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Panzerwrecks 26: Bulge 2 Lee Archer 9781908032270
RRP: £24.99£21.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032270Author Lee ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks Limited -
A Cultural History of Medicine Roger Cooter 9781350451643
RRP: £130.00£110.50How has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? A Cultural History of Medicine, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With... -
Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia Laura Frances Goffman 9781503640818
RRP: £25.99£22.09Disorder and Diagnosis offers a social and political history of medicine, disease, and public health in the Persian Gulf from the late nineteenth century until the 1973 oil boom. Foregrounding the everyday practices of Gulf residents—hospital patients,... -
Prairie Oddities: Punkinhead, Peculiar Gravities and More Lesser Known Histories Darren Bernhardt 9781773371221
RRP: £27.95£23.76In Prairie Oddities Darren Bernhardt recounts historical anecdotes from middle-Canada's past that were never given top billing, the ones that faded away in time but left their marks behind. Laden with archival images, Bernhardt's stories restore focus on... -
A Moving Feast: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah across Jewish Cultures Hizky Shoham 9783111369709
RRP: £91.00£77.35Winner of the Goldberg Family Foundation Award 2021 What is the meaning of the Jewish rites of initiation known as “bar and bat mitzvah” in the modern age, when the concept of “mitzvah” (religious precept or obligation) means so little to most Jewish... -
Material Cultures of the Global Eighteenth Century: Art, Mobility, and Change Wendy Bellion 9781350259072
RRP: £24.99£21.24From porcelain to betel leaves, Chumash hats to natural history cabinets, this book examines how objects embody imperialism, knowledge, and resistance in various ways. While every era witnesses change, the eighteenth century experienced artistic,... -
Über Wasser gehen: Kunstroute Seseke Uli Paetzel 9783422800892
RRP: £17.50£14.88Wahrend der Industrialisierung wurde die Seseke - ein Nebenfluss der Lippe - begradigt, eingedeicht und in einen offenen Abwasserkanal umgebaut. Zwischen den 1980er-Jahren und 2014 hat der Lippeverband im Rahmen des "Sesekeprogramms" das Gewasser wieder... -
The Big, Big Treasure Dig Autumn Publishing 9781835440636
RRP: £12.99£11.04Join an archaeological dig with a difference on this interactive treasure huntBook InformationISBN 9781835440636Author Autumn PublishingPage Count 12Imprint Autumn PublishingPublisher Bonnier Books LtdWeight(grams) 472g -
The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church from Pagans to Putin Lucy Ash 9781837731831
RRP: £25.00£21.25For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills - from the Mongol yoke, to tsarist demagoguery and enlightenment, Soviet atheism, the chaotic 1990s and now two decades of Vladimir Putin.In this provocative... -
Politics Unseen: Group f.64 Photography and the Problem of Purity Ellen Macfarlane 9780520399754
RRP: £42.00£35.70In Politics Unseen, Ellen Macfarlane radically reframes the "pure photographs" of California art photography society Group f.64, known for depicting Western landscapes, fruits and vegetables, flowers, and faces. By foregrounding f.64 members’ and their... -
19th-Century Hungarian Political Thought and Culture: Towards Settlement with Austria, 1790-1867 Dr Ferenc Hörcher 9781350202955
RRP: £28.99£24.64This volume presents the ideas of the main actors of the political scene in the Hungarian Kingdom during the long 19th century (1790-1920). Organised around key political thinkers, the book considers the most significant paradigms of thought associated... -
Dismembered Policing in Postwar Berlin: The Limits of Four-Power Government Dr Mark Fenemore 9781350334175
RRP: £28.99£24.64Assessing the impact of Germany’s defeat on the policing of Berlin, this book addresses the reconstruction of the police force as a crucial component of four-power government. As Mark Fenemore shows, getting four nationalities to work together to... -
Material Politics in Turkey: Infrastructure, Science, and Expertise Duygu Kasdogan 9780755647880
RRP: £90.00£76.50This book explores the role of material entities and processes in shaping political lives in Turkey. The unifying thread of its chapters is to challenge the rendering of the material world as a mere background to or object in politics, revealing the... -
Fada'i Guerrilla Praxis in Iran, 1970 - 1979: Narratives and Reflections on Everyday Life Touraj Atabaki 9780755651276
RRP: £28.99£24.64The Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas have received little dedicated scholarly investigation in the shadow of the Iranian Revolution. This unique collection combines scholarly analysis of the movement, with first-hand accounts from those within the... -
Global Economic History Professor Tirthankar Roy 9781350290082
RRP: £26.99£22.94Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. With contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and... -
The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore Michael Dylan Foster 9780520403888
RRP: £28.00£23.80Significantly 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... -
The Songs of Queen Lili'uokalani Lili'uokalani 9798888971260
RRP: £21.99£18.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888971260Author Lili'uokalaniFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint Editions -
Hattusili, the Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire: Partner and Rival of Ramesses the Great Trevor Bryce 9781350341838
RRP: £65.00£55.25This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and,... -
Memories of Life at Home Ruth Owen 9781788564212
RRP: £7.99£6.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788564212Author Ruth OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Ruby Tuesday Books LtdPublisher Ruby Tuesday Books LtdWeight(grams) 135g -
Nigel Hall: Sculpture & Drawings Jon Wood 9781848225657
RRP: £45.00£38.25Nigel Hall: Sculpture & Drawings is an ambitious monograph which looks at his work in relation to sculptural developments in Britain, Europe and North America. It presents the two main strands of Hall's practice - sculpture and drawing - as distinct but... -
