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Hope Against Hope: Introduction by Maria Stepanova by Nadezhda Mandelstam 9781101908365
RRP: £32.00£21.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101908365Author Nadezhda MandelstamFormat HardbackPage Count 584Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI by Madame Du Hausset 9781410209764
RRP: £27.50£24.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410209764Author Madame Du HaussetFormat PaperbackPage Count 740Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the... -
The Unmentionable Nechaev: A Key to Bolshevism by Michael Prawdin 9781032155890
RRP: £28.99£25.09First published in 1961 The Unmentionable Nechaev presents a full account of Sergei Nechaev’s extraordinary life. The name of Nechaev is little known today in the western world. Michael Prawdin expounds his teachings and shows the strain of Nechaevism... -
Behind The Scenes In Warring Germany by Edward Lyell Fox 9789390314164
RRP: £12.00£6.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390314164Author Edward Lyell FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 286g -
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds 9781541620209
RRP: £32.50£22.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541620209Author David ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 163mm * 56mm -
Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson by William Murchison 9781684515479
RRP: £18.99£11.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684515479Author William MurchisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ISI BooksPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 191g -
Radegund: The Trials and Triumphs of a Merovingian Queen by E. T. Dailey 9780197656105
£72.60A princess born to the Thuringian royal house. A captive in war, forced to marry the Frankish king who killed her family. A queen, who renounced her position, received consecration as a deaconess, and took monastic vows. A religious leader, who acquired... -
Writing Egypt: Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project by Nasser Rabbat 9781399502818
RRP: £95.00£77.27Recounts the life of Egypt's greatest historian, analyses his work and assesses its impact then and nowBook InformationISBN 9781399502818Author Nasser RabbatFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University... -
Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter by Dan T. Carter 9781588384812
RRP: £24.95£18.92Unmasking the Klansman may read like a work of fiction but is actually a biography of Asa Carter, one of the South's most notorious white supremacists (and secret Klansman). During the 1950s, the North Alabama political firebrand became known across the... -
Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Concise Biography of the Iconic Hero by Thomas A. Desjardin
RRP: £11.99£9.58Joshua Chamberlain is arguably the most well-known figure in Maine history and this highly accessible biography provides a brief look at his life. Covering his early years to his time as a student at Bowdoin, the primary emphasis in on Chamberlain's... -
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as I Knew Them: Reminiscences of John P. Meadows by John P. Wilson 9780826333261
£31.26Cowboy, army guide, farmer, peace officer, and character in his own right, John P. Meadows arrived in New Mexico from Texas as a young man. During his life in the Southwest, he knew or worked for many well-known characters, including William "Billy the... -
Burying the Season: Blue Drevnice Waltz by Antonin Bajaja 9780993377372
RRP: £15.00£13.65Translated by David Short Foreword by Rajendra Chitins Burying the Season is an affectionate, multi-layered account of small town life in central Europe beginning in the early 1930s and ending in the 21st Century. Adapting scenes from Fellini's... -
And the Winds Blew Cold: Stalinist Russia As Experienced by an American Emigrant by Eva Stolar Meltz 9780939923854
RRP: £33.99£20.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939923854Author Eva Stolar MeltzFormat HardbackPage Count 486Imprint McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, USPublisher McDonald & Woodward... -
Irish Heroes and Heroines of America: 150 True Stories of Irish American Heroism by John Bartimole 9780883910108
RRP: £15.99£10.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883910108Author John BartimoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Frederick FellPublisher Frederick Fell -
One Family's War: The Wartime Letters of Clarence Bourassa, 1940-1944 by Rollie Bourassa 9780889773202
RRP: £25.00£24.18For half a century a box had lain undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter in the back room of a house. The contents of the box: stacks of letters, neatly bundled in chronological order, four years' worth. The letter writer was Clarence... -
Joseph Cowen and Popular Radicalism on Tyneside, 1829-1900 by Joan Allen 9780850365832
RRP: £25.00£22.43An indepth look at Joseph Cowen--newspaper magnate, radical activist, and member of parliament for the Liberal party--this compilation brings together ethnic and urban studies, and considers the role of the press in building a radical power base. During... -
A Jewish Family in Germany Today: An Intimate Portrait by Y.Michal Bodemann 9780822334217
RRP: £21.99£19.19Immediately after the Holocaust, it seemed inconceivable that a Jewish community would rebuild in Germany. What was once unimaginable has now come to pass: Germany is home to one of Europe's most vibrant Jewish communities, and it has the fastest growing... -
Dancing in Chains: The Youth of William Dean Howells by Rodney D. Olsen 9780814761724
RRP: £70.00£39.89"Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane,... -
Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President by Jill Norgren 9780814758519
RRP: £24.99£21.67Foreword by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg A legal historian recounts the influential life of women's rights activist Belva Lockwood, the first woman to practice at the bar of the Supreme Court In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be... -
Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President by Jill Norgren 9780814758342
RRP: £74.00£64.85Foreword by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts, for the first time, the life story of one of the nineteenth century's most surprising... -
Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol by William C. Davis 9780813192550
£80.21John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in our nation's history. Widely respected, even by his enemies, for his dedication to moderate liberalism, Breckinridge's charisma and integrity led to his election as Vice... -
Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered by James Kirby Martin 9780814755600
£90.28An extensively researched account of the infamous Benedict Arnold, framed in Martin's biography as a hero rather than a traitor Benedict Arnold stands as one of the most vilified figures in American history. Stories of his treason have so come to define... -
William Livingston's American Revolution by James J. Gigantino II 9780812250640
RRP: £35.00£30.74William Livingston's American Revolution explores how New Jersey's first governor experienced the American Revolution and managed a state government on the war's front lines. A wartime bureaucrat, Livingston played a pivotal role in a pivotal place,... -
Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts: Versions of American Identity From Henry Adams to Nate Shaw by Albert E. Stone 9780812211276
RRP: £27.99£24.54Gives an anaylsis of the social themes and cultural perspectives of modern American autobiographies. "An excellent reference for students of autobiography, an essential text for students of American autobiography, and the central critical work for... -
King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age by Kathryn Allamong Jacob 9780801893971
RRP: £37.50£33.39King of the Lobby tells the story of how one man harnessed delicious food, fine wine, and good conversation to the task of becoming the most influential lobbyist of the Gilded Age. Sam Ward was a colorful character. Scion of an old and honorable family,... -
Jane Austen: Essential Biographies by Helen Lefroy 9780752453187
RRP: £7.99£2.84Jane Austen's reputation rests on the six novels she wrote in her short life - enduringly popular novels which have become part of the fabric of English life, and which have reached new audiences through recent dramatisations on screen and stage. This... -
Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm 9780739172704
RRP: £98.00£85.01Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising tells the story of one woman, whose life encompasses a century of Polish history. Full of tragic and compelling experiences such as life in Siberia, Warsaw before World War II, the German occupation, the Warsaw... -
Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman 9780684829531
RRP: £23.00£16.13Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780684829531Author Douglas Southall FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster Ltd -
A Traveled First Lady: Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams by Louisa Catherine Adams 9780674048010
RRP: £29.95£24.06Congress adjourned on 18 May 1852 for Louisa Catherine Adams's funeral, according her an honor never before offered a first lady. But her life and influence merited this extraordinary tribute. She had been first the daughter-in-law and then the wife of a... -
John O. Meusebach: German Colonizer in Texas by Marschall Irene 9780292740198
RRP: £19.99£17.54Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach chose a life of hardship and freedom in Texas rather than a life of comfort and influence in his native Germany, where he had lived his formative years within a framework of unconstitutional government. In 1845... -
Frederick Douglass: A Biography by C. James Trotman 9780313350368
£38.39Written for young adults, this biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. Frederick Douglass: A Biography explores the life of the most famous black abolitionist and... -
My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power by Lu Hsiu-Lien 9780295995557
RRP: £27.99£24.14Lu Hsiu-lien's journey is the story of Taiwan. Through her successive drives for gender equality, human rights, political reform, Taiwan independence, and, currently, environmental protection, Lu has played a key role in Taiwan's evolution from... -
Flares of Memory: Stories of Childhood During the Holocaust by Anita Brostoff 9780195138719
£73.68In a series of writing workshops at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, survivors assembled recently to remember the pivotal moments in which their lives were irreparably changed by the Nazis. These "flares of memory" invoke lost childhoods,... -
My Life, My Words: Remembering Mahatma Gandhi by Sangeeta Kochhar 9788181581099
RRP: £8.99£4.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788181581099Author Sangeeta KochharFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Natraj PublishersPublisher Natraj PublishersDimensions(mm) 200mm * 190mm * 20mm -
Harriet Tubman for Beginners by Annette Alston 9781939994721
RRP: £11.99£11.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939994721Author Annette AlstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners -
A Partisan from Vilna by Rachel Margolis 9781934843918
RRP: £77.99£75.00A Partisan of Vilna is the memoir of Rachel Margolis, the sole survivor of her family, who escaped from the Vilna Ghetto with other members of the FPO (United Partisan Organization) resistance movement and joined the Soviet partisans in the forests of... -
Cecil Rhodes and His Time by Apollon Davidson 9781919825243
RRP: £25.50£21.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919825243Author Apollon DavidsonFormat HardbackPage Count 391Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 645g -
The Correspondence of Edward Hincks: v. 1: 1818-1849 by Edward Hincks 9781904558705
RRP: £50.00£47.70Edward Hincks (1792-1866), the Irish Assyriologist and one of the decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform, was born in Cork and spent forty years of his life at Killyleagh, Co. Down, where he was the Church of Ireland Rector. He was educated at Middleton... -
Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivanan 9781879941397
RRP: £14.99£11.53O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation.-Sean O'Faolain, The Listener... -
Chance by Anne Mekitosh 9781897126202
RRP: £19.99£12.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897126202Author Anne MekitoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint NeWest PressPublisher NeWest PressWeight(grams) 348g