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Based on numerous diaries and letters, this book depicts the story of America's soldier sin Asia and the Pacific during World War II. Combining social and cultural history, the author examines the GIs' encounters with Asia's environmental, sociocultural...

The 1944 Allied invasion of France was a combined effort, with land- and sea-based forces supported by a huge aerial task force, which included legendary aircraft such as the Spitfire, Mosquito, Dakota and Mustang. The force comprised the RAF, its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752403809Author Llandaff SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

This is a new series of collectible mini-books in appealing affordable format. Crammed with flaps, booklets and souvenirs they cover a range of enthralling subjects. In Wonders of the Ancient World, travel back to 1605 and join young artist Darius...

The Russian Revolution of 1917 continues to be a subject of most intense controversy; and the fundamental questions which have divided observers over the last seventy years still stir fierce debate. In this volume, eighteen leading specialists from...

The Supermarine Spitfire is probably the most famous fighter aircraft of all time, with a distinctive shape and sound that mark it out from most other aircraft of the World War II period. Alfred Price employs first-hand accounts to evoke a series of...

For the many children torn from their families, taken miles from home and placed with strangers, the evacuation at the outbreak of the Second World War was a life-changing experience. In Goodnight Children, Everywhere, men and women who were children at...

A Brief History of Mankind is the thrilling introduction to the big ideas in history combining the latest research in history and archaeology to look for answers to some of the questions we ask ourselves: Where do we come from? Why has the human race...

These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives of people of all kinds across the centuries, charting the great moments of...

Based on historical research and more than 30 years of anthropological fieldwork, this wide-ranging study underlines the importance of Caribbean cultures for anthropology, which has generally marginalized Europe's oldest colonial sphere. Located at the...

A dictionary of all things lavatorial, from the Abbot of St Albans (allegedly the first Englishman to have a W.C., c. 1115) to the zero-gravity loo (as featured in the film 2001: a Space Odyssey), by way of the dog toilet, the night-soil men who took...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784612559Author Gerald MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Scientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the...

First Published in 2004. In this major textbook, leading international scholars provide clear, concise summaries of many of the most important controversies and developments in German history from 1870-1945. Twelve contributors, distinguished for their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908326638Author Eugene ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Redcliffe Press LtdPublisher Redcliffe Press LtdDimensions(mm) 240mm * 210mm * 10mm

Motivated by anti-communist zeal and a burning desire for Flemish self-rule, the men of the SS Langemarck answered Himmler's call to arms and earned a reputation for steadfastness in battle from friend and foe alike, right through to their eventual...

This book tells the story of the various Allied operations and schemes instigated to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII, which included the widespread bribery of high ranking Spanish officials and the duplicity of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the...

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This title concerns the life of Philip Durham and his part in the battle of Trafalgar, the most decisive sea-battle ever fought, which checked Napoleon's lingering hopes for an invasion of Britain. Durham was one of the most successful sea captains at...

The greatest politician and statesmen of the twentieth century by Britain's leading military historian.'Superbly accessible ... witty, opinionated, but above all authoritative' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Keegan's lively, loving biography is a very useful...

Heroes, traitors, and great thinkers come to life in this activity book, and the concepts of freedom and democracy are celebrated in true accounts of the distinguished officers, wise delegates, rugged riflemen, and hardworking farm wives and children who...

This book comprises ten key articles on the Counter-Reformation, introduced and contextualized for the student reader.About the AuthorDavid Martin Luebke is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon, where he teaches on the history of...

Herodotus, widely known as the father of history, was also described by Aristotle as a mythologos, or "tale-teller." In this stylish and insightful book, intended for both general readers and students, James Romm argues that the author of the Histories...

In June 1950 Communist forces poured across the 38th Parallel (the arbitrary, militarily indefensible line of latitude separating the Communist North from the independent Republic of Korea) to unite the country by force. Three bloody, bitter years of...

The Revolution of 1917 briefly opened up the possibility of a new world of freedom and equality. It ended, however, in totalitarian dictatorship and the establishment of a new ruling class in Russia.;This selection of documents will allow readers to...

A celebration of the machine and the men who took to the skies in defence of Britain. It is also the dramatic illustration of a little understood truth: the Spitfire did more than win the Battle of Britain - it won the war. It was not Stalingrad which...

The University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization (nine volumes) makes available to students and teachers a unique selection of primary documents, many in new translations. These readings, prepared for the highly praised Western civilization...

On 25th October 1415, on a French hillside near the village of Agincourt, four men sheltered from the rain and prepared for battle. All four were English knights, ancestors of Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and part of the army of England's King Henry V. Across...

Rudyard Kipling was one of the most versatile writers of the Victorian age-a journalist, storyteller, historian and poet. One of the major subjects of his poetry was the British army and the way it waged its campaigns during Queen Victoria's 'little...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418245Author Edward F. MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press

A century on from its original Edwardian construction, this contemporary portrait of a street in inner Manchester tells the stories of today's residents. Born in eighteen countries from four continents, the accounts told by the residents themselves...

Propelled by its mythology, America pursues its dream relentlessly. Here, the authors expose the dark side of that fantasy: death, suffering, perpetual fear, an increasing divide between rich and poor, a squandering of the human future, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921922336Author Ned KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Text ClassicsPublisher Text PublishingWeight(grams) 97g

This new study details each battle and minor action in every campaign, from Vimeiro (August 1808) to Toulouse (April 1814), along with Wellington's sieges. The book is illustrated with numerous maps depicting the rugged terrain of the Iberian Peninsula,...

This is an exploration of the special relationship between Great Britain and the United States told from the perspective of the volatile, often fraught alliance during World War Two. The spotlight falls on Monty and Ike, then takes in the ordinary...

Boy choristers have sung the daily liturgy in English cathedrals and collegiate churches for fourteen hundred years. They are treasured as a unique part of our religious and cultural heritage, unmatched anywhere else in the world. Yet their history, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992807733Author Hollie Julia WithersFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Gallery House PublishingPublisher Gallery House PublishingWeight(grams)...

For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, amongst other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of nationalism or even the invention of ideology. To explain...

Situated at the foot of a range of hills on the edge of the great Pannonian Plain, for most of its history Zagreb has been a small town to which things happened. Administered from 1102 by Hungary and later absorbed into the Habsburg Monarchy, Zagreb was...