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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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806720866Author David M. GlantzFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Crafting Feminism develops a dynamic study of craft and art-making in modern and contemporary feminist writing. In evocative readings of literary works from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith, this book expands our sense of transartistic modernist scholarship...

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...

The book probes and examines traditional sources of royal power and control, as well as indigenous socio-political systems in the Malay world. It is focused on the north-western Malaysian Sultanate of Kedah which is acknowledged as the oldest unbroken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501786693Author Robert ChilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Cornell University PressPublisher Cornell University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785375828Author Cormac MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

How should we understand ISIS today? Despite its territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria in 2019, ISIS has evolved and expanded globally. This book is the most comprehensive study of ISIS to date, benefitting from Arabic sources previously unavailable to an...

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...

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 9781804519677Author Mikhailo ZhirokhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911043294Author Alex McLatchieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Carn Publishing ltdPublisher Carn 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804519660Author Stijn MitzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

'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 9781250374479Author Tom ClavinFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm...

The first book to examine plantations in their global variations through the history of knowledge.Few institutions feature as prominently in contemporary notions of colonialism, racism, and environmental degradation as the modern plantation. The...

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 *...

This book deals with the issues of conflict and security concerns in the region of Northeast India arguing from the tenets of geography, colonial-militaristic history.About the AuthorPradip Phanjoubam is the Editor of Imphal Free Press and is based in...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911043287Author Dane LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Carn Publishing ltdPublisher Carn Publishing ltd

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789371972444Author Dinesh C. SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Westland NonfictionPublisher Westland Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 365g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250397768Author Jean StrouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 220mm *...

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.

Volume VI of E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry - here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead - contains the original Turkish of poems translated by Gibb in volumes I-V. Gibb's History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798892137539Author Cesar SamaniegoFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Grasshopper BooksPublisher Grasshopper BooksWeight(grams) 110g

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...

The first book on an innovative artist who uses modified typewriters to create abstract and colorful bookworks and paintings Raffaella della Olga (b. 1967) is an artist who draws on traditions of abstraction, visual poetry, minimalism, and conceptual art...

This book offers answers to essential questions about the border between the United States and Mexico and connected issues that are accessible to readers interested in immigration, border security, and international relations.Readers will learn about the...

Volume IV of E.J.W. Gibb’s classic study of Ottoman Poetry – here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead – covers the 18th and early 19th centuries. Gibb’s History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 to 1909,...

The second volume in E.J.W. Gibb’s classic study of Ottoman Poetry, reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead, covers the period c.1450 to the early 16th century. Gibb’s History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798892137478Author Cesar SamaniegoFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Grasshopper BooksPublisher Grasshopper BooksWeight(grams) 110g

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;...