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The Dangers of Gifts from Antiquity to the Digital Age by Alexandra Urakova 9781032298627
RRP: $51.59$45.23This is the first volume that examines dangerous gift-giving across centuries and disciplines. Bringing to the fore the subject that features as an aside in gift studies, it offers new insights into the ambivalent and troubled history of gift-giving... -
Project Mayflower: Building and Sailing a Seventeenth-Century Replica by Richard A. Stone 9781493084364
RRP: $32.25$20.43Today, the Mayflower II—the replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a nation—is visited by some 2.6 million tourists annually and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But there is much more to the... -
From French Community to Missouri Town Volume 1: Ste. Genevieve in the Nineteenth Century by Bonnie Stepenoff 9780826223135
RRP: $37.35$30.13A small French settlement thrived for half a century on the west bank of the Mississippi River before the Louisiana Purchase made it part of the United States in 1803. But for the citizens of Ste. Genevieve, becoming Americans involved more than simply... -
The Eye of the Crown: The Development and Evolution of the Elizabethan Secret Service by Kristin M.S. Bezio 9781032228310
RRP: $51.59$45.23This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government. In the government’s attempts to control religious... -
The Culture and Politics of Regime Change in Italy, c.1494-c.1559 by Alexander Lee 9781032057583
RRP: $51.59$45.23This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494–c.1559.Far from being a purely modern phenomenon, regime change was a common feature of life in Renaissance Italy – no more so than during the Italian Wars... -
Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black History by Hoke S. Glover, III 9781324078876
RRP: $14.19$12.51A refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America’s greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the runaways and the rebels, the badass and funky, the activists and the... -
Cities and Territories of the Western Roman Empire: 4th Century BC to the 3rd Century AD by Ricardo González-Villaescusa 9781032586267
RRP: $23.21$20.69This book showcases the unique shape of urban development that took hold during the Roman Empire, beginning in the Mediterranean basin before spreading out across Europe, and offers a fresh perspective on the cities and territories of the Roman West.With... -
Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia by Adrian Karatnycky 9780300269468
RRP: $25.80$21.90The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion In 1991, after seventy years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 2022, it... -
Hitler's Last Levy: The Volkssturm 1944-45 by Hans Kissel 9781804516072
$40.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804516072Author Hans KisselFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Spectacular Visual Guides: An Ancient Roman Fort by Stephen Johnson 9781800787766
RRP: $9.02$5.99Ancient Roman Fort explores the architectural genius the almighty ancient Roman army.Step inside a Roman fort and discover the innovative techniques used to defend the structure from hostile neighbours and marauding bands. Walk every inch of the Roman... -
What’s Her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women by Dr Katie Nelson 9781789295382
RRP: $25.80$17.21Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in).From the earliest human civilizations through to the present day, the stories of countless influential women – leaders, artists, warriors, scientists and more – have... -
Visible Ruins: The Politics of Perception and the Legacies of Mexico's Revolution by Mónica M. Salas Landa 9781477328712
$59.33An examination of the failures of the Mexican Revolution through the visual and material records. The Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) introduced a series of state-led initiatives promising modernity, progress, national grandeur, and stability; state... -
What Can We Do?: War by Alex Woolf 9781445187471
RRP: $12.89$8.77A look at some of the biggest challenges facing our world today - war and conflict - and how we are tackling themHow can we build a better, fairer, more equal, cleaner world? This series seeks to answer this by exploring some of the greatest challenges... -
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream by Peter Moore 9781250335661
RRP: $32.25$19.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250335661Author Peter MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform by Yakov Feygin 9780674240995
RRP: $43.80$37.18A masterful account of the global Cold War’s decisive influence on Soviet economic reform, and the national decay that followed.What brought down the Soviet Union? From some perspectives the answers seem obvious, even teleological—communism was simply... -
The Origins of Human Rights: Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives by R.U.S Prasad 9781032249155
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights in the East and the West and provides a comparative analysis of the independent streams of thought originating from the two different... -
Battle of Stalingrad: The Beginning of the End for Hitler in the East by Dmitry Degtev 9781399052351
RRP: $28.38$20.15The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle of the Second World War. An estimated 2 million individuals, military as well as civilian, became casualties in a savage struggle which lasted for more than five months. Stalingrad’s strategic position on... -
After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon by Greg Eghigian 9780190869878
$30.16Roswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petrozavodsk, 1977. Copley Woods, 1983. Explore how sightings of UFOs and aliens seized the world's attention and discover what the fascination with flying... -
Honorable and Brilliant Labors: Orations of William Gilmore Simms by John D. Miller 9781643364834
$80.53A primary source collection that offers a window into the mind of nineteenth-century author and public intellectual, William Gilmore Simms. William Gilmore Simms was in his lifetime considered the South's preeminent man of letters, and Edgar Allen Poe... -
