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A Castle in England by Jamie Rhodes
RRP: $29.23$22.50A collaboration between writer Jamie Rhodes and the National Trust, A Castle in England is a unique and fascinating graphic fiction project inspired by Scotney Castle in Kent.Using the rich history of this fourteenth-century castle as a starting point,... -
James Duncan: An Enlightened Victorian by Andrew McDonald Watson
RRP: $15.60$13.10The first Scottish collector to purchase an Impressionist painting, Duncan had an extraordinary eye as a collector at a time when Victorian sensibilities frowned upon many modern works. At his estate, Benmore in Argyllshire, Duncan amassed an... -
Gill Mill: Later Prehistoric Landscape and a Roman Nucleated Settlement in the Lower Windrush Valley at Gill Mill, near Witney, Oxfordshire by Paul Booth 9781905905423
$79.52The valley floodplain landscape covered by the Gill Mill quarry, almost 130ha, was intensively exploited from about 300 BC at a variety of Iron Age settlements. The largest of these remained in occupation into the early 3rd century AD, but meanwhile a... -
The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Jan Bazant 9780822347941
RRP: $46.78$41.42The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts and illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the Czech Republic... -
Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 39: 2019 by Myrzinn Boucher-Durand 9780674257795
RRP: $54.50$43.19This volume of the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium offers a wide range of articles on topics across the field of Celtic Studies. It includes the Colloquium keynote given by Prof. Barbara Hillers which studied the literary use of folklore,... -
Liverpool's Own by Christine Dawe
RRP: $25.33$18.76Liverpool has been the birthplace or home to literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women. In this book Christine Dawe features a great many of them - from all eras and walks of life. Locally noteworthy figures, such as Kitty Wilkinson, who started... -
Defending Hampshire: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present by Mike Osborne 9780752459868
RRP: $42.90$32.84For 2000 years, Hampshire has been at the heart of the nation's defences against foreign invasion, as well as being heavily involved in civil conflict. Through Roman forts, medieval castles, fortified manors and moats, Victorian drill halls, military... -
Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France by Rachel Mesch
RRP: $48.73$38.94A fascinating exploration of three individuals in fin-de-siecle France who pushed the boundaries of gender identity. Before the term "transgender" existed, there were those who experienced their gender in complex ways. Before Trans examines the lives... -
A Radical Reader: The Struggle for Change in England 1381-1914 by Christopher Hampton 9780851247250
RRP: $39.00$38.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851247250Author Christopher HamptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 5mm -
The Bridge is Down!: Dramatic Eye-witness Accounts of the Tay Bridge Disaster by Andre Gren
RRP: $33.13$23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942699Author Andre GrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
The Beginning of the End by Angelo Quattrocchi
RRP: $27.28$27.07In May 1968, France stood on the verge of full-blooded revolution. Here a rhythmic, vivid evocation from eyewitness Angelo Quattrocchi is complemented by Tom Nairn's cool and elegant appraisal to tell the astonishing story of the heady days. Paris is a... -
Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345 by S. C. Rowell
RRP: $54.58$42.49From 1250 to 1795 Lithuania covered a vast area of eastern and central Europe. Until 1387 the country was pagan. How this huge state came to expand, defend itself against western European crusaders and play a conspicuous part in European life are the... -
Crete Theseus and the Minotaur: All You Need to Know About the Island's Myths, Legends, and its Gods by Jill Dudley
$6.12Jill Dudley's series of island booklets is ideal for the tourist who would like to learn about the island's ancient past, such as King Minos' birth and why Theseus came to Knosses and how he killed the Minotaur. It includes the story of the birth of the... -
Heinemann Advanced History: Germany 1848-1914 by Bob Whitfield
$60.63A study of Germany between 1848 and 1890 for AS and A Level History students. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The two AS sections deal with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra... -
Oliver Cromwell by Peter Gaunt 9780631204800
RRP: $64.25$58.46An assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell and the differing interpretations.About the AuthorPeter Gaunt is Senior Lecturer in History at University College Chester. He is also Chairman of The Cronwell Association... -
The Confucian-Legalist State: A New Theory of Chinese History by Dingxin Zhao 9780190886950
RRP: $85.78$64.92In The Confucian-Legalist State, Dingxin Zhao offers a radically new analysis of Chinese imperial history from the eleventh century BCE to the fall of the Qing dynasty. This study first uncovers the factors that explain how, and why, China developed into... -
A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution by Robert Darnton
RRP: $68.23$57.08The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to... -
Squadron of Deception: The 36th Bomb Squadron in World War II by Stephen Hutton 9780764307966
RRP: $72.13$47.93Here at last is the exciting, detailed story of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's only Radar Countermeasure squadron that flew from England duing World War II. This book tells of the men of the elite 36th Bomb Squadron and the special operations they flew in... -
Heinemann History Study Units: Student Book. The Italian Renaissance by Peter Mantin
$46.88Focusing on the Italian Renaissance, this is one of a history series, modular in structure, which offers teachers the flexibility to design their own scheme of work at Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. Each book covers all the core study units and... -
Madrid: Midnight City Jules Stewart 9781789142198
RRP: $31.10$23.38Spain's top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart relate the story of a city and its people through the centuries, while their carefully curated listings give a nod to well-known... -
Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the Us Army's Elite, 1956-1990 by James Stejskal 9781612008431
RRP: $33.13$29.45It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets.The massive armies of... -
The Peculiarities of German History: Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany by David Blackbourn 9780198730576
$144.63A well-written, stimulating...piece of scholarship. -German Studies Review. In a major re-evaluation of the cultural, political, and sociological assumptions about the "peculiar" course of modern German history, the authors challenge the widely... -
Queer Lives across the Wall: Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945-1970 by Andrea Rottmann 9781487547806
RRP: $50.68$43.86Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the end of the Nazi regime through the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s. Andrea Rottmann... -
The Hunger Winter: Fighting Famine in the Occupied Netherlands, 1944-1945 by Ingrid de Zwarte
RRP: $44.83$40.29In this pioneering study, Ingrid de Zwarte examines the causes and demographic impact of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter' that occurred in the Netherlands during the final months of German occupation in the Second World War. She offers a comprehensive and... -
Gendering the Middle Ages: A Gender and History Special Issue Pauline Stafford (University of Liverpool) 9780631226512
RRP: $44.36$38.94A collection in which a group of leading historians of medieval Europe apply a gendered analysis to a series of questions ranging from the transformation of the Roman world and the Christian challenge to late antique masculinity, through canon law and... -
Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference held at King's College London, April 1995 Anne J. Duggan 9780851158815
RRP: $56.53$55.97The image, status and function of queens and empresses, regnant and consort, in kingdoms stretching from England to Jerusalem in the European middle ages. Did queens exercise real or counterfeit power? Did the promotion of the cult of the Virgin... -
Newham Dockland by Howard Bloch 9780752401072
RRP: $29.23$22.52Newham Dockland.Book InformationISBN 9780752401072Author Howard BlochFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
Arnhem: The Fight To Sustain: The Untold Story of the Airborne Logisticians by Frank Steer 9781526791931
$36.84On the ground the airborne logisticians at the battle of Arnhem fought to the bitter end, indistinguishable from their paratroop comrades. In the air, their deeds and sacrifice were shining examples of duty done under the most desperate circumstances... -
God's Town: Liverpool and her Parish since 1207 by Crispin Pailing 9781910837276
RRP: $48.75$37.46Since the foundation of the town by King John, Liverpool has had a church by the river. Over the following centuries dozens more churches came and went, but the imprint of the activity of the Parish of Liverpool on the city and people was profound... -
The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracking the Break-up, 1980-90 by Branka Magas
RRP: $48.73$48.13The year 1992, scheduled to be a milestone on the road to European unity, saw Sarajevo and other European cities bombarded slowly to pieces and their inhabitants starved before the TV eyes of the world. It saw two million Bosnian Muslims threatened with... -
23rd Waffen SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland by Massimiliano Afiero 9780764350733
RRP: $72.13$51.13This book is a detailed history of the 23rd Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland," the Dutch volunteer SS combat formation. Employed exclusively on the eastern front, except for a brief period in Croatia, the "Nederland" formations participated... -
Germany and the Two World Wars by Andreas Hillgruber 9780674353220
RRP: $64.25$51.95One of the most hotly disputed topics in twentieth-century history has been Germany's share of responsibility-its "guilt"-for the outbreak of the two world wars. In this short, penetrating study, Europe's leading authority on German power... -
Feeling Things: Objects and Emotions through History by Stephanie Downes 9780198802648
$200.62This interdisciplinary essay collection investigates the various interactions of people, feelings, and things throughout premodern Europe. It focuses on the period before mass production, when limited literacy often prioritised material methods of... -
Midnight in London: The Anglo-Irish Treaty Crisis 1921 by Colum Kenny
RRP: $29.23$14.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934194Author Colum KennyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint WordwellPublisher Wordwell -
Dangerous Mystic: Meister Eckhart's Path to the God Within by Joel F. Harrington 9781101981566
RRP: $52.63$36.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981566Author Joel F. HarringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Moderate Conservatism: Reclaiming the Center by John Kekes 9780197668061
RRP: $54.58$46.04Moderate Conservatism: Reclaiming the Center by John Kekes is a response to attacks on the United States' 300-year-old constitutional democracy by extremists on the left and the right. It makes a reasoned case for moderation and the defense of a... -
Mein Kampf (Uncensored Edition) by Adolf Hitler 9780984536139
RRP: $58.40$43.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984536139Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Elite Minds, IncorporatedPublisher Elite Minds, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 741g -
Canton and Pontcanna by Mark Hawkins 9780750988148
RRP: $35.10$26.62Leafy avenues, artisan eateries and eclectic inhabitants encapsulate the Cardiff suburbs of Canton and Pontcanna. Mark's photographs take you under the skin of the people and places in this unique area of the city, capturing impromptu moments and... -
Cathays, Maindy, Gabalfe and Mynachdy: The Second Selection by Brian Lee 9780752418896
RRP: $25.33$18.76A history of Cathays, Maindy, Gabalfa and MynachdyBook InformationISBN 9780752418896Author Brian LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm -
The Mansion House, Dublin: 300 Years of History and Hospitality by Mary Clark 9781907002205
$81.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907002205Author Mary ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Dublin Corporation Public LibrariesPublisher Dublin Corporation Public Libraries