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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781836321811Author Mark AytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Key Publishing LtdPublisher Key Publishing Ltd

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near EastIn 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the...

Multidisciplinary scholarship showcasing innovative methods for working with sculptural material - with essays ranging from Merovingian funerary art to Old English and Scandinavian runic inscriptions.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786124450617Author Yesenia SilvaFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Pichoncito Fly BooksPublisher Pichoncito Fly BooksWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 312mm...

Poor boy. Dark star. Spy. Transgressor. Genius. This is the thrilling and subversive life story of Christopher Marlowe - Shakespeare's inspiration and rival, who helped to bring England out of the cultural darkness and into the light.'Sparkling,...

Recollections of ordinary people, in isiXhosa and English translation, of daily life and historical events in the nineteenth century Iimbali zamandulo - 'Stories of the Past' - is a selection of historical testimonies produced by Xhosa-speaking...

This volume charts the establishment and early growth of the American empire. It begins with the American Revolution, when colonists in the New World broke away from what they viewed as the corrupt and oppressive British Empire. Even as they articulated...

This volume charts an era of rapid growth for the United States. Beginning with the aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase, the early sources in this volume highlight the rampant speculation that engulfed U.S. writers on what was to be done with this land...

This volume contains essays Mostly About Bengal written by the author over a period of fifteen years: 1. The Regional Elites: A Theory of Modern Indian History 2. The Partition of Bengal: A Problem in British Administration, 1830-1912 3. A Plea for the...

Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer's Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rain-forests to blazing hot restaurants-and everywhere in between. Frommer's authors are expert, seasoned...

By mid-1944, the Allies, especially the United States, began preparing for a potential invasion of Japan. Churchill expected the Royal Navy to support the U.S. Navy in achieving aerial dominance. The Admiralty focused on strengthening its carrier forces,...

Eating and Drinking Along Ancient Roads and Rivers presents a diverse collection of research articles exploring food production, consumption, and cultural significance from the Roman to early Medieval period. Through archaeological, archaeometric, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781836321804Author David WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Key Publishing LtdPublisher Key Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838188252Author Mark BridgemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Banquo BooksPublisher Mark Bridgeman

'The Land That Makes Us Refugees: Northern Ireland through the eyes of its exiles, is a unique insight into Northern Ireland, with the region's struggles illuminated for the first time through the stories of those who left. This compelling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541607705Author Michael LivingstonFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 163mm *...

As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book...

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their doorsteps? Focusing on Germany through the lens of the history of knowledge, this collection explores...

Following World War II, Germany was faced not only with the practical tasks of reconstruction and denazification, but also with the longer-term mission of morally “re-civilizing” its citizens—a goal that persisted through the nation’s 1949 split. One of...

A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of Olympus is a cultural and literary history that...

This volume focuses on forms of human-animal relations particularly expressive of the momentous sociocultural and economic transitions that paved the road towards modernity in American society.

This volume addresses the broad topic of thinking animality in the long nineteenth century and the constitutive interplay between conceptualizations of the animal and the human that bolstered but also challenged the widespread idea of human uniqueness.

The ideal of the rule of law - that the law should protect all citizens from arbitrary exercises of power - can be traced from ancient Greece to the present day. The Roman contribution to the rule of law tradition has been largely overlooked, however,...

In this volume, the author provides a detailed picture of the Russian cuirassiers and dragoons at the beginning of the 19th century. He has evaluated numerous sources and enriches the publications available on the subject - which are not as extensive as...

In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955-1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering;...

A CULTURAL HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENTA Cultural History of Western Music in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period from 1650 to 1790, a time of radical, social, and cultural transformation. Alongside the splendor of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806720644Author Soviet General StaffFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.In this issue:* Barry R. Posen maintains that European defence planners must extract maximum...

This volume focuses on the relations between humans and domesticated animals in society and illuminates how these relations were shaped by key phenomena and developments of the long nineteenth century, including the ways in which domesticated creatures...

The sources collected in this volume are concerned with the roles of wild animals in different contexts of encounter and interaction and against the background of a broader reevaluation of wild(er)ness in American culture, literature, and art. Sources...

This volume addresses the broad topic of thinking animality in the long nineteenth century and the constitutive interplay between conceptualizations of the animal and the human that bolstered but also challenged the widespread idea of human uniqueness.

'Albanese has spoken truth with unflinching clarity in a world largely silent in the face of a holocaust, carrying out her mandate with integrity and defiance that honours both the law and the human conscience. This book is a formidable indictment of...

Chronicles the history of Zionism, Israel, and the United States.Fleeing from History offers an understanding of Zionism not as ideology or movement but rather as a multidimensional cosmopolitan arena for Jewish political debate and argument. Drawing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619814Author Edward J WattsFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 165mm * 61mm

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century. Primary sources explore death and mourning from literary, spiritual, historical, and intellectual perspectives. Accompanied by extensive...

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century. Primary sources explore death and mourning from literary, spiritual, historical, and intellectual perspectives. Accompanied by extensive...

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century. Primary sources explore death and mourning from literary, spiritual, historical, and intellectual perspectives. Accompanied by extensive...

This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century. Primary sources explore death and mourning from literary, spiritual, historical, and intellectual perspectives. Accompanied by extensive...

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The killing of Jane McCrea on July 26, 1777, on the outskirts of a village in the northern Hudson Valley, would unexpectedly rupture the British advance from Canada that was meant to crush the American Revolution in one knockout blow. On that day,...