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Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archeologist, traveller and "orientalist". Belonging to the tradition of the great British Middle East enthusiasts of the early 20th century, she explored the Ottoman Empire...

How is the world of Alice in Wonderland linked to that of the young girl who was the inspiration for this much-loved story? The words written by Charles Dodgson (whose pen-name was Lewis Carroll), an Oxford don, were based on college life, word-play and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891640964Author William De LangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Toyo PressPublisher Toyo PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 12mm

A profile of the career of Sir Garnet Wolseley, this text follows his rise from the rank of general to field-marshall, and subsequently to a viscount. It also covers his attempts to modernize the army against the wishes of a group of conservatives led by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414495Author Shelley EmlingFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Twelve years of rule by Hitler and the Nazi Party could have made Germany a third world country after the end of the war, and according to some highly placed Allied officials of the time; that would not have been such a bad idea. Whatever treatment the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758206206Author Jack EisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint AphrodisiaPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 455g

The poignant autobiography of a poor Welsh farm-boy who struggled vainly to achieve education and identity, giving a firsthand account of the changing society and culture of mid-nineteenth-century Wales.Book InformationISBN 9780708311332Author John...

A renowned biographer compares the lives and times of American outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart Ned Kelly The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries,...

The lives of three men who made the Russian Revolution possible-Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin-are the focus of this biographical account of the rise of socialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bertram Wolfe, a political scientist and historian...

From the author of The Sisters, a chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period of England's history. Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman, did not have an auspicious start in life. Widowed at sixteen,...

Terezin survivor George (Jiri) Brady recalls: "In the tragic struggle for survival, the Nazi-imposed Terezin 'self-administration' tried to help the imprisoned children. They were placed in buildings where living conditions were better than in the many...

The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman.About the AuthorMaureen O'Rourke Murphy is the Joseph L. Dionne Professor of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership at Hofstra...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250049124Author Matthew DennisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Andrew Jackson Higgins is perhaps the most forgotten hero of the Allied victory. He designed the LCVP (landing craft vehicle, personnel) that played such a vital role in the invasion of Normandy as well as the first effective tank landing craft. During...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972317221Author Richard PankhurstFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Tsehai PublishersPublisher Tsehai PublishersWeight(grams) 573g

Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction, of six Holocaust survivors who lived through and chronicled the Nazi genocide. Drawing extensively on the works of Victor Klemperer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767902595Author Jennifer FleischnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown Publishing GroupPublisher Crown Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375754548Author Sara WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943737055Author Lochlainn SeabrookFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Henry James called Fanny Kemble's autobiography "one of the most animated autobiographies in the language." Born into the first family of the British stage, Fanny Kemble was one of the most famous woman writers of the English-speaking world, a...

An intimate biography of the public and private life of Elizabeth I. Too many biographies of Elizabeth I perpetuate the flattery she enjoyed from her courtiers. Leading Tudor historian, Richard Rex, reflects more critically on her life and reign and...

James Kirker, "Indian fighter," is among the most infamous characters of the American West. In his exhaustively researched biography, Ralph Adam Smith explores the controversy surrounding the life of this frontier figure. Kirker emigrated from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861512628Author Martin LaurieFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 450g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714529998Author Ronald SenatorFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510743861Author Celia SandysFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861711499Author Ama AdheFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Today Zebulon Pike's name is immortalized at Pikes Peak, the second most visited mountain in the world after Japan's Mount Fuji. It overlooks the town of Colorado Springs, where historian Jared Orsi teaches. Orsi was inspired to take up this biography...

Today Zebulon Pike's name is immortalized at Pikes Peak, the second most visited mountain in the world after Japan's Mount Fuji. It overlooks the town of Colorado Springs, where historian Jared Orsi teaches. Orsi was inspired to take up this biography...

The only historic figure outside the early Christian tradition to whom the Gospels ascribe a dialogue with Jesus is the first-century Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. Presiding over the trial and execution of Jesus, Pilate is a figure who has straddled...

S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and an ethnographer who pioneered the collection of Jewish folklore in Russia's Pale of Settlement. In 1915, An-sky took on the assignment of providing aid...

From the award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Seward and Stanton, here is the critically acclaimed and definitive biography of John Jay: a major Founding Father, a true national hero, and a leading architect of America's future. ...

The early chroniclers of Britain presented the island as the promised land of the Roman goddess Diana. Later, when the story of Arthur was transformed by Christian mythology, a new literary concept of the island was promoted: the promised land of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894898508Author R. M. PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co...

Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171148Author Stephen EarleFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566569637Author T J GortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams) 347gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312187477Author Carolly EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312187477Author Carolly EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431g

Poet and essayist Fawaz Turki begins his search for answers in the hallways of the 1983 Palestine National Council meeting in Algiers. He then recalls his family's flight into Lebanon when he was eight, childhood in a refugee camp and the streets of...