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Acclaimed author and translator Sophus Helle considers an ancient creation story with themes of humanity, class warfare, and catastrophic climate change. The Babylonian poem Atra-hasis is a forgotten masterpiece of political thought. Written in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063473973Author Neil GorsuchFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 646g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374618186Author Omer BartovFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

This revised and updated edition of The American Revolution offers an accessible and authoritative account of the war that forged a nation.From the first sparks of rebellion to the final treaty, this comprehensive visual history charts the key battles,...

For generations, the Italian peninsula was Europe's fragmented battlefield. This book is the definitive account of how the House of Savoy ended that chaos and forged a modern nation. It is a story of how ruthless Realpolitik prevailed over romantic zeal...

This book takes an innovative approach to the study of the past in the past. It seeks to understand history, not as a discipline or profession, but as a cultural phenomenon. Spanning the early-modern and modern pasts, this book focuses on the posthumous...

This collected volume offers an original perspective on the Baltic region by examining the intricate relationships between its diverse ethnic groups from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Rather than focusing solely on national narratives or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299482Author Ennis DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568464015Author Maria Cristina PritelliFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Creative EditionsPublisher Creative EditionsWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm)...

Experience the vibrant history of Atlanta, Georgia through its treasures in this captivating, richly illustrated book.From the Western & Atlantic Railroad's Zero Milepost signifying the city's birth as a transportation hub, to the glittering disco ball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593229453Author Molly CrabappleFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm) 243mm *...

New and ambitious approaches to contemporary China, informed by perspectives taken from civilizational analysis and the specific concept of social imaginaries.This collection of essays by some of today's most prominent scholars on Chinese society,...

Literature and Revolution in Modern China sets out to rescue Lu Xun from the distortion of his legacy by the Chinese Communist literary establishment, Mao Zedong, and Stalinism. The book reconstructs Lu Xun's literary theory and political position...

Charts the founding of the American Empire.The Fourth Kingdom is the second volume in a series of books, The Personality of American Power, tracing the distinctive continuities in the American way of war and strategy-making. A handful of themes emerge:...

A comprehensive exploration of how labor unions, broadly conceived, shape party loyalties in the American mass public.How and why do labor unions matter for American mass party loyalties, specifically party identification and vote choice? Labor Unions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030607Author Michael Edison HaydenFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type Books

A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin-prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters-between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuriesIn Strangers Within, Francisco Bethencourt provides the first comprehensive history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299536Author Tom KaschalkFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

**** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ****WINNER 2025 Goodreads Choice AwardsBlackwell's Scottish Book of the Year'Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.' VAL MCDERMID, author of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299529Author John J BinderFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

This book reconstructs the intellectual and political trajectory of Zoltan Laszlo (1881-1961), a representative figure of the East-Central European middle-class intelligentsia. His shifting positions-on nationalism, imperialism, colonialism,...

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593654347Author Ian BurumaFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 561gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662681387Author Sarah L. ThomsonFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Calkins CreekPublisher Astra Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Asians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. Drawn by the...

"Brilliantly revealing history of medieval women . . . Howes's debut has just the right meld of insightful research, enjoyable storytelling and contemporary contexts."-The Guardian "A history of medieval women's lives as told through the prism of four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826508447Author Sheri Lea SellmeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University Press

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our presentBeginning in the 1970s, women of the decolonizing world offered new visions of liberation that centered the...

A groundbreaking history of political struggle in the Spanish New World, where commoners and elites alike challenged the social order through the remarkable power of paperwork.As Spanish conquistadors swept through the New World, the Crown envisioned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299567Author Nina InnstedFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299550Author John S DicksonFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A day in 1614 Japan, told through 24 unforgettable lives, revealing the drama, danger and daily life of this pivotal era of Japanese history.In 1614, Japan stood at a crossroads. As the Tokugawa shogunate tightened its grip on power, samurai prepared for...

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The unassuming stone farmhouse occupied by John and Ann Rose and their seven children sat amid 230 acres of verdant land on the eastern side of the Emmitsburg Road about two miles south of Gettysburg. On July 2, 1863, this patch of ground-sandwiched...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682011621Author Scott F WolterFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint North Star Press of St. CloudPublisher North Star Press of St. Cloud

Why are there so few public monuments honoring women? Unsung Heroines shows it's time to claim that space!Women are grossly underrepresented in all of the Bay Area's public spaces, but not because they didn't exist! Did you know about Charlotte Brown, a...

A vivid and visceral portrayal of the most famous naval battle in history, focusing on the human cost of war, by a brilliant military historian'A gripping read, full of fascinating insights ... deeply moving ... Brilliant' Adam Zamoyski'A striking...

In 1939, when Ian Buruma's epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war broke out with Poland in September, what was most striking at first was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063355743Author Jeremy DronfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398857834Author Susie HodgeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 810g