Cholera 1832: The Social Response to an Epidemic by R. J. Morris 9781032244204
$38.27Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British society’s response to the threat of disease. It is the story of an administrative fight to exclude the disease by quarantine and to persuade commerce and working-class people to observe... -
A History of Rest by Alain Corbin 9781509561537
RRP: $16.76$11.73Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, different and conflicting definitions and forms of rest... -
Timelines of World War II by DK 9780241634769
RRP: $32.25$22.73Discover the key events in the war that shaped the modern world - moment by moment.An accessible overview of the moments and milestones of the Second World War, Timelines of World War II offers a fresh angle on the subject, bringing the conflict to life... -
Raoul Wallenberg: Life and Legacy by Ulf Zander 9789198557800
RRP: $32.25$23.12The Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of Jews in Budapest between 1944 and 1945. He is recognised by the Israeli state as one of the Righteous among the Nations. This book examines both Wallenberg’s... -
Aliens on Earth by Tony Street 9781528988117
RRP: $11.60$8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528988117Author Tony StreetFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Mine Wars: The Bloody Fight for Workers' Rights in the West Virginia Coalfields by Steve Watkins 9781547612185
RRP: $25.79$16.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781547612185Author Steve WatkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury YAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 417g -
Union Soldiers of Southwestern Illinois by John J Dunphy 9781467156806
RRP: $32.24$20.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467156806Author John J DunphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 9g -
The Folsom Prison Bloody 13: The Big Escape of 1903 by Josh Morgan 9781467155939
RRP: $32.24$21.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467155939Author Josh MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 9g -
The Scam That Shook a Nation: The Nagarwala Scandal by Rasheed Kidwai 9789356998629
RRP: $20.63$17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356998629Author Rasheed KidwaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India -
Witnesses to Interwar Subcarpathian Rus’: The Sojourns of Petr Bogatyrev and Ivan Olbracht by Patricia A. Krafcik 9781666931709
RRP: $129.00$116.23In the midst of a contentious atmosphere of the interwar period, the far-eastern province of Subcarpathian Rus’ attracted the personal curiosity and professional attention of Russian ethnographer and theoretician Petr Bogatyrev and Czech... -
The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America by Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic 9781666922769
RRP: $99.33$89.87What role does religion play in migration processes? What is the reason behind migration of religious minorities? Is religious affiliation a deciding factor in choosing emigration? Some of these questions have been the focus of The Untold Journey of the... -
The Cold War through Documents: A Global History by Edward H. Judge 9781538195673
RRP: $99.33$89.87This text is a comprehensive collection of more than 100 carefully edited documents (speeches, treaties, statements, and articles), making the great events of the era come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved. Coverage... -
Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Gardening: Volume IV: Science: Applications by Sarah Dewis 9780367188580
$151.61This volume is the fourth in a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic expansion, empire, the growth of the middle classes and suburbia, the changing role of women... -
Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Gardening: Volume III: Science: Institutions by Sarah Dewis 9780367188573
$151.61This volume is the third ina in a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic expansion, empire, the growth of the middle classes and suburbia, the changing role of... -
Manhattan Masters: Dutch Paintings from the Frick Collection by Waanders Publishers 9789462624306
RRP: $38.64$25.00Manhattan Masters shows the most beautiful Dutch Masters from the Golden Age in The Frick Collection, New York. The book elaborates the creation of The Frick Collection, brought together during America’s Gilded Age in the last quarter of the 19th century... -
St Albans Abbey: The Excavation of the Chapter House 1978 by Professor Martin Biddle 9781803277080
RRP: $141.90$115.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803277080Author Professor Martin BiddleFormat HardbackPage Count 590Imprint ArchaeopressPublisher ArchaeopressWeight(grams) 726g -
The Women's Revolution: How We Changed Your Life by Muriel Fox 9781613322444
$34.47A rare first-person account of the women's movement A comprehensive, indexed memoir about the Second Wave women’s movement by the cofounder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Muriel Fox offers rare, firsthand stories of 29 women and one man,... -
Till the Extinction of This Rebellion: George Rogers Clark, Frontier Warfare, and the Illinois Campaign of 1778-1779 by Eric Sterner 9781594164255
RRP: $38.64$25.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594164255Author Eric SternerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme PublishingWeight(grams) 426g -
13 Stories of War: Ukrainian photographers document and reflect on the Russian invasion by Julia Kochetova 9789152793886
RRP: $58.05$41.03"The stories and testimonies in this book are not only photographs. They are beautiful, brutal, present, and personal – photographic adjectives, filled with content that is deeper and more relevant than most news photography can ever hope to be. But,... -
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War by James B. Conroy 9781982168698
RRP: $16.76$16.54Written with “a cinematic sense of urgency and realism” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their... -
Churchill's D-Day: The Inside Story by Richard Dannatt 9781399727839
RRP: $32.25$22.73'This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.' Lord Soames, Winston Churchill's grandson 'An engrossing delight . . . Dannatt and Packwood have produced an account of Churchill's D-Day worthy...