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Island Voices: Traditions of North Mull by Ann MacKenzie
RRP: £12.99£8.94Island Voices is a fascinating anthology of the tales and traditions of North Mull. The subjects throughout are timeless: local belief and superstition, pastimes, work, health and cures, tales and proverbs. Takes from a broad range of sources - both... -
The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain 1031 - 1157 Bernard F. Reilly (Villanova University, Pennsylvania) 9780631199649
RRP: £37.95£33.36This book is the first account of the period to consider both Christian and Muslim Spain. The author discusses the various societies, cultures and governments of Muslim and Christian Iberia in the centuries of their critical confrontation. Beginning with... -
England in the Age of Hogarth by Derek Jarrett
RRP: £22.00£21.22Widely acclaimed when first published, this lively social history of Hogarth's England went into a second edition with a new preface and updated notes and guide to further reading. 'This panorama of eighteenth-century English life ... Methodists and... -
Sociability and Power in Late Stuart England: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys 1660-1720 by Susan E. Whyman 9780199250233
£55.29This highly original study looks at rituals of sociability in new and creative ways. Based upon thousands of personal letters, it reconstructs the changing country and London worlds of an English gentry family, and reveals intimate details about the... -
Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader by Brett Edward Whalen 9781442601994
RRP: £40.00£33.27Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian... -
Great Liverpudlians: A Fascinating Journey Through the City's History and the People Who Made it by David Charters 9781874181705
RRP: £8.95£6.85This is a Liverpool history with a difference. Packed with information, this lively book is not only about events but about people - our Great Liverpudlians - and the part they each played in shaping the city. There are many familiar faces, of course,... -
Antifascistas: British & Irish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War by Richard Baxell 9781907103179
RRP: £20.00£19.24More than 2500 volunteers took the extraordinary decision to risk their lives in a foreign war, and more than 500 of them died. The book looks at their role in the key battles in Spain, including the heroic work of the medical volunteers. Drawing on... -
Cosmopolitan Islanders: British Historians and the European Continent by Richard J. Evans
RRP: £22.99£19.56In Cosmopolitan Islanders one of the world's leading historians asks why it is that so many prominent and influential British historians have devoted themselves to the study of the European continent. Books on the history of France, Germany, Italy,... -
Women and Religion in Late Medieval Norwich Carole Hill 9780861933464
RRP: £26.99£26.84A vivid account of the nature and significance of intense female spirituality in one of England's greatest medieval cities. The religious attachments and charitable activity of women in and around late medieval Norwich are used here as a case study to... -
The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence by Alison Brown 9780674050327
RRP: £40.95£32.83In this first comprehensive study of the effect of Lucretius's De rerum natura on Florentine thought in the Renaissance, Alison Brown demonstrates how Lucretius was used by Florentine thinkers-earlier and more widely than has been supposed-to provide a... -
Catholic England: Faith, Religion and Observance Before the Reformation by R. N. Swanson
RRP: £19.99£17.82The Reformation transformed English religion. For many, the spirituality of the preceding period remains largely unknown, or overburdened with Protestant mythology of decadence. These sources seek to explore the nature of religious belief and practice in... -
Lisbon, City of the Sea: A History by Malcolm Jack
£18.87Lisbon: City of the Sea is a beautifully written portrait of a much loved city, from its origins in Greek legend to the present day. Malcolm Jack vividly captures the rich and unique history of this haunting and attractive port whose prominent position... -
The Enclosure of Knowledge: Books, Power and Agrarian Capitalism in Britain, 1660-1800 by James D. Fisher
RRP: £75.00£68.14The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land and wages. The Enclosure of Knowledge reveals that it was also about books, knowledge and expertise. It argues that during the early modern period, farming books... -
War and Empire: The Expansion of Britain, 1790-1830 by B. Collins 9780582494220
RRP: £43.99£42.66The years 1790 to 1830 saw Britain engage in an extensive period of war-waging and empire-building which transformed its position as an imperial state, established its reputation as a distinctive military power and secured naval preeminence.Despite this... -
The Stroud Valleys in the Great War by Camilla Boon 9780750970549
RRP: £12.99£9.62The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Stroud's Five Valleys in the Great War offers an intimate portrayal of the region and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'... -
Postmodernism and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives in Eighteenth-Century French Intellectual History by Daniel Gordon
RRP: £39.99£35.06Why is postmodernist discourse so biased against the Enlightenment? Indeed, postmodern theory challenges the validity of the rational basis of modern historical scholarship and the Enlightenment itself. Rather than avoiding this conflict, the... -
The Shallow Grave: Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by Walter Gregory
RRP: £10.00£8.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170717Author Walter GregoryFormat PaperbackImprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Through the Lion Gate: A History of the Berlin Zoo by Gary Bruce
RRP: £34.99£29.45In 1943, fierce aerial bombardment razed the Berlin zoo and killed most of its animals. But only two months after the war's end, Berliners had already resurrected it, reopening its gates and creating a symbol of endurance in the heart of a shattered city... -
Legion Condor: 1936-1939 by Karl Ries 9780887403392
RRP: £45.99£30.72This classic book now makes its first appearance in English. Long out-of-print this study is one of the few books dedicated to the history of the infamous Legion Condor, the German volunteer unit that fought with pro-Franco forces during the Spanish... -
John de Courcy: Prince of Ulster by Steve Flanders 9781780730691
£6.09John de Courcy personified the classic image of the Anglo-Norman Knight. This tall, fair man with a strong physique and bold temperament led his men from the front and skilfully conquered a new kingdom, echoing the spirit of William the Conqueror a... -
Bohemian Paris: Culture, Politics, and the Boundaries of Bourgeois Life, 1830-1930 by Jerrold Seigel 9780801860638
RRP: £29.00£26.48Exotic and yet familiar, rife with passion, immorality, hunger, and freedom, Bohemia was an object of both worry and fascination to workaday Parisians in the nineteenth century. No mere revolt against middle-class society, the Bohemia Seigel discovers... -
Sunderland in 100 Dates by Robert Woodhouse 9780752476483
RRP: £7.99£6.15Experience 100 key dates that shaped Sunderland's history, highlighted its people's genius (or silliness) and embraced the unexpected. Featuring an amazing mix of social, criminal and sporting events, this book reveals a past that will fascinate, delight... -
The Easter Rebellion 1916 by Dr. Conor McNamara
RRP: £19.99£19.34The Easter Rebellion of 1916 was one of the first comprehensively documented political rebellions in the twentieth century. A generation of extraordinary revolutionaries left behind iconic photographs, manuscripts, personal notebooks, letters of... -
Popular Politics and Political Culture: Urban Scotland, 1918-1939 by Malcolm Petrie
RRP: £23.99£21.85This book presents a distinctive reading of inter-war Scottish politics, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded electorate after 1918 by focusing on changing perceptions of the radical political culture of urban Scotland.Book InformationISBN... -
Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's by R.A. Scotti
RRP: £24.00£17.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452288607Author R.A. ScottiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837 by Paul Kleber Monod 9781405134453
RRP: £31.95£28.69Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to its emergence as a dominant global superpower. Suitable for students with no prior... -
Movement and Performance in Berlin School Cinema by Olivia Landry
RRP: £24.99£21.67Through a study of the contemporary German film movement the Berlin School, Olivia Landry examines how narrative film has responded to our highly digitalized and mediatized age, not with a focus on stasis and realism, but by turning back to movement,... -
A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven by Cynthia B. Herrup 9780195139259
RRP: £17.99£12.39Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a... -
The Portuguese Revolution of 1974-1975: An Unexpected Path to Democracy Maria Inacia Rezola, PhD 9781789761832
RRP: £60.00£53.43Portugal is close to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. While this central moment in contemporary Portuguese history has long attracted international academic interest, there is a dearth of studies that explain the... -
The Crimean War: 1853-1856 by Winfried Baumgart 9781350083431
£36.31Winfried Baumgart's masterful history of the Crimean War has been expanded and fully updated to reflect advances made in the field since the book's first publication. It convincingly argues that if the war had continued after 1856, the First World War... -
Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall by Ekkehard IV
RRP: £29.95£23.66The eleventh-century monk Ekkehard IV's Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall, part of the chronicles of the famous Swiss abbey, is a treasure trove of medieval monastic life. Saint Gall's records span its humble beginnings in the early seventh century to... -
The Inner Temple - A Community of Communities by Clare Rider 9781903942666
RRP: £45.00£33.75The Inner Temple is many things to many people: a community of highly motivated and highly trained professionals; a cluster of fine buildings in the heart of London; an honourable society with its own etiquette, rules and traditions; an institution proud... -
Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security by Marc Lanteigne
RRP: £44.99£39.28The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security perspectives reflecting debates about changes in... -
Lady De Lancey at Waterloo by David Miller 9781862274211
RRP: £14.99£11.55The intriguing and authenticated story of the British Army's first professional staff officer, Colonel Sir W H Lancey, and his beautiful Scottish bride, Lady de Lancey. This book includes Lady de Lancey's narrative "A week at Waterloo in 1815".About the... -
In Our Image and Likeness: Humanity and Divinity in Italian Humanist Thought by Charles Trinkaus 9780268011734
RRP: £35.00£32.34"In this massive, meticulously researched work Trinkaus makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Italian humanists and the Christian Renaissance in Italy. . . . The author argues persuasively that the Italian humanists drew their... -
Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by L. P. Harvey 9780226319643
RRP: £32.00£31.51On December 18, 1499, the Muslims in Granada revolted against the Christian city government's attempts to suppress their rights to live and worship as followers of Islam. Although the Granada riot was a local phenomenon that was soon contained,... -
Perth: A City Again by Jeremy Duncan 9781908373564
RRP: £14.99£11.53Jeremy Duncan chronologically traces the history and changes of the city of Perth throughout the 20th Century. He pays special attention to local politics, the history of crime, health, schooling and religion. Duncan also highlights the fascinating... -
Inside Babylon: Caribbean Diaspora in Britain by Winston James
RRP: £21.99£20.67The varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain, with its difficult and fractured history, is reflected in this distinctive and lively collection. The contributors to Inside Babylon show how employers and police, psychiatrists and welfare... -
Britain in the Twentieth Century Charles More 9780582784833
RRP: £39.99£38.54In a century of rapid social change, the British people have experienced two world wars, the growth of the welfare state and the loss of Empire.Charles More looks at these and other issues in a comprehensive study of Britains political, economic and... -
Ages of Reform: Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left by Kenneth O. Morgan 9781848855762
£55.27The British Left has developed a long way since the early days of electoral reform signalled by the Great Reform Act of 1832. In this book, Kenneth O. Morgan, one of the foremost historians of left-wing politics, provides a detailed history of the...