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Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine: From Leaderless Groups to Proxy Army Martin Laryš 9781032710907
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.Russia's war in Ukraine demonstrates the much-discussed relations between the principal (Russia) and agent (rebel militias) in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s... -
Seas of Plenty: Maritime Trade into England and Wales, c. 1400-1540 Iain Soden 9781398122895
RRP: $48.75$32.04This is a book about sea journeys made by brave souls – Italians, Germans, Dutch, and English – who battled storms, pirates and xenophobia to stock our homes and feed this island’s appetite for exotics and whatever we could not grow or make ourselves as... -
History of Economic Management in North Korea: From Planned Economy to Socialist Enterprise System Phillip Park 9781032770567
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book seeks to understand how the economic construction of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) evolved, shaped by the formulation and execution of various economic management systems spanning the years 1949 to 2023, in response to... -
Spaces of Treblinka: Retracing a Death Camp Jacob Flaws 9781496239730
$105.46Spaces of Treblinka utilizes testimonies, oral histories, and recollections from Jewish, German, and Polish witnesses to create a holistic representation of the Treblinka death camp during its operation. This narrative rejects the historical... -
What's in a Name? C Stella Davies 9781032830537
RRP: $165.75$144.03First Published in 1970, What's in a Name is intended for the layman who feels some curiosity about local names and would like to know more about them- their history, the clues they hold to the life of the past, and the methods of discovering what they... -
Hunter, Peasant, Rebel: Colonialism and the British Assam Frontier Manjeet Baruah 9781032620176
RRP: $263.25$228.70British Assam holds an important place in the history of the British Empire in South Asia. This is especially so in the context of colonial frontier-making. It is in this regard that the book examines what it culturally meant to be a hunter, peasant or... -
Creating and Failing the 9/11 Generation: The Real Story of September 11 Matthew Warshauer 9781032503868
RRP: $263.25$228.70Through a chronological and thematical approach, this book examines the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the effect on what President George W. Bush recognized as the 9/11 Generation.By providing cultural and generational context to 9/11 and... -
How to Fight a War Mike Martin 9781911723875
RRP: $31.18$28.22An indispensable guide to understanding modern warfare, especially the decisions made by politicians and generals—both good and bad. Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on... -
99 Questions About: The Vikings Annabel Stones 9781445187068
RRP: $25.33$22.97Discover the fascinating world of the Vikings through 99 questions and answersHow did the Vikings wear their hair? Who was Harald Bluetooth? And just why was a 'thing' such a big ... 'thing'?! Find out the answers to all these questions and many, many... -
Refugees and Population Transfer Management in Europe, 1914–1920s Kamil Ruszała 9781032751627
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book provides a comprehensive study of refugee movements and population transfers across Europe during World War 1 and the early postwar period.Drawing parallels with contemporary migration issues, the book serves a social and educational purpose by... -
County Flags of England, Scotland and Wales Jason Saber 9781398120082
RRP: $31.18$22.64Unlike American states or German Länder, the counties of the United Kingdom have not uniformly borne distinctive flags. A few, such as Kent and Essex, have been associated with specific emblems for centuries which in the modern era have also appeared as... -
Towards a Dialogical History of Modern Architecture: Essays on Otherness and Canon Jorge Francisco Liernur 9781032589497
RRP: $253.50$218.61The book challenges three perspectives on the modern architectural canon: explanations that disregard impacts and effects beyond the North Atlantic (monologic), superficial modifications that simply add "Other" figures to the canon, and views that reject... -
Wake Island Wildcat: A Marine Fighter Pilot's Epic Battle at the Beginning of World War II William L. Ramsey 9780811776677
RRP: $48.75$35.55When the Japanese attacked Wake Island in December 1941—the same day as Pearl Harbor—Marine pilot Henry Elrod took to the skies in his F4F Wildcat fighter to defend the American military base on the tiny Pacific atoll, battling swarms of enemy planes and... -
Prelude to Modern Europe: 1815-1914 Llewellyn Woodward 9781032828640
RRP: $204.75$177.18First Published in 1972, Prelude to Modern Europe provides a political narrative, the social and economic background of events in Europe from 1815- 1914. Woodward's own deep sense for social values and the quality of life emerges conspicuously in his... -
Renaissance Dream Cultures Alessandro Arcangeli 9781032246727
RRP: $70.18$61.80This volume explores the dream cultures of the European long sixteenth century, with a focus on Italian sources, reflections and debates on the nature and value of dreams, and frameworks of interpretation. The chapters examine a variety of oneiric... -
A City Runs Through Them: Dublin and its Twenty River Bridges Fergal Tobin 9781838959371
RRP: $21.43$14.27An original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges.Dublin started life on the south bank of the River Liffey and for six or seven centuries that is more or less where the town stayed. In all that time,... -
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable True Story of WWII’s Most Daring Raid Robert Lyman 9781529440065
RRP: $21.43$14.43During the Second World War, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary,... -
Shackleton's Journey William Grill 9781838741297
RRP: $37.03$23.93This special 10th Anniversary Edition brings us a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton's journey to Antarctica, with new bonus material.Following the bestselling and award winning Shackleton's Journey, this special 10th Anniversary Edition brings you... -
Bayou Dilemma: Louisiana in Crisis and Change Samuel C. Hyde Jr. 9781496853776
RRP: $191.10$166.61Contributions by Janet Allured, Craig E. Colten, Marcus Cox, Pearson Cross, John Bel Edwards, Adam Fairclough, Keith Finley, Samuel C. Hyde Jr., John Lopez, and Robert Mann In the fall of 2022, a diverse group of scholars including scientists,... -
Disability Studies Meets Microhistory: The Secret Life of Bíbí in Berlín Guðrún Valgerður Stefánsdóttir 9781032427263
RRP: $263.25$228.70This volume explores the life of Bjargey “Bíbí” Kristjánsdóttir (1927–1999), an Icelandic woman with intellectual disabilities, through analysis of her autobiography and personal archive on the basis of the research disciplines of critical disability... -
Empire, Kinship and Violence: Family Histories, Indigenous Rights and the Making of Settler Colonialism, 1770-1842 Elizabeth Elbourne 9781108749497
RRP: $58.48$53.43Empire, Kinship and Violence traces the history of three linked imperial families in Britain and across contested colonial borderlands from 1770 to 1842. Elizabeth Elbourne tracks the Haudenosaunee Brants of northeastern North America from the American... -
Emergent Africa W.E.F. Ward 9781032422510
$61.99Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European penetration into the Africa of 1800. Its fragmentation into colonies and their emergence as independent nations into a terse, clear narrative. It describes the first European explorations,... -
My Egypt Archive Alan Mikhail 9780300276800
RRP: $31.18$26.95A prominent historian provides an engaging on-the-ground account of the everyday authoritarianism that produced the Arab Spring in Egypt “A visceral and perceptive study of life under autocracy.”—Publishers Weekly An unmatched contemporary history of... -
Social Conflict and the Political Order in Modern Britain James E Cronin 9781032865959
$180.10First Published in 1982, Social Conflict and the Political Order in Modern Britain offers a selection of work on British social history done by scholars working in a distinctly American context. The authors strongly feel that the way forward in social... -
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Douglas Brunt 9781982169916
$23.36This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.September 29, 1913: the... -
Postmodernism: Architecture That Changed Our World Terry Farrell 9781915722447
RRP: $87.75$71.66First published in 2017 as Revisiting Postmodernism, this refreshed edition of a seminal text reflects on a design movement that changed our world. Postmodernism invites readers to explore the style in a new light, as the cultural phenomenon that it is,... -
Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire Katrin Keller 9781032181059
RRP: $38.98$34.50Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers with biographies of preachers, nuns, princesses, businesswomen, artists, scientists, writers, and social movers who exercised agency in... -
A History of Africa Robin Walker 9781445187327
RRP: $19.48$13.26A History of Africa takes an in-depth look at the rich and fascinating, but often unreported, history of the African continent through the ages. From prehistoric Africa, through ancient Egypt to the African kingdoms, the slave trade, colonialism and... -
Maidens or Monsters?: Amazons and Goddesses, Queens and Temptresses in Medieval Legend Chantry Westwell 9780712355063
RRP: $58.50$37.83Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the Library’s unrivalled Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature’s most enduring and multi-layered stories, together with the deep history of the books... -
Now Then: The Story of Yorkshire and its People Rick Broadbent 9781838957384
RRP: $21.43$14.27'An enlightening, enjoyable and frequently very funny journey into what makes Yorkshire stand out from the crowd ... a fascinating insight into our wonderful region and the people that make it what it is.' The Yorkshire PostWritten from the perspective... -
Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation Eugenia Kisin 9781487522667
RRP: $37.03$31.01Aesthetics of Repair analyses how the belongings called “art” are mobilized by Indigenous artists and cultural activists in British Columbia, Canada. Drawing on contemporary imaginaries of repair, the book asks how diverse forms of collective reckoning... -
Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property Adam Raz 9781804295151
RRP: $48.75$40.66During the 1948 war, looting was a general and widespread phenomenon whereby Israeli fighters and residents alike plundered Palestinian property - including homes, shops, businesses, and farms - left behind by those who were expelled or fled during the... -
New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy Michael Duchemin 9780806194813
$47.79Best known to Americans as the “singing cowboy,” beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907–1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry’s name and a few of his hit songs are still widely known today, his... -
The Plot Against Native America: Uncovering the Fateful Legacy of the Native American Boarding Schools Bill Vaughn 9781639367467
RRP: $42.90$35.61The first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation, and harmful legacy of the Native American boarding schools—and how our nation still has much to resolve before we can fully heal.When Europeans came to the Americas... -
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller Professor Mary Beard 9781846683794
RRP: $23.38$16.44THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries'... -
Wonders in the Deep: Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible Mensun Bound 9781398507401
RRP: $58.50$42.33An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past. In Wonders in the Deep Mensun Bound, the renowned archaeologist who was the Director of Exploration on the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton’s... -
Queen Cleopatra Lindsay Powell 9781804178157
RRP: $17.53$12.09Cleopatra had the rare distinction of connecting three great cultures. She was born of an ancient Greek dynasty that stretched back to the time of Alexander the Great, and as the last Pharaoh of Egypt she ruled before the once mighty kingdom became a... -
Between the Floods Volume 282: A History of the Arikaras Mark van de Logt 9780806194905
$53.43The creation story of the SahniŠ, or Arikara, people begins with a terrible flood, sent by the Great Chief Above to renew the world. Many generations later, another devastating flood nearly destroyed the Arikaras when the newly built Garrison Dam swamped... -
Documenting Warfare: Records of the Hundred Years War, Edited and Translated in Honour of Anne Curry Dr Rémy Ambühl 9781837650248
RRP: $214.50$204.24Insights from English and French writers on one of the most significant armed conflicts of the Middle Ages Documentary sources for the Hundred Years War are many and varied, yet given the number that exist, comparatively few have been published, and even... -
Death and the Royal Succession in Scotland, c.1214-c.1543: Ritual, Ceremony and Power Lucinda H.S. Dean 9781837651726
RRP: $185.25$176.83Illuminates how the ceremonial dimension of death and the succession reflected both Scottish royal identity and a broader culture of ceremony. To date, scholarly attention to royal ceremony in Scotland from the Middle Ages into the early modern period...