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The year 1925 was arguably the peak of literature's centrality. There were more magazines, more journals, more reviews, more book news, and more book gossip than ever before or since. Literature's rivals for cultural attention were on the rise-film was...

The role played by film in reshaping Austria’s post-war national identity is often studied within narrow historical and geographical margins. Film history traditionally focuses on either the work of a sole director, German cinematography, or the...

Year 1966 analyzes the breakthrough moment in the culture of the Polish People’s Republic when revolutionary social and cultural changes slowed down in the mid-1960s, leading to a turn towards the idea of a nation as a field of ideological dispute...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189882416Author Elisabeth Svalin GunnarssonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bokforlaget StolpePublisher Bokforlaget Stolpe

The German procurement process resulted in a wide range of gun-armed armored vehicles-assault guns, tank destroyers and self-propeled artillery-mounting both German and captured guns. Some were developed from existing German chassis; many employed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609389710Author Coreen DerifieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Iowa PressPublisher University of Iowa PressWeight(grams) 454g

George Smith argues that modern humanity suffers from a late-stage, pre-fatal addiction to scientific-technological thinking. Like most pre-fatal addictions, this one will most likely result in one of three ways: misery, extinction, or human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804517765Author Glen W. PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This book delves into the experiences of Ukrainian women forced to leave their country in search of refuge following the devastating escalation of conflict with Russia in February 2022, exploring the diverse forms of capital they bring with them and...

This book examines the role of information as a crucial means for governance and negotiation, through which Renaissance rulers and governments managed the composite polities under their control.The Renaissance world was characterized by the presence of...

All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804516294Author Vincent HuntFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

This book is a deep dive into the multifaceted relationship between the US and Pakistan through the past seven decades. It traces their journey from their historical beginnings to the current, sometimes turbulent, realities, with the geopolitical,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780935995312Author Hans Jacob OrningFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts CollectionsPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951917Author Quinn SlobodianFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books

The German-Soviet War revises the conflict's generally accepted understanding through case-studies, demonstrating the complexity of the war at the local level. The contributors assembled by Jeff Rutherford and Robert von Maier examine the multiplicity of...

Since the 1960s, nations across the “developed world” have been profoundly shaped by deindustrialization. In regions in which previously dominant industries faced crises or have disappeared altogether, industrial heritage offers a fascinating window...

Focusing on youth, family, work, and consumption, Ambiguous Transitions analyzes the interplay between gender and citizenship postwar Romania. By juxtaposing official sources with oral histories and socialist policies with everyday practices, Jill...

A storm of illiberalism, building in the United States for years, unleashed its destructive force in the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021. The attack on American democracy and images of mob violence led many to recoil, thinking "That's not us."...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival, a revelatory account of Iran’s grand strategy at home and on the world stageIran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is...

Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and chequered even before her ‘Punic Wars’ against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a...

This book explores the blues tradition through a collective dialogue with significant musicians and producers of the Austin blues scene. Based on an ethnography in the singular capital of Texas, the self-proclaimed live music capital of the world, it...

Indian counterinsurgency has expanded steadily over the years, adding a new region in each decade since the 1950s. Beginning with Nagaland, these wars without a name have followed a remarkably consistent pattern throughout the Northeast, in Punjab,...

This book looks at a contemporary concept toxic masculinity and considers its usefulness for understanding the ancient Mediterranean world. By concentrating on the particular elements that make up this form of masculine behaviour and identity, briefly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467158510Author Jane Parks GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985903326Author Robert K MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint The University Press of KentuckyPublisher The University Press of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467155663Author Nancy EastFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798894805139Author Philip A BonneauFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 998gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467158466Author Jeffrey J HardingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063227415Author Amanda BellowsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399542616Author Associate Professor Masayuki UenoFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's. From the humanistic inspiration behind The Potato Eaters to his long-time obsession with painting the vision that eventually became The Starry Night, the letters in this selection paint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467159449Author Sharon KitchensFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations and assassination attempts against foreign leaders and officials. The President's Kill List reveals how the US government has relied on a variety of...

Gender and Authority in the Late Medieval Church asks a deceptively simple question: How did the governance of the medieval institutional church remain exclusively male, despite plentiful evidence of women being as capable and devout as men? The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781881616993Format HardbackImprint Metropolis BooksPublisher Metropolis Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467158381Author Clem C PellettFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141g

Award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee's "exquisitely detailed...reverent, absorbing homage" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) to the Statue of Liberty-now with a new look!"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593657225Author Caroline FraserFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 686gDimensions(mm) 243mm *...