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I Am A Revolutionary: Fred Hampton Speaks Fred Hampton 9780745346366
RRP: £14.99£12.74'I believe I'm going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I'm going to die high off the people. I believe I'm going to die a revolutionary' - Fred Hampton Fred Hampton was one of the most promising Black radical leaders of the 20th... -
Race and Gender at War: Writing American Military History Lesley J. Gordon 9780817361686
RRP: £29.95£25.46Fresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society.Book InformationISBN 9780817361686Author Lesley J. GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint The... -
The Tensaw River: Alabama's Hidden Heritage Corridor Mike Bunn 9780817361723
RRP: £21.95£18.66An introduction to the rich history of the Tensaw River.Book InformationISBN 9780817361723Author Mike BunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The University of Alabama PressPublisher The University of Alabama PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Book of Orders and Accounts for the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees John Little 9780854440856
RRP: £50.00£42.50In 1769, the Welsh antiquary Thomas Pennant admired Stockton-on-Tees as a 'handsome town' with a 'remarkably fine high street'. Only a century earlier, 'it had scarce a house that was not made of clay and thatch', but now it was 'a flourishing place'... -
Harry of England: The History of Eight Kings, From Henry I to Henry VIII Teresa Cole 9781398122581
RRP: £10.99£9.34Eight kings of England were the named Henry, but only two of them were born as heirs to the throne and these – the third and sixth – proved to be the weakest. Two seized the crown by force of arms, one by craft and opportunistic speed, and one by skilful... -
Ontario since Confederation: A Reader, Second Edition Lori Chambers 9781487524296
RRP: £45.00£38.25In the more than two decades since the publication of Ontario since Confederation: A Reader, Ontario, Canada, North America, and the world have experienced a whirlwind of profound changes. This new edition brings together leading scholars to present a... -
Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory Nathan C. Jones 9780817322076
RRP: £94.00£79.90General George S. Patton’s legendary image was carefully crafted during World War II and continues to shape our understanding of American history and culture today. Historian Nathan C. Jones explores the creation of the Patton legend and its enduring... -
The Earth That Modernism Built: Empire and the Rise of Planetary Design Kenny Cupers 9781477330210
RRP: £36.00£30.60An intellectual history of architectural modernism for an age of rising global inequality and environmental crisis.The Earth That Modernism Built traces the rise of planetary design to an imperialist discourse about the influence of the earthly... -
Prohibition in Turkey: Alcohol and the Politics of Identity Emine Ö. Evered 9781477330319
RRP: £49.00£41.65A social history of alcohol, identity, secularism, and modernization from the late Ottoman and early Turkish republican eras to the present day.Prohibition in Turkey investigates the history of alcohol, its consumption, and its proscription as a means to... -
Naturalism's Imaginary Museum, French Art, and the Eclectic Nineteenth Century Sara Pappas 9781487549008
RRP: £56.00£47.60Naturalism's Imaginary Museum, French Art, and the Eclectic Nineteenth Century examines one of the most revered art historical narratives of Western art: the famous turning point for painting and sculpture usually emblematized by the works of Édouard... -
Journey for Our Time Astolphe Marquis de Custine 9781684515394
RRP: £14.99£12.74Finally back in print, the celebrated journals of the "de Tocqueville of Russia" Marquis de Custine, providing an intriguing look at the Russian politics and culture of the 19th Century that continued to drive Soviet behavior during the Cold War and... -
Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy John Boyes 9781781559314
RRP: £35.00£29.75The atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War opened the door to the nuclear age. Seeing the potential for developing nuclear energy for the US Navy, Capt. Hyman Rickover initiated a research programme that culminated in the launch... -
City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry James Michael Buckley 9781477330241
RRP: £40.00£34.00How San Franciscans exploited natural resources such as redwood lumber to produce the first major metropolis of the American West. California’s 1849 gold rush triggered creation of the “instant city” of San Francisco as a base to exploit the rich natural... -
The Shaping of Western Civilization: Volume Two: From the Reformation to the Present, Third Edition Michael Burger 9781487529734
RRP: £38.00£32.30Michael Burger’s goal in this overview is to provide a brief historical narrative of Western civilization. The no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-author approach make this book an affordable yet valuable asset for every history student... -
Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property Adam Raz 9781804295151
RRP: £25.00£21.14During the 1948 war, looting was a general and widespread phenomenon whereby Israeli fighters and residents alike plundered Palestinian property - including homes, shops, businesses, and farms - left behind by those who were expelled or fled during the... -
New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy Michael Duchemin 9780806194813
RRP: £22.95£19.51Best known to Americans as the “singing cowboy,” beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907–1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry’s name and a few of his hit songs are still widely known today, his... -
Death in Dublin During the Era of James Joyce’s Ulysses Patrick Callan 9780367339692
RRP: £135.00£114.75The funeral of Paddy Dignam in James Joyce’s Ulysses serves as the pivotal event of the “Hades” episode. This volume explores how Dignam’s interment in Glasnevin Cemetery allowed Joyce the freedom to consider the conventions, rituals and superstitions... -
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation Revision Guide Aaron Wilkes 9781382044059
RRP: £7.99£6.79This America 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation Revision Guide is part of the popular Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1) series. It covers the history of Indigenous North America, conflicts including the American Civil War, and resistance. Written to... -
Canada's Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force at 100 David Bercuson 9781487509361
RRP: £31.00£26.35The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was founded in 1924 as a sort of federal air service, carrying out civilian-type operations for Ottawa. In the Second World War, the RCAF grew to more than 200,000 personnel in overseas squadrons and performed... -
