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Surrealism was one of the most interesting and influential at movements of the 20th century. A collective adventure begun by a small group of intellectuals in Paris in the early 1920s, amongst them Max Ernst, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali, its...

In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire, including how a war started when a Brit was sitting on a stool, who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls and why a British soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe. With a bold...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560372639Author Barbara FiferFormat PaperbackImprint Farcountry PressPublisher Farcountry PressWeight(grams) 535g

The Impressionists--Monet, Manet, Cezanne, Degas, Pissarro, and Renoir--are probably the most popular of all artistic schools. With imagination and insight, the author brings Impressionism into focus by showing it through the eyes of the artists and...

A concise history of the development of the process of mummification in ancient Egypt. It commences with the burial practices of Predynastic times and then goes through the material evidence for mummification from the Early Dynastic Period to its decline...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780746010181Author Anne MillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Usborne Publishing LtdPublisher Usborne Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 216g

"History on Our Side" is an account of the great miners' strike of 1984-85 as it happened in the Welsh coalfields, written by a well-known historian of the miners who was also an active participant in the strike. As chair of both the Neath,...

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Pitkin presents the fascinating and engaging story of everyday life in and around castles - from 1066 to the 1400s. Alongside the Church, the stone castle was one of the enduring symbols of medieval life. To the poor, its intimidating walls represented...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783312504Author G a WadeFormat PaperbackImprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams) 54g

"A History of Wales 1660-1815" is the second volume of a trilogy on the history of Wales from 1485 to 1906. Beginning with the political activity of the period, the author traces developments in education, the religious explosion of the Methodist...

; Excellent introductory texts.; These information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture; Full-colour illustrations and full-colour maps throughout Comprehensive...

The 1968 Tet Offensive was the decisive battle for Vietnam. Masterminded by the brilliant North Vietnamese General, Vo Nguyen Giap, it was intended to trigger a general uprising in South Vietnam. However, the bloody fighting for Saigon, Hue and other...

'There are more than thirty major figures cut out of the grass on Britain's hillsides; cut as religious symbols, way markers, or as decoration to the landscape. Often, although prominently placed, the figures are overlooked, and in this book the author...

In the context of the whole war, Mons was a small-scale affair, but its importance was crucial partly because it was the first time in nearly 100 years that the British Army had been engaged in warfare on the European continent.'Book InformationISBN...

This book adds to this growing body of scholarship on the Italian Resistance by analysing, for the first time, how the 'three wars' are represented over the broad spectrum of Resistance culture from 1945 to the present day. Furthermore, it makes this...

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A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll, is about five Japanese swords that came to the United States after W.W.II and a Japanese hanging scroll of a 'Seated Samurai. The book is richly illustrated with over 110 photographs of these swords, map segments, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354000102Author Edward Sandford MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 590g

This student's guide is a clear and concise handbook to the key connections between Classical Studies and critical theory in the twentieth century. Louise Hitchcock looks at the way Classics has been engaged across a number of disciplines. Beginning with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2010 and L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780307387943Author Dave EggersFormat...

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Operation Nordwind is one of the lesser known campaigns of World War II yet one of the more intriguing. Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge further north, Nordwind was the last great operation by the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions in the west,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903576021Author Alan StorkeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Christian Studies PressPublisher Christian Studies PressWeight(grams)...

At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive...

On Life is a collection of poems and writings about one life and about all life. It captures memories of the life of a young lad from North Devon who never really grew up but simply went from one adventure to the next, travelling the world and seeing the...

The Rise of Conservation in South Africa is an innovative contribution to the growing comparative field of environmental history. Beinart's major theme is the history of conservationist ideas in South Africa. He focuses largely on the livestock farming...

In the pre-dawn darkness of 6 June 1944, the greatest armada the world has ever seen began to disembark an Allied invasion force on the beaches of France's Normandy peninsula. Invasion '44 tells the story of that assault from the day over four years...

The British action at Mons on 23 August 1914 was the catalyst for what became a full blown retreat over 200 blood drenched miles. In this fascinating book the Author examines eighteen of the ensuing desperate rearguard actions that occurred over the...

'Riveting and vivid ... At the heart of the book is Blake's own remarkable story, which Vogel tells with some sympathy, if not approval. It reads like a Hollywood screenplay' Foreign Affairs'A fascinating account of Blake's career as a spy ... Blake's...

Wales is a small country full of surprises, and this little book is full of fascinating facts that prove, once and for all, that Wales isn't a nation of coal-mines and male voice choirs. The Welsh countryside changes with every mile. Deep valleys lead to...

The European seventeenth century saw the seeming resolution of two great conflicts.Through the nightmares of the Thirty Years War and the British civil wars, the murderous religious hatreds that had dominated the previous period finally burnt themselves...

'An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book...

'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil Oliver The Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling account, Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, uncovering the truth about this engimatic tribe:...

Essential British words and deeds, dates and phrases, songs, speeches and commandments from Stonehenge to the present day in one simple book. No judgement, no padding, just the bare bones of our glorious history, brought to life by soul-stirring...

A guide to the developmental history of the midget submarines employed during the Second World War, in the SHIPSHAPE series. The book covers the British Chariot and X-Craft, the Italian Maiale, the Japanese Ko-Hyoteki, the German Neger, and the Japanese...

This book presents a nostalgic look back at life in the county during this period from war-time, post-war shortages, and the birth of rock "n" roll, through to the swinging 60's. It is illustrated with original photographs and advertisements...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848374676Author Paul RolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd