy Gray takes a Jeep and heads East from the Netherlands into Germany. But this is no ordinary English soldier... -
The 'cursus laborum' of Roman Women: Social and Medical Aspects of the Transition from Puberty to Motherhood Dr Anna Tatarkiewicz 9781350337435
RRP: £28.99£24.64This book assesses a narrow but vital – and so far understudied – part of Roman women's lives: puberty, preparation for pregnancy, pregnancy and childbirth. Bringing together for the first time the material and textual sources for this key life stage, it... -
Demos Rising: Democracy and the Popular Construction of Public Power in France, 1800–1850 Stephen W. Sawyer 9780226837598
RRP: £28.00£23.80A political history exploring the concept of demos in the French government during the period of 1800 to 1850. In his previous book, Demos Assembled, historian Stephen W. Sawyer offered a transatlantic account of the birth and transformation of the... -
Threads of Empire Dorothy Armstrong 9781399614238
RRP: £16.99£14.44Beautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests desire them to evoke the spiritual realm. The world's 1% hunger after them as displays... -
Underground Railway 1801-1902: Crowded City Niall Devitt 9781526735836
RRP: £40.00£34.00Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari 9781911717089
RRP: £28.00£23.80The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens.For the last 100,000 years, humans have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions and conquests,... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax Martin W Bowman 9781399021692
RRP: £14.99£12.74Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Milner: Last of the Empire Builders Richard Steyn 9781837732234
RRP: £10.99£9.34'Engagingly written, as unputdownable as a biography gets' Financial Mail'A rich and beautifully nuanced portrait of Milner ... a great feat, given all the paradoxical complexities of the man's life and character.' Duncan Campbell-Smith, former Financial... -
Memory Is Another Country: Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen 9798765131183
RRP: £28.99£24.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765131183Author Nathalie Huynh Chau NguyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAQty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: £28.99£24.64Subtotal: -
Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables Nicholas Hudson 9780520391451
RRP: £80.00£68.00The history of dining is a story that cannot be told without archaeology. Surviving texts tell of the opulent banquets of the wealthy elite, but little attention is given to the simpler, more intimate social gatherings of domestic invitation dinners... -
Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America Rachel Louise Moran 9780226835792
RRP: £24.00£20.40A powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America. “If you begin to feel at all depressed,” the famous pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock advised new mothers, “go to a movie, or to the beauty parlor, or to get... -
The Kamenets–Podolsky Pocket 1944: Encirclement of Hube’s 1st Panzer Army Robert Forczyk 9781472862266
RRP: £16.99£14.44A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts. In February 1944, 1st Panzer Army (under Generaloberst Hube) played a major role in the relief... -
A Town Built by Ski Bums: The Story of Carrabassett Valley Virginia M. Wright 9781684751792
RRP: £14.99£12.74Located 60 country miles from Interstate 95, Carrabassett Valley, Maine doesn’t look like a classic rural New England town. Only a handful of buildings pre-date 1950. Settlement is concentrated in two areas separated by six woodsy miles: “the valley,”... -
Memories of Going to Work Ruth Owen 9781788564229
RRP: £7.99£6.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788564229Author Ruth OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Ruby Tuesday Books LtdPublisher Ruby Tuesday Books LtdWeight(grams) 135g -
Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde Lynn Gumpert 9782080447203
RRP: £35.00£29.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080447203Author Lynn GumpertFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions Flammarion -
China's Air War with Japan Volume 1: Sino-Japanese Air Battles, 1937-1945 Benjamin Lai 9781804515747
RRP: £19.95£16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515747Author Benjamin LaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog Chris Pearson 9781800816411
RRP: £18.99£16.14Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are much more than just our pets - and our shared history is far richer and more complex than you might assume. Here,... -
Sardinian-Piedmontese Army in the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748: Organisation, Uniforms & Equipment Including Flags, Standards & Guidons David Alan Wilson 9781804515396
RRP: £35.00£29.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804515396Author David Alan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Ford GT Kaitlyn Duling 9798886871753
RRP: £12.99£11.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886871753Author Kaitlyn DulingFormat HardbackImprint EpicPublisher EpicWeight(grams) 295g -
Unavoidable Evil: Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon Zack White 9781804513453
RRP: £25.00£21.25Apologies 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 -
Outrage in Balsham: A Cambridgeshire Village Disturbs Her Sleeping Dead Malcolm Noble 9780993270031
RRP: £8.99£7.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993270031Author Malcolm NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint The BookcabinPublisher The BookcabinQty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: £8.99£7.64Subtotal: -
The Engaged Historian: Perspectives on the Intersections of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession Stefan Berger 9781805397403
RRP: £27.95£23.76On 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: £45.50£38.68How 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: £45.00£38.25This 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: £19.99£16.99A 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... -
Targeted: Beirut Jack Carr 9781398540835
RRP: £16.99£14.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398540835Author Jack CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster Ltd -
Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era Matthew Frye Jacobson 9780520409668
RRP: £25.00£21.25A 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: £29.95£25.46Apologies 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