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The Amazing History of Food by Kesha Grant 9781398251526
RRP: $15.42$11.06How we cook and eat today looks a lot different than it did in the past. From prehistoric kitchens to food preservation and the invention of the refrigerator, the history of food is surprising, unusual and amazing. Learn more about how people used these... -
Four-Color Communism: Comic Books and Contested Power in the German Democratic Republic by Sean Eedy 9781805393368
RRP: $47.94$38.73As with all other forms of popular culture, comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state. Comics were employed as extensions of the regime’s educational system, delivering official ideology so as to develop the “socialist personality” of... -
Recognizing the Past in the Present: New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust by Sabine Hildebrandt 9781805393351
RRP: $61.75$50.79Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals... -
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon by David Grann 9781398540668
RRP: $18.85$12.01**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER**‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAMThe story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World... -
Under Mountain Shadows: Kay Kershaw, Lesbian Eco-Warrior of the Pacific Northwest by William D. Frank 9781476693927
RRP: $61.73$50.77This book examines Kay Kershaw's tremendous influence on conservation efforts in the Pacific Northwest and on LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. Except for a short stint during WWII, Kay Kershaw spent nearly her entire life in Washington State's Yakima... -
Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation by Jonathan Connolly 9780226833620
RRP: $157.81$150.71A study of Indian indentured labor in Mauritius, British Guiana, and Trinidad that explores the history of indenture’s normalization. In this book, historian Jonathan Connolly traces the normalization of indenture from its controversial beginnings to... -
Broadway Butterfly: Vivian Gordon: The Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York by Anthony M. DeStefano 9780806543147
RRP: $48.03$30.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806543147Author Anthony M. DeStefanoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 437g -
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey 9780525511816
RRP: $34.29$22.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525511816Author Donovan X. RamseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323g -
Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico by K. Maria D. Lane 9780226833958
RRP: $48.03$46.98An unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico’s modern water management system. Maria Lane’s Fluid Geographies traces New Mexico’s transition from a community-based to an expert-led system of water management during the pre-statehood era... -
The Sacred Geometry of Ancient Greece by Lucie Wolfer-Sulzer 9781913378165
RRP: $34.29$24.08How the Greek temples and Greek statues were entirely based upon principles of sacred geometry.Book InformationISBN 9781913378165Author Lucie Wolfer-SulzerFormat PaperbackImprint Eglantyne BooksPublisher Eglantyne Books -
Origins of the Ottoman Dynasty: A Philological Exploration of Its Earliest Account by Kemal Silay 9781839992209
RRP: $137.22$128.96Ahmedi’s History of the Kings of the Ottoman Lineage and Their Holy Raid(s) against the Infidels is the foundation text for the study of the rise of the Ottoman State. Virtually, every scholarly work dealing with the subject refers to his versified... -
An Economic History of South Africa by D. M. Goodfellow 9781032327914
$54.53Originally published in 1931, A Modern Economic History of South Africa describes the state of Southern Africa in its early days. Its early expansion, the agriculture of the Trek Boers, the difficulties of communication over vast stretches of... -
The Political Life of Reverend Roland D. Sawyer by Tyler L. Wolanin 9781666945508
RRP: $178.39$160.64Roland D. Sawyer was a Western Massachusetts state legislator who, over a half-century in politics, tackled some of the state’s thorniest issues. The Political Life of Reverend Roland D. Sawyer by Tyler L. Wolanin offers insight into legislative politics... -
Dynamite Nashville: The FBI, The KKK, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control by Betsy Phillips 9798986614571
RRP: $37.65$26.98Dynamite Nashville explores a series of unsolved civil rights era bombings in Nashville. Betsy Phillips, who was named Best Nashville Historian by The Nashville Scene, believes she has solved those bombings. She has gained access to FBI files, that the... -
Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy by Jonathan Marc Gribetz 9780691176802
$46.19How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO’s relationship to Zionism and IsraelIn September 1982, the Israeli military invaded West Beirut and Israel-allied Lebanese militiamen massacred Palestinians in the Sabra and... -
Lighthouses of New Hampshire by Jeremy D'Entremont 9781467161565
RRP: $42.87$28.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467161565Author Jeremy D'EntremontFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 9g -
Writing Local History Today: A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book by Thomas A. Mason 9781538182611
RRP: $111.49$99.98Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not... -
D-DAY The Oral History: The Turning Point of WWII By the People Who Were There by Garrett M. Graff 9781800962170
RRP: $42.88$28.10Eighty years on, D-Day The Oral History is a fresh and significant new history of arguably the most important day of the 20th Century.On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the... -
Ferret!: USAAF Airborne Signals Intelligence Development and Operations 1942-1945 by William M. Cahill 9781800352971
RRP: $59.95$41.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352971Author William M. CahillFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past by Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit 9780231215909
RRP: $200.69$178.37What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit—the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today—offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication... -
Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe by Violet Moller 9780861547524
RRP: $42.88$30.22Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories 'A scintillating journey into a world where discoveries rip through doctrine like meteors. There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of... -
Heroines of the Tudor World by Sharon Bennett Connolly 9781398109735
RRP: $39.43$26.04These are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love. These are the women who made a difference, who influenced countries, kings and the Reformation. Heroines of the Tudor... -
Conflicts of the Forth: Exploring 6,000 Years of Warfare at Scotland’s Bloodiest Spot by Murray Cook 9781739484552
RRP: $22.28$20.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739484552Author Murray CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Extremis Publishing LimitedPublisher Extremis Publishing Limited -
Gem of the Sierra: Schemes and Splendor in Nineteenth-Century Lake Tahoe by Gary Noy 9781496237828
RRP: $44.58$33.00For many people the history and literature of Lake Tahoe is an endless love letter to its extraordinary splendor. But, as with most histories, the story is complicated. Lake Tahoe in the nineteenth century was marked by insult and mistreatment of the... -
Social Formations in the Medieval World: From Roman Civilization till the Crisis of Feudalism by Rakesh Kumar 9781032748498
RRP: $61.73$54.36This book encapsulates a period of history of human progress by highlighting crucial social, economic, and cultural dynamics. It presents recent historiography and new analytical tools used to analyse multi-dimensional themes involved in social formation... -
Swiss Mercenaries in the Dutch East Indies: A Transimperial History of Military Labour, 1848-1914 by Philipp Krauer 9789087284510
RRP: $69.93$67.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087284510Author Philipp KrauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press -
The Roads To Rome: A History by Catherine Fletcher 9781847928030
RRP: $42.88$30.91Brimming with life and drama, this is the first book to explore two thousand years of European history through one the greatest imperial networks ever built'A delightful, novel and authoritative history from the ground up' JUDITH HERRIN'Epic and witty ..... -
Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000 by Andrew Hindmoor 9780241651711
RRP: $60.04$42.35‘In this fascinating book, Andrew Hindmoor makes sense of the tangled past we have just lived through ... sprinkling wit, insight and analytical verve over his energetic narrative. In contemporary British political history, his will be the distinctive... -
Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy by Mark Gilbert 9780241483602
RRP: $60.04$42.35A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World WarThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history. In 1945, post-fascist Italy was... -
Sailors, Statesmen and the Implementation of Naval Strategy by Agustín Guimerá 9781837651207
RRP: $128.65$106.02Explores the varied relationship between political leaders and naval experts, from the 16th to 21st centuries The shaping of national defence strategies is particularly difficult in the case of navies. Few political leaders have naval experience, in... -
Chamber Divers by Rachel Lance 9781835010686
RRP: $42.88$28.46'Fascinating...a great historical military account and essential reading' John Volanthen, author of Thirteen Lives.The untold story of the D-Day scientists who changed special operations forever.On the beaches of Normandy, two summers before D-Day, the... -
Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith 9780008526313
RRP: $18.85$12.44‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL ‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN Work in the countryside ties you, soul and salary, to the land. But often those who labour in nature have the least control over what... -
Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts: Precept, Practice, and Portrayal by Oly Roy 9781032321264
RRP: $68.59$60.14This book looks at the representation and practice of chastity in selective ancient Indian texts. It studies how and when the concept originated and in what ways it was intertwined with the social, cultural, and economic notions of Indian society... -
Military Aircraft by Jim Winchester 9781838865009
RRP: $51.44$36.21The history of aviation is full of striking and unusual designs, from the biplanes and triplanes of World War I, through the giant bombers and streamlined fighters of World War II to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military... -
Napoleon's Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era by Louis N Sarkozy 9781399055239
$46.93Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle... -
The Other Presidency: Thomas Jefferson and the American Philosophical Society by Patrick Spero 9781606189047
RRP: $25.71$23.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606189047Author Patrick SperoFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press -
Typhoon Truce, 1970: Three Days in Vietnam when Nature Intervened in the War by Robert Curtis 9781636244648
RRP: $38.59$24.61It wasn't rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe. As an unofficial truce began, questions and emotions battled inside every air crewman's mind as... -
Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins by Douglas J. Brewer 9798888570791
RRP: $60.02$49.42This facsimile edition of a much acclaimed volume brings back into print a major study of the evidence for the domesticated plants and animals exploited by the ancient Egyptians. The rise of agriculture must be amongst the most important steps that... -
The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Dr Kate Strasdin 9781639366910
RRP: $34.22$20.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639366910Author Dr Kate StrasdinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 254g -
Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created, Bought, and Sold the Dream of Los Angeles by Paul Haddad 9781595801272
RRP: $37.72$32.33Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry...