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Empires in Friction: Egypt in the Sixteenth Century Nelly Hanna 9780815638506
RRP: $67.08$57.02In 1517, the Ottoman Empire had finally defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, completing their conquest of the Middle East and turning Egypt into a province of the Ottoman Empire. While much has been documented about the Mamluk period until 1517,... -
Dynastic Democracy: Political Families of Thailand Yoshinori Nishizaki 9780299338343
RRP: $45.09$38.33Since the overthrow of absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand’s political history has conventionally been interpreted as a long series of popular struggles for representative democracy and against authoritarian military rule. Yoshinori Nishizaki proposes... -
Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks Jun'ichi Isomae 9780472077076
RRP: $77.40$65.79Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author’s search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living. Isomae Jun’ichi considers the disaster... -
Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks Jun'ichi Isomae 9780472057078
RRP: $45.09$38.33Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author’s search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living. Isomae Jun’ichi considers the disaster... -
M.I.9: The Official History of the Secret Escape and Evasion Organisation An Official History 9781399079556
RRP: $32.25$27.41It was every British serviceman’s duty, be he soldier, sailor or airman, to attempt to evade capture if stranded behind enemy lines or escape if captured. As there were potentially thousands of men who would find themselves cut off or captured during the... -
American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America Martyn Whittock 9781639367849
RRP: $19.34$16.43A vivid and illuminating new history—separate fact from fiction, myth from legend—exploring the early Vikings settlements in North America.Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration... -
The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History Jamie Mackay 9781786637741
RRP: $14.18$12.05Sicily is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, and for over 2000 years has been the gateway between Europe, Africa and the East. It has long been seen as the frontier between Western Civilization and the rest, but never definitively part of either... -
Reconnoitring Russia: Mapping, Exploring and Describing Early Modern Russia, 1613-1825 Denis J. B. Shaw 9781800085923
RRP: $51.60$43.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800085923Author Denis J. B. ShawFormat HardbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL Press -
Peasantry in the Cheb City-State in the Late Middle Ages: Socioeconomic Mobility and Migration Tomáš Klír 9788024657066
RRP: $46.44$39.47A reassessment of fundamental scholarship on the Middle Ages, based on previously unknown medieval written source material. Medieval peasantry represents a particularly attractive unknown for historians, as it is crucial for understanding both later... -
Footsloggers: An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45 Peter Hart 9781800810716
RRP: $16.76$14.24Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more... -
The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World Karl Schlögel 9780691237299
RRP: $28.38$24.12An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR?... -
Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age Marc Landry 9781503641570
RRP: $36.11$30.69By the end of the nineteenth century, Europeans had come to see the Alps as the ideal place to fashion an alternative to the era's dominant energy source: coal. After 1850, Alpine water increasingly became "white coal": a power source with the... -
Arnhem-Oosterbeek 1944: Then and Now Guus de Vries 9781036106997
RRP: $45.15$38.38Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies Terry Deary 9780857506351
RRP: $25.80$21.93Discover British history as you have never seen it before in this unique and funny history book for adults, brought to you from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories series.Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on... -
Time in Diaries of Court and Bakufu Officials in the late 13th Century: A Study of Kanchūki, Kenji sannen ki and Einin sannen ki Alexandra Ciorciaro 9783111345697
RRP: $117.39$99.78Human existence is fundamentally defined by time. Throughout history and across cultures, societies have negotiated time in various ways. This monograph studies temporality as it emerges from diaries produced by government officials during the late... -
Brutalist Japan: A Photographic Tour of Post-War Japanese Architecture Paul Tulett 9783791393100
RRP: $51.60$43.86Featuring striking photography by an expert in the field, this exploration of Japanese Brutalist architecture celebrates the surprising beauty and grace of buildings forged in concrete. Emerging in the devastating aftermath of World War II, Brutalist... -
Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire: Professor Shaul Shaked in Memoriam Gad Barnea 9783111016092
RRP: $112.23$95.40The Achaemenid period (550–330 BCE) is rightly seen as one of the most formative periods in Judaism. It is the period in which large portions of the Bible were edited and redacted and others were authored—yet no dedicated interdisciplinary study has been... -
Sumatra 1944–45: The British Pacific Fleet's oil campaign in the Dutch East Indies Angus Konstam 9781472862419
RRP: $21.92$18.63The first history of how the aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet shattered Japanese oilfields in Sumatra, starving Japan of oil and proving how Anglo-American navies could fight together. With the war in Europe in its final stages, by 1944 the Royal... -
Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad Alissa Walter 9781503641426
RRP: $36.11$30.69Contested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011. Interactions... -
Crusading for Globalization: US Multinationals and Their Opponents Since 1945 Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl 9781512827156
RRP: $63.21$53.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512827156Author Janick Marina SchaufelbuehlFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania Press -
The Rif War 1921–26: Morocco's Berber Uprising Philip Jowett 9781472862471
RRP: $19.34$16.43An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s, in which the occupying Spanish and French faced an armed uprising from the Berber tribes of northern Morocco. In June 1921, Abd el Krim, a Berber leader in the Rif highlands of Morocco,... -
