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Paint Me Black: Memories of Croker Island and Other Journeys by Claire Henty-Gebert 9780855753993
RRP: £18.99£15.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855753993Author Claire Henty-GebertFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Aboriginal Studies PressPublisher Aboriginal Studies PressWeight(grams) 188g -
My Heart in a Suitcase by Anne L. Fox 9780853033110
RRP: £14.95£14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033110Author Anne L. FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Alexander Hamilton: Ambivalent Anglophile by Lawrence S. Kaplan 9780842028783
£47.76Of all of the Founding Fathers of the American republic none, with the possible exception of Thomas Jefferson, has evoked more passions and aroused more controversy than Alexander Hamilton. In this absorbing new biography, eminent historian Lawrence... -
Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed by Josie Mendez-Negrete 9780822338802
RRP: £85.00£73.81Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Mendez-Negrete's story of how she and her siblings and mother... -
Jailhouse Stories: Memories of a Small-Town Sheriff by Neil Haugerud 9780816633616
RRP: £21.99£17.54Haugerud describes what it was like to live above a prison, where jailbirds and jailbreaks were part of family life. These are the reminiscences of a man dedicated to maintaining order during both turbulent and peaceful days.'Book InformationISBN... -
Clausewitz: A Biography by Roger Parkinson 9780815412335
RRP: £13.99£10.84Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian general and military theorist, is most famous for his book On War, a work that has influenced numerous wartime leaders from Lenin to Henry Kissinger. Parkinson's biography of Clausewitz provides... -
Winston Churchill by Stuart Ball 9780814799192
£29.60Winston Churchill's key role in the outcome of the Second World War brought him international renown and arguably made him the most important figure in twentieth-century British politics. Born into an aristocratic family in 1875, his life spanned two... -
The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799-1851 by Winston James 9780814742907
RRP: £17.99£15.90"If I know my own heart, I can truly say, that I have not a selfish wish in placing myself under the patronage of the [American Colonization] Society; usefulness in my day and generation, is what I principally court." "Sensible then, as all are of the... -
Gallatin: America's Swiss Founding Father by Nicholas Dungan 9780814721117
RRP: £32.00£28.21You won't find his portrait on our currency anymore and his signature isn't penned on the Constitution, but former statesman Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) contributed immeasurably to the formation of America. Gallatin was the first president of the council... -
And Gently He Shall Lead Them: Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi by Eric R. Burner 9780814712092
£89.88"This moving account of a key figure in American history contributes greatly to our understanding of the past. It also informs our vision of the servant leader needed to guide the 1990s movement." Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's... -
Max Yergan: Race Man, Internationalist, Cold Warrior by David H. Anthony 9780814707043
£75.89In his long and fascinating life, black activist and intellectual Max Yergan (1892-1975) traveled on more ground-both literally and figuratively-than any of his impressive contemporaries, which included Adam Clayton Powell, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois,... -
Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis by Patricia Tyson Stroud 9780812249842
RRP: £39.00£32.18In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory... -
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1: Journalist, 1706-1730 by J. A. Leo Lemay 9780812238549
RRP: £58.00£51.17Named "one of the best books of 2006" by The New York Sun Described by Carl Van Doren as "a harmonious human multitude," Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American of his time, of perhaps any time. His life and careers were so varied and successful... -
First Lady of Letters: Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence by Sheila L. Skemp 9780812222487
RRP: £31.00£27.76Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), poet, essayist, playwright, and one of the most thoroughgoing advocates of women's rights in early America, was as well known in her own day as Abigail Adams or Martha Washington. Her name, though, has virtually... -
Dear Miye: Letters Home From Japan 1939-1946 by Mary Kimoto Tomita 9780804729673
RRP: £32.00£28.61These letters tell the story of a young American woman of Japanese descent who, along with over 10,000 other Japanese Americans, was stranded in Japan during World War II.Book InformationISBN 9780804729673Author Mary Kimoto TomitaFormat PaperbackPage... -
Zhou Enlai: The Early Years by Chae-Jin Lee 9780804727006
RRP: £23.99£20.84The long-time Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) is one of the most important, interesting, and appealing figures among twentieth-century world statesmen. This book asserts that the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of... -
Saladin: The Sultan and His Times, 1138-1193 by Hannes Mohring 9780801889912
RRP: £41.50£36.83Known in the West as a "noble heathen," the great Muslim sultan Saladin led Muslim forces in the reconquest of the Crusader kingdoms and captured Jerusalem in 1187. This concise history traces Saladin's role in the contest between Islam and... -
Thomas Mackay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa: 2021 by Alastair Sweeny 9780776636788
RRP: £23.00£20.12The Laird of Rideau Hall explore la vie et l'epoque de Thomas Mackay, le principal fondateur de Bytown/Ottawa. Ne et eduque a Perth, en Ecosse, Mackay et sa famille ont emigre a Montreal en 1817. Avec son compagnon, le macon John Redpath, il a... -
Almost Pioneers: One Couple's Homesteading Adventure In The West by John Fry 9780762784394
RRP: £12.99£9.86In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy-some might say foolhardy-decision to homestead in Wyoming. There, they built their first house, a claim shanty half dug out of the ground, hauled every drop of their water... -
Many Loves of Buffalo Bill: The True Of Story Of Life On The Wild West Show by Chris Enss 9780762748150
RRP: £12.99£9.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762748150Author Chris EnssFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint TwoDot BooksPublisher TwoDot BooksWeight(grams) 16g -