Motherland: 500,000 Years of African History, Cultures and Identity Luke Pepera 9781398707375
RRP: £16.99£14.44'Magesterial, brilliant, capacious and transformative' Kate WilliamsMotherland by historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist Luke Pepera is a groundbreaking new exploration of African history and identity. He takes us on a personal journey discovering... -
Cartographies of Exclusion: Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England Asa Simon Mittman 9780271097466
RRP: £91.95£78.16From the battles over Jerusalem to the emergence of the “Holy Land,” from legally mandated ghettos to the Edict of Expulsion, geography has long been a component of Christian-Jewish relations. Attending to world maps drawn by medieval Christian... -
The Last Stand of the Raven Clan: A Story of Imperial Ambition, Native Resistance and How the Tlingit-Russian War Shaped a Continent Gerald Easter 9781639367368
RRP: £22.00£18.70A dynamic history of the Battle of Sitka that recognizes the vital importance of the Tlingit people, their fight against Imperial Russia, and how it changed the fate of the North America.“If the long-term plans of Peter the Great had been realized, then... -
A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World’s First National Park Randall K. Wilson 9781640096653
RRP: £30.99£26.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640096653Author Randall K. WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint -
Women Artists & Designers of the National Trust Rachel Conroy 9780707804699
RRP: £15.00£12.75From the magnificent gardens created by Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst to a striking self-portrait by Angelica Kauffman; from elegant, mass-produced ceramics by Susie Cooper, to a model of a Palmyran temple by lady’s maid Betty Ratcliffe – this... -
Wonders in the Deep: Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible Mensun Bound 9781398507401
RRP: £25.00£21.25An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past. In Wonders in the Deep Mensun Bound, the renowned archaeologist who was the Director of Exploration on the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton’s... -
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History Moudhy Al-Rashid 9781529392135
RRP: £16.99£14.44Mesopotamia is the birthplace of history. At the height of its power, this lush region was encircled by two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. Over the course of thousands of years, Mesopotamia saw the world's first cities, the first writing... -
The History of Disruption: Social Struggle in the Atlantic World Mehmet Dösemeci 9781804293904
RRP: £19.99£16.99Why do we think of social struggles as movements? Have struggles been practiced otherwise? Not as motion but as, interruption, occupation, disturbance, arrest? If so, what are struggles trying to stop? Looking at 300 years of Atlantic social struggle... -
Targeted: Beirut Jack Carr 9781398540828
RRP: £25.00£21.25The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine... -
If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt 9781501179808
RRP: £9.99£8.49Experience the “heartwarming, smart, and at times even humorous” (Woman’s World) wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt in this annotated collection of the candid advice columns that she wrote for more than twenty years.In 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a new... -
Kings Mountain: America's Most Forgotten Battle That Changed the Course of the American Revolution Phillip Thomas Tucker 9781510766433
RRP: £22.00£18.70Learn the little-known history of the turning-point battle of Kings Mountain, one of the most decisive American victories in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Kings Mountain was the most remarkable, unexpected, and unorthodox patriot victory of... -
Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography Abraham Rubin 9781487557348
RRP: £62.00£52.70Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Émigré Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath... -
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 2, Escalation and Stalemate Lien-Hang T. Nguyen 9781107105102
RRP: £120.00£102.00In great depth, Volume II examines the escalation of the Vietnam War and its development into a violent stalemate, beginning with the overthrow of the Ngô Đình Diệm in 1963 to the aftermath of the 1968 Tết Offensive. This five-year period was, for the... -
Debunking FDR: The Man and The Myths Mary Grabar 9781684515684
RRP: £25.00£21.25The myths about Franklin Delano Roosevelt live on. For the left, FDR was a champion of the working class and the oppressed, suffering abuse as a “traitor to his class.” He gave up the lifestyle of the Hudson River gentry to lead his country out of the... -
Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia Alexandar Mihailovic 9780299340544
RRP: £32.95£28.01Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia, countries that only recently viewed each other as intractable foes. In Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the... -
A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders Fin Dwyer 9780008556020
RRP: £9.99£8.49The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of Irish history, opening up our past as never... -
The 1840 Rhodes Blood Libel: Ottoman Jews at the Dawn of the Tanzimat Era Olga Borovaya 9781805396864
RRP: £99.00£80.47The Rhodes blood libel of 1840, an outbreak of anti-Jewish violence, was initiated by the island’s governor in collusion with Levantine merchants, who charged the local Jewish community with murdering a Christian boy for ritual purposes. An episode in... -
Omitted: The Untold Black History Lessons We Need to Change The Future Lavinya Stennett 9780008508166
RRP: £16.99£14.44If we don’t understand the past, how can we understand the now? Why is the teaching of Black history – both in the past and present, and in the UK and beyond – still not only fundamentally flawed, but scarce and inadequate? So many of us have gaps in... -
The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's Fair The Missouri Historical Society Press 9798985571646
RRP: £24.00£20.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985571646Author The Missouri Historical Society PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Missouri Historical Society PressPublisher Missouri Historical... -
Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood Abigail A. Van Slyck 9781517916961
RRP: £36.00£30.60Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s... -
Zoroastrianism in India and Iran: Persians, Parsis and the Flowering of Political Identity Alexandra Buhler 9780755601608
RRP: £85.00£72.25In the nineteenth century, a great number of Zoroastrians emigrated from Iran to India. The subsequent importance of the cultural, religious and political ties between the Zoroastrian communities of Iran and the Zoroastrians communities of India has long...