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Resonating as profoundly today as when it was first published to widespread critical acclaim a decade ago, God's Crucible is a bold portrait of Islamic Spain and the birth of modern Europe from one of our greatest historians. David Levering Lewis's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906479049Author Susan N. NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint National Museums & Galleries on MerseysidePublisher National Museums & Galleries...

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven. In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871085037Author Christopher ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Tom Donovan Publishing LtdPublisher Tom Donovan Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 320g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954597207Author Robert FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Agenda PublishingPublisher Agenda Publishing

The cloak-and-dagger war fought by British secret agents against Mussolini's Italy has been little known - until now. Target: Italy is the official history of the efforts of Britain's Special Operations Executive to strike at Fascist Italy in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780117024083Author Tim CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Tim CoatesPublisher Tim CoatesWeight(grams) 221g

For much of the nineteenth century, the women of Northumberland had occupied crucial, though largely underappreciated and acknowledged, roles within society. Aside from the hard life of raising families in an area where money was often hard to come by,...

Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, The Moon Princess recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a fascinating memoir of her father who, in 1948, became first President of the Union of...

This second edition of this widely used text covers the last two centuries of Indian history, concluding with an epilogue written from the perspective of the 1990s. It thematically and analytically discusses the emergence of India as one of the world's...

A history of Greater SolihullBook InformationISBN 9780752418001Author Sue BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick* *An Indie Next Great Read*'[A] vivid depiction of a family's heartbreak, its rending and rebuilding.' - Clare Lombardo, New York Times Book Review 'Spanning generations and...

The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough's great victories; they were one of the six Minden regiments; they fought throughout the Peninsula and were present at Wellington's final glorious victory at Waterloo. In The Great War their...

Invent verb; to produce or contrive something previously unknown by the use of ingenuity or imagination. The world would be a much poorer place without our great British inventions - from catseyes to crossword puzzles, tarmac to telephones, steam...

By applying perspectives from sociology and anthropology to a wide range of biblical data, The First Christians in Their Social Worlds examines how the New Testament documents were influenced by the social realities of the early Christian communities for...

What caused the Civil War? Perhaps no question in American history has attracted more interest or sparked more debate. A House Divided presents a fresh and balanced interpretation that challenges the view of slavery as a largely artificial or symbolic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841142050Author Harry PascoeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

The partition of Ireland created two states embodying rival ideologies and representing two hostile peoples. This book concerns the revolution which prompted partition, and the legacies of that revolution for the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. ...

England may be a small country on a small island, but its inhabitants have always had a boundless curiosity about the world beyond their shoreline. From the nation's modern origins in the Renaissance, travellers have eagerly roamed the globe and been...

An assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell and the differing interpretations.About the AuthorPeter Gaunt is Senior Lecturer in History at University College Chester. He is also Chairman of The Cronwell Association...

This classic text examines the story of European affairs and international relations from 1850 to 1920. Authoritative and concise, it emphasizes interpretation rather than the chronological narrative of the facts.Book InformationISBN 9780415027595Author...

This compelling new study of the Battle of the River Plate concentrates on Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff, the commander of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee - it is written from his point of view. The story of his mission at the start of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855965416Author John EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Dref WenPublisher Dref Wen

David Trumper is one of Shropshire's best-known historians. He has written at least one book on the county each year for the last two decades, forming an incredible collection of illustrated local history that celebrates Shropshire life over the last...

Long after the Battle of Britain, the aircrews of RAF Bomber Command risked their lives night after night during the Second World War. Over 55,000 of the airmen never returned from these missions; a further 10,000 became prisoners of war. And yet Bomber...

Didn't take Classics at school? Or maybe you've forgotten most of what you once knew? To save you looking it up, Classics is the study of the culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and takes in all aspects of their life and learning - from the...

This book puts Cheddar Man into a wider archaeological context and explains the scientific detective work behind the headlines which made him an international celebrity nine millennia after his death.Book InformationISBN 9780752414010Author Larry...

While the coerced human experiments are notorious among all the atrocities under National Socialism, they have been marginalised by mainstream historians. This book seeks to remedy the marginalisation, and to place the experiments in the context of the...

Britain in the Second World War presents a new and vivid survey of politics, society, culture and military strategy between 1939 and 1945. Structured around themes such as 'Wartime Media', and 'Britain and its Allies', the book covers the major...

'Hitler Triumphant is a thoughtful, well-edited and very well-chosen selection of essays ...Tsouras has assembled an A-Team of well-known historians and military analysts who have given a great deal of thought to the various turning points of World War...

Fire! Fire! tells the story of a young boy trapped in London as the Great Fire takes hold. Now over 350 years since fire swept through the city in 1666, this gripping first-hand account is perfect for children studying ...

This book examines the period between the unconditional surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945 and the arrival of Allied liberation forces in Japanese-occupied territories after 2 September 1945. The delay handed the Japanese a golden opportunity to set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859373408Author Martin AndrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd.

This is the story of Thomas Lancashire who joined the RAF in 1936 and became one of the famous 'Trenchard Brats' at RAF Halton to be educated and learn the trade of fitter. He was first posted to 7 Squadron in 1939, at that time flying Whitley bombers...

AFGHANISTAN, FEBRUARY 2008: in an out-of-control, dangerous country torn apart by war, littered with Taliban guerrilla forces and thousands of miles from home, Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, a Royal Marine with 40 Commando, accidentally activates a...

Many see China and the United States on the path to confrontation. The Chinese leadership violates human rights norms. It maintains a harsh rule in Tibet, spars aggressively with Taiwan, and is clamping down on Hong Kong. A rising power with enormous...

From Hitler's rise to power to the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, WWII Unclassified uncovers real-life facts about one of the most terrible wars. Packed full of incredible photographs, artifacts and original documents from the National Archives,...

Based on a fresh reading of primary sources, Lindy Grant's comprehensive biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151) provides a reassessment of a key figure of the twelfth century. Active in secular and religious affairs alike - Suger was Regent of France and...

11:15 am, 3 September 1939. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain confirms the nation's fears by announcing that Britain is at war with Germany. Outbreak is the definitive history of the build-up to, outbreak and first few months of the Second World War...

Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is based in Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula. Its purpose is to train specialists for the Navy while serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line Sea King and Merlin helicopter squadrons. This book presents history of RNAS...