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Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials Raja Shehadeh 9781805222415
RRP: $37.03$31.47Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine - now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the... -
James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder Chris Bryant 9781526644992
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Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America Dael A. Norwood 9780226836751
RRP: $46.80$39.78Explores the surprisingly rich early history of US-China trade and its unexpected impact on the developing republic. The economic and geographic development of the early United States is usually thought of in trans-Atlantic terms, defined by... -
A New Orient: From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel Amit Levy 9781684582020
RRP: $62.40$53.04A history of knowledge transfer of Oriental Studies stretching along an axis from Germany to Palestine/Israel. This study examines the history of Zionist academic Orientalism—referred to throughout as Oriental studies, the term contemporary English... -
The History of Everywhere: All the Stuff That You Never Knew Happened at the Same Time Philip Parker 9781529523775
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2024 Günter Berghaus 9783111434810
RRP: $246.68$209.68The first part of Volume 14 of the Yearbook presents ten essays concerned with Futurism in Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Germany, and two focusing on dance and typography. Among other things, this publication provides analysis of... -
The Alpine Enlightenment: Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Nature’s Sensorium Kathleen Kete 9780226835488
RRP: $50.70$43.10A study of the experience of nature in the eighteenth century based on the life of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–99). In The Alpine Enlightenment, historian Kathleen Kete takes us into the world of the Genevan geologist, physicist, inventor, and...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $50.70$43.10Subtotal: -
Conversing with Chaos in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Writing and Reading Environmental Disorder in Ancient Texts Esther Eidinow 9781350344198
RRP: $175.50$149.18This volume starts from a reconsideration of the idea that ancient perceptions of the non-human world rested on the profound belief in universal order and therefore paid little attention to variety, irregularity, and change. Focusing on the ancient... -
A Training School for Elephants Sophy Roberts 9780857528377
RRP: $39.00$33.15'A modern-day Freya Stark' - Tatler'Roberts' writing is beguiling' - The i'Roberts is a wonderfully lyrical writer' - ObserverFrom the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition.In 1879,... -
Historical Studies On Comfort Women In Shanghai: A Field Study Approach Zhiliang Su 9789811271830
RRP: $243.75$207.19This book examines the history of the military comfort women system in China. It aims to give readers a deeper insight into the origin, establishment, and operations of comfort stations, as well as tell the sufferings of comfort women, many of whom were... -
Great Contemporaries: Churchill Reflects on FDR, Hitler, Kipling, Chaplin, Balfour, and Other Giants of His Age Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill 9781350448759
RRP: $50.68$43.08Winston S. Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature for “his mastery of historical and biographical description.” Nowhere is that mastery more evident than in Great Contemporaries, first published in 1937. Written in the decade before Churchill... -
The History of the United States Supreme Court: A Modern Commentary and Analysis George Conyne 9781441134486
RRP: $38.98$33.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441134486Author George ConyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Continuum Publishing CorporationPublisher Continuum Publishing... -
An Honourable and Impartial Tribunal: The Court Martial of Major General Henry Procter, Minutes of the Proceedings Guy St-Denis 9781771993197
RRP: $76.05$64.64“This way, General, this way!” With these words, Major General Henry Procter was ushered off the field of battle. It was the 5th of October 1813, and the British commander—having abandoned his army and Indigenous allies—had just lost not only the Battle... -
Subjugate the Earth: The Beginning and End of Human Mastery over Nature Philipp Blom 9781509561322
RRP: $48.75$41.44Subjugate the Earth traces the biography of a strange idea: the idea that human beings can subdue nature and rule over it, that humans are outside and above nature. Born in Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilisation, the idea of subjugating the Earth was... -
The Great War Illustrated 1918: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI William Langford 9781399024518
RRP: $48.75$41.44The final book in a series of five titles which graphically cover each year of the war. Countless thousands of pictures were taken by photographers on all sides during the First World War. These pictures appeared in the magazines, journals and newspapers... -
Carnage and Care on the Eastern Front: The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach, 1914-1918 Peter C. Appelbaum 9781805397465
RRP: $54.50$46.33For nearly all of the Great War, the Jewish doctor Bernhard Bardach served with the Austro-Hungarian army in present-day Ukraine. His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of... -
Worthy of Praise: The Dutch Army in the War of Liberation and the Hundred Days 1813-1815 Marc Geerdink-Schaftenaar 9781915070463
RRP: $48.75$41.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070463Author Marc Geerdink-SchaftenaarFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Analysing Historical Narratives: On Academic, Popular and Educational Framings of the Past Stefan Berger 9781805397380
RRP: $62.30$52.96For all of the recent debates over the methods and theoretical underpinnings of the historical profession, scholars and laypeople alike still frequently think of history in terms of storytelling. Accordingly, historians and theorists have devoted much... -
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022 Frank Trentmann 9780141985848
RRP: $37.03$31.47In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be the moral voice of Europe, welcoming almost... -
Amazon Rachel First 9798893040029
RRP: $25.33$21.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798893040029Author Rachel FirstFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Bellwether MediaPublisher Bellwether MediaWeight(grams) 227g -
South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War Angus Konstam 9781472864710
RRP: $33.13$28.16A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War. On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed for the South Atlantic at the heart of the task force that would... -
