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Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel
RRP: $33.13$22.50Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror... -
A Study of History: Volume II: Abridgement of Volumes VII-X by Arnold Joseph Toynbee
RRP: $45.81$34.85Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations. Contained in two volumes, D.C. Somervell's abridgement of this magnificent... -
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson 9780812969702
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969702Author Victor Davis HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm)... -
The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard-Johnston 9780198830191
RRP: $77.98$67.53The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe... -
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 by Sir Barry Cunliffe
$49.80A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European... -
Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More by Phillip Barlag 9781633886902
RRP: $29.23$22.48Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it's sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn't do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did... -
Heroes by John Pilger
RRP: $35.08$25.25The heroes of John Pilger's narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult and often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle... -
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper
RRP: $74.10$59.30A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to... -
The Utopians: Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society by Anna Neima
RRP: $48.75$42.49'Neima's book, impeccably researched and beautifully written, will be an inspiration for anyone looking to an alternative future today.' - Stella Tillyard, author of Aristocrats and The Great Level'Deeply interesting and a pleasure to read, The Utopians... -
The Rise of Rome by Plutarch
RRP: $37.03$26.54The biographies collected in this volume bring together Plutarch's Lives of those great men who established the city of Rome and consolidated its supremacy, and his Comparisons with their notable Greek counterparts. Here he pairs Romulus, mythical... -
Democracy: A Life by Paul Cartledge 9780198815136
RRP: $29.23$21.35Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throughout the world today -- and has been been for over a century. But what does it mean? And how has its meaning changed since it was first coined in ancient... -
Warriors of the Word: The World of the Scottish Highlanders by Michael Newton
RRP: $48.75$43.27Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles... -
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World by Ann Williams
RRP: $58.50$37.65Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City of the Monkey God" tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that... -
Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age by Will Durant 9780743235945
RRP: $37.03$23.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743235945Author Will DurantFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm... -
A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
RRP: $21.43$15.15Written from a consciously anti-enthnocentric approach, this fascinating work is a survey of the civilizations of the modern world in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than the "event-based" technique of most other texts.About... -
Mountains and Lowlands: Ancient Iran and Mesopotamia by Paul Collins 9781910807088
RRP: $29.25$19.89Ancient Mesopotamia and Iran are usually treated separately or as part of a much broader 'Ancient Near East'. However, the developments that lie at the root of our own world - farming, cities, writing, organised religion, warfare - were forged in the... -
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century by Christina Riggs
RRP: $25.33$16.69'Impeccably researched and beautifully written' David Wengrow'Utterly original' Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and... -
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India by Charles Allen
RRP: $29.23$19.11COROMANDEL. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to the eastern coast of the Peninsula of India.This is the India highly acclaimed historian Charles Allen visits in this fascinating book... -
London in the Roman World by Dominic Perring 9780198789000
RRP: $89.68$76.46incAn original, authoritative survey of the archaeology and history of Roman London. London in the Roman World draws on the results of latest archaeological discoveries to describe London's Roman origins. It presents a wealth of new information from... -
Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life by James Crowden
RRP: $19.48$12.95'James Crowden is Britain's best cider writer ... Cider Country is the book we've all been waiting for.' Oz Clarke Join James Crowden as he embarks on a journey to distil the ancient origins of cider,... -
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses Aarathi Prasad 9780008451882
RRP: $21.43$14.14There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad’s Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia. ... -
Ancient Giants: History, Myth, and Scientific Evidence from around the World by Xaviant Haze 9781591432937
RRP: $25.33$15.95Investigates physical evidence, history, and myths to reveal the lost race of giants that once dominated the world * Reveals suppressed archaeological and scientific discoveries supporting the existence of a worldwide race of giants * Examines giant... -
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant
RRP: $21.43$14.27For most of human history, we have had a close relationship with the stars. Once they shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe... -
The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture by Karen Radner
$81.69The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia... -
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William L. Bernstein
RRP: $39.00$26.25A Splendid Exchange tells the epic story of global commerce, from its prehistoric origins to the myriad crises confronting it today. It travels from the sugar rush that brought the British to Jamaica in the seventeenth century to our current debates over... -
Ink: The Mark Of Human Identity by Ted Bishop 9780143169574
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143169574Author Ted BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
RRP: $21.43$13.88Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science works and why we need it. 'The best introduction to the scientific enterprise that I know. A wonderful and important book' David Wootton,... -
The Utopians: Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society by Anna Neima 9781529023107
RRP: $21.43$14.64'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' - Sunday TimesSantiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England, Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man... -
Socrates in Love by Armand D'Angour
RRP: $21.43$15.15An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers Socrates: the philosopher whose questioning gave birth to the ideas of Western thought,... -
Five Hundred Years Of Printing by S. Steinberg 9780486814452
RRP: $24.36$17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486814452Author S. SteinbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Rome and the Mediterranean: The History of Rome from its Foundation by Livy 9780140443189
RRP: $33.13$23.95Books XXXI to XLV cover the years from 201 b.c. to 167 b.c., when Rome emerged as ruler of the Mediterranean.About the AuthorTitus Livius (59BC-AD17) began working on his History of Rome at the age of 30 and continued for over 40 years until his death. ... -
The End of the Megamachine: A Brief History of a Failing Civilization by Fabian Scheidler
RRP: $38.98$33.87The End of the Megamachine provides a uniquely comprehensive picture of the roots of the destructive forces that are threatening the future of humankind today. Spanning 5000 years of history, the book shows how the three tyrannies of militarized states,... -
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century by Christina Riggs 9781838950514
RRP: $39.00$35.14'Impeccably researched and beautifully written' David Wengrow'Utterly original' Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and... -
Athens: A History by Bruce Clark 9781788548144
RRP: $48.75$44.44A sweeping history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization, from Runciman Award winner Bruce Clark 'A stunning retrospect and beautifully written overview of one of the world's greatest cities' Paul... -
The Great Work by Thomas Berry
RRP: $25.33$16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609804995Author Thomas BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
A Brief History Of Vice by Robert Evans
RRP: $23.38$16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147517609Author Robert EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 262g -
The Greeks: Lost Civilizations by Philip Matyszak 9781780239002
RRP: $35.10$25.27This is ancient Greece - but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilization was spread across the Middle East, and that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. This book tells the story of the Greeks outside... -
Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire by Sujit Sivasundaram 9780007575572
RRP: $21.43$13.88WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021 'Helps re-centre how we look at the... -
A Brief History of Secret Societies by David V. Barrett
RRP: $21.43$14.43A Brief History of Secret Societies examines the significant hidden power wielded by clandestine organisations from ancient times right up to the present day. Throughout history, humankind's search for knowledge has revealed strange truths. Barrett... -
America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition) by William J. Bennett
RRP: $39.00$27.87A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter...