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The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR Jonathan Brunstedt 9781108712552
RRP: $44.83$38.14This pioneering monograph – a Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year – asks how a socialist society, ostensibly committed to Marxist ideals of internationalism and global class struggle, reconciled itself to notions of patriotism, homeland, Russian... -
Rival Byzantiums: Empire and Identity in Southeastern Europe Diana Mishkova 9781108718639
RRP: $48.73$43.62This is a comprehensive comparative view of the way the phenomenon of Byzantium has been treated by the historiographies of the polities that have emerged from its remains – Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Turkey – from the Enlightenment to the... -
Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space Alda Benjamen 9781108972345
RRP: $58.48$53.43Examining the relationship between a strengthened Iraqi state under the Baʿth regime and the Assyrians, a Christian ethno-religious group, Alda Benjamen studies the role of minorities in twentieth-century Iraqi political and cultural history. Relying on... -
Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England: Secular and Monastic Households Katharine Sykes 9780192844750
RRP: $148.20$134.75In the early Middle Ages, the conversion of the early English kingdoms acted as a catalyst for significant social and cultural change. One of the most visible of these changes was the introduction of a new type of household: the monastic household. These... -
Holding Charleston by the Bridle: The History of Castle Pinckney from 1811 Through the Civil War to the Present Day W Clifford Roberts Jr 9781611217148
RRP: $52.63$39.72On the eve of the Civil War, the London Times informed its readers that Castle Pinckney has "been kept garrisoned, not to protect Charleston from naval attack from the ocean, but to serve as a bridle upon the city." Located on a marshy island in the... -
The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages Sara J. Charles 9781789149166
RRP: $33.13$32.16This book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world. Each chapter opens with a lively vignette by a medieval narrator - including a parchment-maker, scribe and illuminator - introducing... -
Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft Richard Pike 9781911714149
RRP: $29.23$21.35Helicopter Boys explores the role of helicopters in military and civilian situations. Acclaimed author Richard Pike, alongside fourteen contributors, share stories of the diverse nature of their operations. From the dramatic war scenes during the... -
Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania, 1878-1978 Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto 9781847013583
$175.27The first historical account of the dramatic growth of Christianity in Western Tanzania during the twentieth century and of the role of former slaves in this process. Examining the intersection of post-slavery and evangelism, this book shows the ways... -
Tashkent: A Modernist Capital Karel Balas 9780847899982
RRP: $126.75$88.67Established sometime around the 1st or 2nd century BCE, Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan and the largest metropolis in Central Asia benefiting from its historical role as geographic crossroads, its developed resources, and its thriving... -
On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines Brett A. Friedman 9781682479452
RRP: $50.60$47.79On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to today, viewing them through the lens of... -
The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 8: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with introductions by the editor LeRoy R. Hafen 9780806194837
$55.58Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all... -
Decisions of the Vicksburg Campaign: The Eighteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation Lawrence K. Peterson 9781621908609
RRP: $64.25$31.16Vicksburg, nicknamed the Gibraltar of the Confederacy, was vital to Confederate supply lines, troop movements, and access to port cities on the Gulf of Mexico. The fortified city had been under constant attack since 1862 as Admiral Farragut assaulted... -
Rethinking Displays of Chinese Contemporary Art: Cultural Diversity and Tradition Paul Gladston 9789819729050
RRP: $214.48$211.98This is the first edited collection to critically address in its entirety questions related to the displaying of Chinese contemporary art. It includes chapters by scholars and cultural workers from diverse backgrounds involved in the interpretation of... -
Pindar and Greek Religion: Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes Hanne Eisenfeld 9781108926430
RRP: $48.73$43.62Pindar's victory songs teem with divinity. By exploring them within the lived religious landscapes of the fifth century BCE, Hanne Eisenfeld demonstrates that they are in fact engaged in theological work. Focusing on a set of mythical figures whose... -
50 True Tales from Our Great National Parks Stephanie Pearson 9780711285828
RRP: $33.13$22.50Immerse yourself in the wonder and diversity of America's great outdoors with 50 true stories inspired by some of its most iconic national parks. This gift treasury collection gathers real-life stories from parks across the USA, including Great Smoky... -
Ten Myths About Israel Ilan Pappe 9781804297049
RRP: $19.48$15.93In this groundbreaking book, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel. This has been updated with a new afterword on the 2023 invasion... -
The Book of Marvels: A Medieval Guide to the Globe Larisa Grollemond 9781606069035
RRP: $68.25$57.66From the classical encyclopedias of Pliny to famous tales such as The Travels of Marco Polo, historical travel writing has had a lasting impact, despite the fact that it was based on a curious mixture of truth, legend, and outright superstition. One... -
Special Operations in World War II Volume 39: British and American Irregular Warfare Andrew L. Hargreaves 9780806194066
RRP: $50.60$46.41British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 Student Book Second Edition Sally Waller 9781382061384
$70.75This Second Edition of Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 Student Book is part of the Oxford AQA History for A Level series. Updated as part of our commitment to the inclusive presentation of diverse histories, this textbook has been approved by AQA... -
Precious Metal: German Steel, Modernity, and Ecology Peter H. Christensen 9780271092324
RRP: $58.40$53.25With its incorporation into architecture on a grand scale during the long nineteenth century, steel forever changed the way we perceive and inhabit buildings. In this book, Peter H. Christensen shows that even as architects and engineers were harnessing... -
Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs Erica Allen-Kim 9781477322994