'We Are Going to Pick Potatoes': Norway and the Holocaust, The Untold Story by Irene Levin Berman 9780761850113
RRP: £35.00£30.95Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway. Her first conscious recollection of life goes back to 1942, when as a young child she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II, to avoid annihilation. Germany had invaded Norway... -
Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer by Jerald Podair 9780742545137
RRP: £45.00£39.49Bayard Rustin was a unique twentieth-century American radical voice. A homosexual, World War II draft resister, and ex-communist, he made enormous contributions to the civil rights, socialist, labor, peace, and gay rights movements in the United States,... -
Naipaul's Truth: The Making of a Writer by Lillian Feder 9780742508088
RRP: £35.00£26.02V.S. Naipaul once described his purpose as an author as nothing less than a "commitment to deliver the truth." One of the world's greatest, and most controversial, living writers, he has written extensively about the enduring economic,... -
Inspector Mallon: Buying Irish Patriotism for a Five-pound Note by Donal McCracken 9780716529934
£61.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780716529934Author Donal McCrackenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Irish Academic Press LtdPublisher Irish Academic Press Ltd -
Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau by Kevin Dann 9780399184673
RRP: £15.99£12.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399184673Author Kevin DannFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g -
Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome by John Man 9780312539399
RRP: £19.99£13.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312539399Author John ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Thomas Dunne BooksPublisher Thomas Dunne BooksWeight(grams) 431g -
An Uncommon Woman: The Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith by Mark Kelley 9780271096759
RRP: £20.95£18.63Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813–1884) was a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper, life companion, and collaborator of the state’s abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens. In his biography of this... -
The Folly of Revolution: Thomas Bradbury Chandler and the Loyalist Mind in a Democratic Age by S. Scott Rohrer 9780271092195
RRP: £91.95£81.06The Folly of Revolution takes readers into a "lost" monarchical world that few Americans today would recognize. This biography examines the life and work of Thomas Bradbury Chandler, a talented, hardworking, and erudite Anglican minister from... -
Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State by Roger L. Williams 9780271089898
RRP: £37.95£34.18Frederick Watts came to prominence during the nineteenth century as a lawyer and a railroad company president, but his true interests lay in agricultural improvement and in raising the economic, social, and political standing of Pennsylvania's farmers... -
Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century by Sean L. Field 9780268206345
RRP: £103.00£89.14As the only daughter of Blanche of Castile, one of France's most powerful queens, and as the sister of the Capetian saint Louis IX, Isabelle of France (1225-1270) was situated at the nexus of sanctity and power during a significant era of French culture... -
Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln: The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed by Charles B. Strozier 9780231171335
RRP: £22.00£17.36On April 15, 1837, a "long, gawky" Abraham Lincoln walked into Joshua Speed's dry-goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and asked what it would cost to buy the materials for a bed. Speed said seventeen dollars, which Lincoln didn't have. He... -
Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual by Richard English 9780198208075
£51.27Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans. An important IRA leader in the 1916-1923 Irish Revolution, this bookish gunman subsequently became a distinguished intellectual, and the author of two... -
John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer: A Life Between Empires by Richard R. Johnson 9780195065053
£26.21John Nelson was an entrepreneur born in the mid 17th century, a man, in Johnson's words, `operating ahead of the government and settled society from which he came', one who `responded to conventions and conditions derived from several different and often... -
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun by The Countess of Carnarvon 9780008531744
RRP: £14.99£12.29Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was opened... -
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds 9780008439927
RRP: £16.99£13.54A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 ‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI ... -
Otto & Daria: A Wartime Journey Through No Man's Land by Eric Koch 9780889774438
RRP: £20.00£19.24A poignant memoir of lives cleaved by war, Otto and Daria is the first-hand account of Eric Koch, a man who once was called Otto. As a Jewish refugee from WWII Germany, Otto first left his country for England, and later arrived in Canada, where he was... -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit & Hope by Barbara Bennett Peterson 9781604564969
RRP: £39.99£26.95Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second president of the United States and served four consecutive terms, the longest presidential administration in American history. His resilience, forbearance, and superb political abilities establish Roosevelt... -
Seeking One Great Remedy: Francis George Shaw & Nineteenth-Century Reform by Lorien Foote 9780821414996
RRP: £39.00£20.95A Radical Abolitionist And Early Feminist, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882) was a prominent figure in American reform and intellectual circles for five decades. He rejected capitalism in favor of a popular utopian socialist movement; during the Civil War... -
Harry S Truman: Continuity & Change by Jeffery Blane Cook 9781614707219
RRP: £141.99£93.66Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States, was thrust into office on April 12th, 1945. His path to the presidency did not follow a straight trajectory. Truman had been an ordinary American, growing up in the Midwest where he was raised by... -
Suncoast Empire: Bertha Honore Palmer, Her Family, and the Rise of Sarasota, 1910-1982 by Frank A. Cassell 9781561649846
RRP: £18.95£16.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561649846Author Frank A. CassellFormat HardbackPage Count 2Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...