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A revised and updated edition of a classic text on the early puritans. The Puritan Experiment is an accessible, authoritative account of early New England, one with an enduring appeal for students and general readers. This revised and updated edition...

FLICK is a rousing history of women enjoying sex: sex with themselves, sex with each other, and occasionally sex with men as well.Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast...

All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches - some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal - from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.'A learned and...

'A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians' KEN FOLLETT'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES'A splendid book,...

The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian. For more than 150 years, Black communities have gathered to honor...

A profound examination of how photographs can both sever and connect, tracing the paths of Ottoman Armenians across state and family archives. In 1896 the Ottoman sultan issued a decree that allowed Armenians – and only Armenians – to emigrate on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476699943Author Michael StrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668093801Author Martha RaddatzFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Avid Reader PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Volume three of the classic Islamic history of the world, now available to a new generation of readers in a fully unabridged editionWritten by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah, or "Introduction," is the earliest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593129166Author Thomas AsbridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798897101030Author Greg LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 28mm

In this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel argues that the most important influence on Abraham Lincoln's political thought and practice was what he learned from the leading figures of and documents from the birth of the United States...

A groundbreaking reassessment of the legacy of the enigmatic Shah Ismail. Seyed Javad Miri presents Shah Ismail not merely as a historical figure but as a mystic, poet, and thinker who profoundly influenced Iranian and global intellectual landscapes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643795799Author Kesha L GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Lee & Low BooksPublisher Lee & Low BooksWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 228mm *...

Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan investigates decades of contentious relations between the Communist party-state of China and the Muslim community of southern Yunnan centered on the village of Shadian, site of an incident of state violence in 1975...

'Jenkins sets about his task with infectious enthusiasm and draws out all the most important themes in America's 250-year history' The TimesIn the two hundred and fifty years since its foundation, the United States of America has grown to become the...

A Guide to Mao's China explores how personnel within China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism as a form of political, historical, and cultural representation with demands for developing a...

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All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches - some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal - from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.'Wonderful -...

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the most iconic figure of the ancient world: the Roman gladiator'Wonderfully panoramic … endlessly informative, rich with unexpected detail but never...

'Rare and riveting . . . Powerful personal stories are woven together to provide new insight and understanding' LYSE DOUCET'A must-read for anyone seeking an honest appraisal of revolutionary Iran and the bloody twists and turns of its theocratic regime ...

The final instalment of N.A.M. Rodger's definitive, authoritative trilogy on Britain's naval historyAt the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty...

History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored.'In this moving and revelatory book, Anthony...

Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets.There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back and...

On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: 'Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.'While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and...

A powerful and important reckoning with Britain's imperial legacy and contemporary systemic racism'A richly told history of Empire from which we cannot turn away' AFUA HIRSCH'I'd have loved to have read such a book when I was a schoolboy' COLIN GRANTFrom...

A profoundly personal and moving portrait of a misunderstood people and their on-going journey - shedding new light on Romani history and what it means to be Romani in Europe today.'Fascinating' TELEGRAPH'An exhilarating history of resistance and...

The remarkable story of the real 'Dad's Army', from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'Impeccably researched and deliciously entertaining, Dad's Army shines a bright searchlight on to an organization dismissed for far too long...

PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UK'S MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS'A must read for any military enthusiast . . . insightful and inspirational' JASON FOX'A heartfelt tribute to the Long...

There are fewer than 5000 people who can genuinely claim to be members of the British aristocracy, and yet they loom large in the popular consciousness. We're fascinated by their houses and estates, their lives and loves, their foibles and eccentricities...

A non-stop flight across the Atlantic might seem routine today. But it is only possible because of those who went first.'Vivid and compelling' John Lancaster'A delectable serving of escapist nostalgia' The Times, Book of the WeekNewfoundland, 1919...

A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s - a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.'Dazzling . . . a fabulously gripping read' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, The Times Books of the Year'As...

A radical retelling of human history through collapse - from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twenty-first century and beyond.** FEATURED IN THE NEW BBC SERIES CIVILISATIONS: RISE AND FALL **** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER...

'This is history as it should be written: as page-turning and compelling as the best thriller, rich in human drama yet deeply researched and authoritative... superbly told with compassion, edge-of-seat tension and the deftness of a master story-teller...

Catholicism and Elizabethan Seafaring is the first study to focus on Elizabethan Catholic seafarers who participated in the Anglo-Spanish conflicts. It demonstrates that Catholic identities persisted among English sailors operating between England and...

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Playing the Game uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more students than elite private or flagship public universities did, and yet they remained on the...

Third Camp Socialism collects Phyllis and Julius Jacobson's major writings on civil rights, Stalinism, the Cold War, and the New York Intellectuals. The Jacobsons advanced a militant, small-d democratic perspective on the landmark events of their...

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...

From the celebrated magazine of international writing, twelve sharp global perspectives on a changing United States, with an introduction by the Dial's editor in chief, Madeleine SchwartzThe 2024 U.S. presidential election reverberated internationally, a...