RRP: $193.05$167.19An in-depth look at the diverging paths of Vietnamese American communities, or “Little Saigons,” in America’s built environment. In the final days before the fall of Saigon in 1975, 125,000 Vietnamese who were evacuated or who made their own way out of... -
Love and the Working Class: The Inner Worlds of Nineteenth Century Americans Karen Lystra 9780197514221
RRP: $44.83$38.14Love and the Working Class is a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. These laboring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those... -
The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property Eunsong Kim 9781478026242
RRP: $173.55$151.36In The Politics of Collecting, Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collections and conceptual art forms. Investigating historical legal and property claims, she argues that regimes of... -
Violence in the Forum: Factional Struggles in Ancient Rome (133-78 Bc) Natale Barca 9781636244471
RRP: $58.40$41.55"The entry of daggers into the Forum" is an expression that identifies two precise historical moments: when two tribunes of the plebs--brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Caius Sempronius Gracchus--were murdered in Rome in 133 and 122 BC amidst... -
Disenchanting Albert the Great: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Magician David J. Collins, S. J. 9780271097442
RRP: $89.60$79.27Albert the Great (1200–1280) was a prominent Dominican friar, a leading philosopher, and the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. He also endorsed the use of magic. Controversial though that stance would have been, Albert was never punished or repudiated for what... -
Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation Jordana Moore Saggese 9781478026402
$177.47In Heavyweight, Jordana Moore Saggese examines images of Black heavyweight boxers to map the visual terrain of racist ideology in the United States, paying particular attention to the intersecting discourses of Blackness, masculinity, and sport. Looking... -
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It Corey Brettschneider 9781324006275
RRP: $50.68$38.06Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. In The Presidents and the People, a propulsive and eminently readable history, Corey... -
Angels Against the Sun: A WWIl Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood James M. Fenelon 9781684515073
RRP: $37.03$25.21In the tradition of Band of Brothers, historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a grunt’s-eye view of the 11th Airborne’s heroic campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War II. A soldier’s history at its best.A Grunt’s-Eye View of... -
Teaching a Dark Chapter: History Books and the Holocaust in Italy and the Germanys by Daniela R. P. Weiner 9781501775437
RRP: $76.05$66.53Teaching a Dark Chapter explores how textbook narratives about the Fascist/Nazi past in Italy, East Germany, and West Germany followed relatively calm, undisturbed paths of little change until isolated "flashpoints" catalyzed the educational... -
Women of the Mafia: Power and Influence in the Neapolitan Camorra by Felia Allum 9781501774799
RRP: $64.35$57.43Women of the Mafia dives into the Neapolitan criminal underworld of the Camorra as seen and lived by the women who inhabit it. It tells their life stories and unpacks the gender dynamics by examining their participation as active agents in the... -
Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece by Lynette Mitchell 9781914535338
$55.59This is the first book in English to provide a systematic treatment of Panhellenism. The author argues that in archaic and classical Greece Panhellenism was a body of narratives that expressed, defined and limited the community of the Hellenes and gave... -
From Incarceration to Repatriation: German Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union by Susan C. I. Grunewald 9781501776021
RRP: $68.25$59.94From Incarceration to Repatriation explores the lives and memories of the nearly 1.5 million German POWs who were held by the Soviet Union during and after World War II and released in phases through 1956, seven years longer than the prisoners of any... -
The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal by Mark S. Ferrara 9780231216371
RRP: $163.80$146.46The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a monumental achievement. Linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, it transformed New York City into a hub of international trade, drove the rise of industrial cities in once sparsely populated areas,... -
Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania by Kathryn Hughes 9781421448145
RRP: $58.40$35.63How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pets.In 1900, Britain and America were in the grip of a cat craze. An animal that had for centuries been seen as a household servant or urban nuisance had... -
Give Me Liberty!: An American History Eric Foner (Columbia University) 9781324071396
$229.92Give Me Liberty! is beloved by instructors and students alike because it delivers a concise and authoritative American history that explains not just what happened but why. Aligned with the nine-part structure of the AP (R) U.S. History course and filled... -
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan 9781639730643
RRP: $48.75$36.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639730643Author Jon GrinspanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA -
The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah: The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864 by Jonathan A Noyalas 9781611217155
RRP: $27.28$23.61Decades after the Civil War’s end, Confederate veteran John Alexander Stikeleather reflected on his experiences as a soldier in the 4th North Carolina Infantry. Among all of the engagements in which Stikeleather had been involved during his four years of... -
Spanning the Gilded Age: James Eads and the Great Steel Bridge by John K. Brown 9781421448626
RRP: $56.55$41.22The fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world.In Spanning the Gilded Age, John K. Brown tells the daring, improbable story of the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, known popularly as the Eads Bridge... -
Tell Mother Not to Worry: Soldier Stories from Gettysburg's George Spangler Farm by Ronald D Kirkwood 9781611217063
RRP: $54.58$41.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611217063Author Ronald D KirkwoodFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Savas BeatiePublisher Savas Beatie -
The Americans and Germans at Bastogne: First-Hand Accounts from the Commanders by Sterne, Gary 9781526797421
RRP: $33.13$31.40In December 1944 the Third Reich was retreating. It was almost inconceivable that they could mount a counter offensive. To the Allies, the capitulation of the Third Reich was just around the corner. Or was it? Could the Battle of the Bulge succeed...