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Begum Samru (b. circa 1750-d. 1836) was a north Indian woman ruler who used art and architecture to facilitate her social, political, and financial station in early modern India. Rising from the ranks of courtesans in Mughal Delhi to become the commander...

This book explores the life of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the enigmatic Libyan leader, from his birth to his assassination in a drainage ditch outside the city of Sirte in October 2011. The first authoritative biography of Qaddafi, it aims to make sense of his...

From haunted barrows to ruined castles, Britain's landscape is rich with tales of hidden treasure - stories not just of gold, but of ghosts, curses and forbidden knowledge. Treasures on Earth gathers hundreds of these traditions for the first time,...

The four volumes of The Complete Medal of Honor present the full citations of the 3,537 awards granted to 3,517 men (nineteen were double recipients) and one woman between the start of the Civil War in 1861 and the withdrawal of US troops from...

We take brands for granted: they surround us and pervade our everyday life. But have you ever wondered where they come from, and why they became successful? The histories are sometimes remarkable: how did Reebook emerge from a town in North West...

This is an extraordinary account of courage, survival, and sacrifice in the aftermath of one of the Second World War's most daring missions. While the Doolittle Raid on Japan is often celebrated for its audacity and strategic importance, this book...

Omeljan Pritsak and the Intellectual Origins of the Ukrainian "Harvard Miracle" is the first English-language intellectual biography of Omeljan Pritsak, the co-founder of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and the first professor of Ukrainian...

During its short life, the rocket interceptor, a concept that reached maturity towards the end of the Second World War, attracted the attention of top scientists, designers and aeronautical engineers in Germany, the USSR, the United States and Japan. It...

As the 20th century recedes, how should its history be written? This study offers a comprehensive, integrated history of Europe's early 20th century, seen as the crucible of a new metropolitan modernity. Geoff Eley unites social, cultural-intellectual,...

**Battle Group "Lohse"** - Oberleutnant Heinrich Lohse's memoirs detail his time as a training officer at the 5th Wehrmacht Infantry School in Poznan. When the battle for the city began, he led a reserve battle group and commanded the fortress...

During the Anglo-American War of 1812, British forces launched hundreds of amphibious raids on the United States. The richest parts of the United States were slave-states, and thousands of enslaved African Americans fled to British forces in what was to...

The 1960s in Europe saw the emergence of social protest, newly confident center-left parties, Cold War detente, and frustrations with the pace and direction of European integration. The Federal Republic of Germany experienced these upheavals from a...

In the summer of 1943, Hitler set his sights on a decisive blow that he believed would turn the tide of war on the Eastern Front. That blow would be dealt at Kursk - site of a huge Soviet salient measuring some 120 miles wide and 75 miles deep, and the...

The Kfz. 13/14 represented a significant step forward for the German army in the realm of armoured scout cars following the devastation of First World War. Initially intended for training purposes, despite their limitations, including inadequate...

This groundbreaking exploration of the rich tapestry of lives shaped by the winds of change. For over three centuries, the people of Orkney and Shetland have ventured across the globe, leaving their mark on communities from the Arctic to the Antipodes...

In 1941, when Philip Lazowski was 11 years old, his mother and two younger siblings were murdered by the Nazis, along with most of the Jews from his village in Poland. His mother’s last words to him exhorted Phillip to “be somebody” because “the world...

In this elegant follow-up to the bestselling Brutalist Japan, Paul Tulett brings his distinctive eye to South Korea's post-war architecture, capturing the austere beauty of concrete across cities and decades. Brutalist Korea features more than 220...

As the First World War came to a chaotic end, Europeans feared that a wave of crime and anarchy would sweep across their continent. The upheavals of the war and of the subsequent violent breakup of the Habsburg, German, and Ottoman empires magnified...

Celebrate 250 years of important people, places, and events in American history.In honor of America's 250th birthday, America Celebrates takes young readers on an exciting journey through a timeline of influential figures, notable landmarks, and special...

The long-running Decisions Series tackles the Brown Water Navy. At the outset of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott drafted the Anaconda Plan, an ambitious strategy to blockade southern ports and use army forces supported by naval gunboats to secure...

From emergency relief shelters to a cardboard cathedral and exhibition spaces in shipping containers, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has made his name with his restlessly inventive response to material and situation, as much as with his...

A highly illustrated study of the T-72 main battle tank and variants, detailing its history from the Cold War Soviet Army though to the current War in Ukraine. The T-72 is one of the most recognisable tanks in the world. Produced in large quantities, it...

A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life.A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories from across Britain and Ireland. Packed with materials, from interviews and newspaper articles to photographs and flyers, the book...

RAF in Camera: 1980s - The Later Years by Keith Wilson provides a visually rich account of the Royal Air Force during the transformative latter half of the 1980s. This continuation of Wilson's earlier work examines the RAF's operational and technological...

This volume assembles twenty-two scholars from the fields of classics and early Christian studies to interrogate the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in scholarship on book...

The Great Fire of London, in September 1666, is one of those events forever etched in the collective psyche. It is on the national curriculum and is constantly revisited through new documentaries, books, articles, and through other media outlets...

The World Today Series: Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2025-2026 provides historical background on Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe countries to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region...

A beautifully illustrated and extensively researched collection of 100 of the most famous houses of Britain's Arts and Crafts Movement. The Arts and Crafts Movement, founded in the philosophies of John Ruskin and William Morris, produced some of the...

The early twenty-first century ushered in a period of change in Bolivia. The country welcomed its first Indigenous president, a new constitution, and a profusion of laws that recognized individual music and dance expressions as intangible cultural...

Explores cases of self-immolation as political protest against Communist occupation in the Soviet Bloc.Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc presents the lives of those who chose self-immolation as a radical form of protest against the political oppression...

Clergy formed a distinct and privileged group in later medieval society as regarded violent crime. Church law was intended to protect them from it, induce them to avoid it, and exempt them from secular justice following it. But in practice, were the...

Saddle up for a captivating journey through American history, fashion, and frontier spirit in The Cowgirl—a beautifully visual tribute to one of America’s most enduring cultural icons.From the rugged trails of the Old West to the wide-open ranchlands of...

This collectible volume introduces Vonnegut's legion of fans to an entirely new side of his irrepressible creative personality - his work as a gifted graphic artist. Readers around the world know Kurt Vonnegut as the iconic author of books such as...

This book highlights the role of knowledge in school education. It shows that while the Scottish education system used to be among the strongest in Europe, its students’ attainment has dropped in recent years. The book argues that the clue to this...

An exploration of the multifaceted characters and complex events that have defined the Lone Star State from its inception through today When Americans turn on their laptops, play video games, go to church, vote, eat TexMex, shop for groceries, listen...

Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of America’s military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Jóhannesson charts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798217176984Author Simon RogersFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Plume BooksPublisher Plume BooksWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 145mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681066554Author Steve SchoenbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Reedy PressPublisher Reedy Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798897101214Author Hugo VickersFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 533g

Notebooks for the Grandchildren is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand what went wrong after the great Russian Revolution of 1917. Through the eyes of young Ukrainians like himself, who came of age fighting for the Revolution but...