The Irish Revolution: A Global History Patrick Mannion 9781479835256
RRP: $28.37$24.11How the Irish Revolution was shaped by international actors and events The Irish War of Independence is often understood as the culmination of centuries of political unrest between Ireland and the English. However, the conflict also has a vitally... -
RAF Fighters vs Ju 87 Stuka: In the West 1940–41 Andy Saunders 9781472862570
RRP: $20.63$17.53An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Command’s Hurricane and Spitfire and the Luftwaffe’s Ju 87 Stuka in the skies over France, the Channel and southern England. The story of the Luftwaffe’s Ju 87 Stuka and its use against British... -
Merchants on the Mediterranean: Ottoman-Dutch Trade in the Eighteenth Century Despina Vlami 9780755648894
RRP: $37.40$31.79How easy and uncomplicated was it for an 18th-century, medium-sized, Ottoman trade company to expand its business in the West? Which kind of resources, in terms of knowledge, information, experience, contacts and capital, could guarantee its successful... -
Globalization in a Glass: The Rise of Pilsner Beer through Technology, Taste and Empire Malcolm F. Purinton 9781350327856
RRP: $37.40$31.79The spread of Pilsner beer from its inception in 1842 clearly shows the changes wrought by globalization in an age of empire. Its rise was dependent not only on technological innovations and faster supply chains, but also on the increased connectedness... -
The Making of the Middle Sea Cyprian Broodbank 9780500026441
RRP: $45.15$38.38The first full, interpretive synthesis for a generation on the rise of the Mediterranean world from its very beginnings up to the threshold of Classical times - winner of the Wolfson History Prize. The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the... -
Die Idee Einer Altgermanischen Freiheit VOR Montesquieu: Fragmente Aus Der Geschichte Politischer Freiheitsbestrebungen in Deutschland, England Und Frankreich Vom 16.-18. Jahrhundert Erwin H�lzle 9783486751666
RRP: $129.00$109.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783486751666Author Erwin H�lzleFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Walter de GruyterPublisher Walter de GruyterWeight(grams) 381g -
America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor 9781512826517
RRP: $46.44$39.47Reveals how, through auctions, early Americans learned capitalism As the first book-length study of auctions in early America, America Under the Hammer follows this ubiquitous but largely overlooked institution to reveal how, across the eighteenth and... -
Extraordinary Valor: The Fight for Charlie Hill in Vietnam William Reeder 9781493084975
RRP: $23.21$19.72A Congressional Medal of Honor AccountExtraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy’s Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major Lê Văn Mễ, who fought by his side. It is the... -
What the West is Getting Wrong about the Middle East: Why Islam is Not the Problem Ömer Taspinar 9780755655069
RRP: $19.34$16.43The West’s actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstanding: political Islam is repeatedly assumed to be the main cause of conflict and unrest in the region. The idea that we can decipher Jihadist radicalization or problems in the... -
A Late Antique Poetics?: The Jeweled Style Revisited Joshua Hartman 9781350347144
RRP: $37.40$31.79The poetry of the late Roman world has a fascinating history. Sometimes an object of derision, sometimes an object of admiration, it has found numerous detractors and defenders among classicists and Latin literary critics. This volume explores the... -
Situating Josephus’ Life within Ancient Autobiography: Genre in Context Davina Grojnowski 9781350320192
RRP: $37.40$31.79Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory. In order to generate a framework of literary practices, Josephus’ Life... -
Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology Amy Scott 9780295753522
RRP: $51.60$43.86Explores some of the dynamic, forward-facing artistic creations of Indigenous FuturismThe growing field of Indigenous Futurism eludes easy categorization, as suggested by this lavishly illustrated wide-ranging collection of essays and artworks from... -
Young Reds in the Big Apple: The New York Young Pioneers of America, 1923-1934 Jack Hodgson 9781531508111
$126.41The Tale of New York's Young Reds — A Riveting Journey through the YPA's Rise and Influence Young Reds in the Big Apple: The New York YPA, 1923-1934 by Jack Hodgson is a compelling historical account that delves into the heart of American communism... -
The Lordship of Denbigh 1282-1543 D. Huw Owen 9781837721740
RRP: $32.24$27.40The lordship of Denbigh, held by prominent English barons following its creation in 1282, was directly affected by several major events culminating in its incorporation in Denbighshire, newly-formed by the Union legislation of 1536–43. The social policy... -
Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State Katherine C. Epstein 9780226831220
RRP: $36.12$30.70A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security. At the beginning of the twentieth century, two British inventors, Arthur Pollen and... -
Becoming Walla Walla: The Transformation of Cayuse Country, 1805-1879 Dennis Crockett 9780874224337
RRP: $30.90$26.26The first Euro-Americans to trek through the verdant Walla Walla Valley were uniformly impressed with its prospects for colonization. The Cayuse remained the valley's primary inhabitants until diverse populations with equally diverse... -
To Rule the Winds: The Evolution of the British Fighter Force Through Two World Wars, Volume 2: Air War on the Western Front 1914-1918 Michael C. Fox 9781909982260
RRP: $51.54$43.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909982260Author Michael C. FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Nobility Lost: French and Canadian Martial Cultures, Indians, and the End of New France Christian Ayne Crouch 9781501778971
RRP: $32.24$27.40Nobility Lost is a cultural history of the Seven Years' War in French-claimed North America, focused on the meanings of wartime violence and the profound impact of the encounter between Canadian, Indian, and French cultures of war and diplomacy. This... -
Global Media Coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Reporting the Sheikh Jarrah Evictions Noureddine Miladi 9780755649938
RRP: $37.40$31.79The attempts to evict Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in May 2021 caught the attention of the world. While this small Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem had long been central to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the planned expulsions...