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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668003640Author LT Col Scott MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780918526830Author Li-Young LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint BOA Editions, LimitedPublisher BOA Editions, LimitedWeight(grams) 155g

"Miller's terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian geopolitics today would be a big mistake."-Michael McFaul, author of From Cold War to Hot Peace"Miller...

"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." New York Times Book Review "Dazzling . . . a seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." San Francisco Chronicle "Impressive . . . a flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." ...

Inside the opulent, decadent world of the Mughal emperorsThe Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures, men written on a supra-human scale who exercised absolute power. The three centuries of their rule, as laid out in Eraly's previous volume, THE...

Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War opens in 1954 with the signing of the Geneva accords that ended the eight-year-long Franco-Indochinese War and created two Vietnams. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of...

Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of...

This is a concise guide to the Israel-Palestine conflict. There are many different, competing histories of the conflict, however, this book collects those which are based on the most considered historical research. The book covers key events in...

From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs' rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian...

What was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history the Vietnam War? Cameras, Combat, and Courage , a companion volume to "Shooting Vietnam", takes you there as you read the firsthand accounts and...

India is a vast sub-continent with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and religions. This book serves as a short introduction to the exquisite weapons used in the region, focusing on the Royal Armouries' collections from the...

'A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!' Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin 'Absorbing and thoughtful...full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating' Claire Heywood, author of...

Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in...

The grand narrative of "The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building" is that of the essential continuity of the late Ottoman Empire with the Republic of Turkey that was founded in 1923. Erik J. Zurcher shows that Kemal's 'ideological toolkit', which...

From nomadic peoples to conquering empires, from tales of Amazon women to art nouveau, and from golden grave goods to the formation of countries that still exist today, Ball shows how the steppe has continually shaped Europe's destiny.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660218Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119616Author Emma LarkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 242gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 137mm *...

The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy in recent years. John MacKenzie offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism and brings to the subject...

A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and...

On 27 July 1880 the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment fought a terrible battle on the dusty plains of Afghanistan. The battle went down in history as a massacre which effectively wiped out the regiment. They lost 10 officers and 276 men. Nonetheless, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMatthew Heaslip is Lecturer in Naval Historyat the University of Portsmouth, UK.Book InformationISBN 9781350213562Author Matthew HeaslipFormat PaperbackPage...

A BBC History Magazine Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearThe history the Chinese Communist Party has tried to erase: the dramatic political debates of the 1980s that could have put China on a path to greater openness.On a hike...

Heinemann Advanced History titles focus on periods of great change in countries that are once again taking centre stage in world politics. Affordable and authoritative, Heinemann Advanced History features practice questions as well as advice on planning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950922833Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735221178Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 355gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian history and historical writing, covering the diverse spectrum of the subcontinent's...

Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent...

In December 1950 General Matthew B. Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April 1951 he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea and supreme commander of the United...

While European civilization stagnated in the Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia's vast...

According to the United Nations, Myanmar's Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Only now has the media turned its attention to their plight at the hands of a country led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet the...

This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the multiple versions of Islam propagated across geographical, political, and cultural boundaries during the era of modern globalization. Showing how Islam was transformed through these globalizing...

People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam explains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982161500Author Marcela GradFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Webster University PressPublisher Webster University PressWeight(grams)...

How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the cliches of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells a more nuanced story of 'oblige and rule', the foundation of common purpose between...

Women often appear invisible in what is widely perceived as the male-oriented society of Islam. Women in the Medieval Islamic World seeks to redress the balance with a series of original essays on women in the pre-modern phase of Islamic history. The...

The Crusader States and their Neighbours (Winner, The Verbruggen Prize, The Society for Medieval Military History) explores the military history of the Medieval Near East, piecing together the fault-lines of conflict which entangled this much-contested...

In this reissue of the abridged paperback edition of his critically acclaimed Collusion Across the Jordan, Professor Shlaim chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his...

This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present. The antiquity and the evolution of these goddess traditions are illustrated and documented with the help of...

What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? One of Turkey's leading historians, Ilber...

The fourteenth-century Egyptian cookbook, Kanz al-fawa'id fi tanwi' al-mawa'id, is a treasure trove of 830 recipes of dishes, digestives, refreshing beverages, and more. Here, for the first time, it has been meticulously translated into English and...