The Imperial School for Tribes: Educating the Provincial Elite in the Late Ottoman Empire Mehmet Ali Neyzi 9780755649778
RRP: $56.53$48.05Founded in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, the Imperial School for Tribes (Asiret Mektebi) was an initiative by Sultan Abdulhamid II to bring the sons of prominent Arab tribal leaders to Istanbul for a world-class education and transform them... -
Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins Mary Frances Phillips 9781479802937
RRP: $58.48$49.71The first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party. In this groundbreaking biography, Mary Frances Phillips immerses readers in the life and legacy of Ericka Huggins, a revered... -
Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia Anastasia Shesterinina 9781501778964
RRP: $56.53$48.05Winner of the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies Co-winner of the Charles Taylor Book Award How do ordinary people navigate the intense uncertainty of the onset of war? Individuals mobilize in different ways—some flee, some pick up... -
The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas Sarah Clegg 9781803511535
RRP: $29.23$24.84As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek out warmth, good food, and good company. But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season, there lurks a darker mood - one that has found expression over the... -
Solid as a Rock: Fallschirmjager Regiment 1 on the Eastern Front and the Winter Battle for Orel (19 October 1942-31 March 1943) Albrecht Zimburg 9781804514184
RRP: $68.25$58.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804514184Author Albrecht ZimburgFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Iranian Culture in Bahram Beyzaie’s Cinema and Theatre: Paradigms of Being and Belonging (1959-1979) Saeed Talajooy 9780755648702
RRP: $56.53$48.05Since the beginning of his artistic career in 1959, Bahram Beyzaie’s oeuvre has incorporated various aspects of Iranian, Euro-American, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian performance traditions and cinema. Beyzaie’s work reformulates indigenous artistic and... -
Defending Fort Stanwix: A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution William L. Kidder 9781501777530
RRP: $54.58$46.39In Defending Fort Stanwix, William L. Kidder tells the dramatic story of "the Fort that Never Surrendered" and the crucial role it played in the American War for Independence. After a series of military defeats over the winter of 1776–1777, British... -
Shaping the Blue Dragon: Maritime China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Ronald C. Po 9781835537435
RRP: $224.25$190.61Throughout much of history, imperial China has exhibited a seemingly capricious relationship with the sea. At times, it has welcomed commerce and travel across its vast waters with open arms, yet at others, it has sought to completely cordon off the... -
Rembrandt as Inspiration: Teacher, Strategist, Bestseller Stefan Weppelmann 9783777443768
RRP: $81.90$69.62More than any other artist, the painter Rembrandt developed a charisma through the outstanding quality and originality of his works and through the organisation of his workshop. His pupils and successors continued his style as the Rembrandt “brand” with... -
A Livable Future is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our Survival Noam Chomsky 9798888902622
RRP: $38.98$33.13A sweeping yet penetrating collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, exploring the most pressing global concerns of our time. In these illuminating interviews conducted by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky yet again shares his brilliant insights on an... -
Russian Cold, The: Histories of Ice, Frost, and Snow Julia Herzberg 9781805397502
RRP: $54.50$46.33Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even as the ongoing effects of climate change complicate its meaning and cultural salience. The Russian Cold assembles fascinating new... -
Standing Among the Spartans: Institutions and Status within the Spartiate Community Dr Philip John Victor Davies 9781350171633
RRP: $165.75$140.89Conformity, uniformity, institutionality, exceptionality – each of these terms encapsulates an aspect of the common perception of Sparta, both among scholars and in the popular imagination. This volume seeks to interrogate how rightly we may apply these... -
The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations Kevin N. Cawley 9781350236011
RRP: $165.75$140.89Tracing the development of Catholic ideas in Japan and China during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, this book provides an overview of the early emplantation of Catholicism in East Asia and the evolution of the missionary strategy. Kevin... -
Why Taiwan Matters: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future Kerry Brown 9780241694305
RRP: $37.03$31.47An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters – for China, the West and for everyone’s futureWhen the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949 two Chinas were born. Mao's communists won and took China’s Mainland; Chiang Kai-shek's nationalists... -
Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India Subah Dayal 9780520402362
RRP: $58.50$49.73For decades, scholars have examined the Mughal Empire, South Asia’s largest and most powerful pre-colonial empire, to measure the greatness of its political, ideological, and cultural institutions. Between Household and State departs from dynastic... -
werkbund – bauhaus - hochschule für gestaltung ulm / werkbund – bauhaus – ulm school of design: Wegmarken des Industriedesigns in Deutschland / Milestones of Industrial Design in Germany Eva-Maria Seng 9783110776683
RRP: $122.85$104.42This volume surveys the major German reform initiatives in the field of design in the 20th century. Their central point of departure was the creation of the German Werkbund in 1907, which in close cooperation with industry strove to achieve a new sense... -
Dehio - Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler / Thüringen Georg Dehio 9783422801011
RRP: $93.60$79.56Die Neuauflage des Dehio Thüringen enthält neben notwendigen Korrekturen einzelner Fehler vor allem umfängliche Aktualisierungen. Es wurden Ergänzungen aufgrund von neuen Forschungen und abgeschlossenen Sanierungen vorgenommen und die neue Schwerpunkte... -
Welsh Not: Elementary Education and the Anglicisation of Wales Martin Johnes 9781837721801
RRP: $38.98$33.13It is widely known in Wales that some nineteenth-century schoolchildren were victims of the Welsh Not. It was a wooden board, hung around the neck of children heard speaking Welsh, and was often accompanied by corporal punishment. The Welsh Not is then... -
Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches Carol Ann Lee 9781789465846
RRP: $33.13$28.16On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group...