Jahan Ara Begum 1614–1681: A Biographical Study Nausheen Jaffery 9788195839421
RRP: £32.00£27.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195839421Author Nausheen JafferyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika Books -
The Observations of Gilles le Bouvier: A Medieval Herald’s View of Europe and its Neighbouring Lands Gideon Brough 9781350418950
RRP: £85.00£72.25Translated from the medieval French, this book is a landmark English-language version of the work of Gilles le Bouvier. As the senior herald to King Charles VII, the monarch on the French throne as they advanced to victory in the Hundred Years’ War... -
Death Before Dismount: U.S. Army Tanks in Iraq Dr Andrew Eric Wright 9781636244754
RRP: £29.95£25.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636244754Author Dr Andrew Eric WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Casemate PublishersPublisher Casemate Publishers -
Privacy in Early Modern Saxony Natacha Klein Käfer 9783111263847
RRP: £73.00£62.05Concerns over privacy grow in our society. Understanding the historical roots of the phenomenon becomes more and more necessary to navigate our contemporary struggles with availability and control of personal information. When we ponder what people of... -
Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic James D. Charlet 9781493035885
RRP: £17.99£15.29More than 6,000 ships have met their doom in the waters along the North Carolina coast, weaving a rich history of tragedy, drama and heroics along these picturesque beaches. Men have lost their lives and fortunes, and heroes have been made where the... -
British Internment and the Internment of Britons: Second World War Camps, History and Heritage Dr Gilly Carr 9781350266292
RRP: £28.99£24.64This edited volume presents a cutting-edge discussion and analysis of civilian ‘enemy alien’ internment in Britain, the internment of British civilians on the continent, and civilian internment camps run by the British within the wider British Empire... -
Iona, Kells and Derry: The history and hagiography of the monastic familia of Columba Maire Herbert 9781846829642
RRP: £24.95£21.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829642Author Maire HerbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)... -
The Irish Volunteers, 1913-19: A History Daithi O Corrain 9781846826146
RRP: £24.95£21.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846826146Author Daithi O CorrainFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 367g -
Animal Sightings: Art, Animals, and European Court Culture, 1400–1550 Jodi Cranston 9780271097633
RRP: £83.95£71.36Animal Sightings challenges two common ideas about the depiction of animals in early modern European court art: first, that the human figure relegated animals to peripheral and often symbolic roles, both compositionally and conceptually, and second, that... -
The Lives of the Caesars Suetonius 9780241186893
RRP: £25.00£21.25A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to... -
Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings: Online Activism in Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon Dounia Mahlouly 9780755645213
RRP: £28.99£24.64This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022. It examines the shifting narrative... -
52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School James Felton 9781408733875
RRP: £14.99£12.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781408733875Author James FeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint SpherePublisher Little, Brown Book Group -
In the Maze of Media: Essays on the Pathways of Art after Minimalism Andre Rottmann 9783837660500
RRP: £42.99£36.54Technologies and techniques have informed artistic practices and discourses since the avantgardes' heyday, and their proliferation, now in an increasingly digital culture, has continually transformed the very idea of the medium in global contemporary art... -
Promised Lands: The British and the Ottoman Middle East Jonathan Parry 9780691231440
RRP: £32.00£27.20A major history of the British Empire’s early involvement in the Middle EastNapoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 showed how vulnerable India was to attack by France and Russia. It forced the British Empire to try to secure the two routes that a European... -
The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era Mark Atwood Lawrence 9780691264608
RRP: £22.00£18.70A groundbreaking new history of how the Vietnam War thwarted U.S. liberal ambitions in the developing world and at home in the 1960sAt the start of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of... -
The Spanish Civil War in the British and French Press: The Badajoz, Alcázar of Toledo, Madrid, and Guernica News Stories Martin Minchom 9781835534069
RRP: £115.00£97.75This book examines coverage of the Spanish Civil War by the leading French and British newspapers, and agencies like Havas and Reuters. Their foundational reporting created a bedrock of ‘shared news’, which reverberated in places as geographically and... -
Art of War Sun Tzu 9781645177005
RRP: £12.99£11.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645177005Author Sun TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution Services,... -
Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore Manan Ahmed Asif 9781595589071
RRP: £21.99£18.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595589071Author Manan Ahmed AsifFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint The New PressPublisher The New Press -
Periodical Famines: Irish Memories in Transatlantic News Media, 1845–1919 Lindsay Janssen 9780253071903
RRP: £45.00£38.25Long 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... -
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War Hilary N. Green 9781531508524
RRP: £29.99£25.49Rediscover the Civil War Through the Voices That Refused to Be Silenced Unforgettable Sacrifice offers a groundbreaking exploration into the heart of African American memory of the Civil War, challenging conventional narratives and revealing a rich...