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Access to History: Russia 1894-1941 for OCR Second Edition Michael Lynch 9781471838316
$33.55Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resource.Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth... -
Leeds in 50 Buildings by Paul Chrystal
RRP: $20.63$14.22Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city. They create the cityscape and form the horizon while, at a more personal level, they provide the homes for its citizens, their places of education, worship, entertainment, arts and commerce. ... -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World Anthony Sattin 9781473677890
RRP: $16.76$9.96A Spectator Book of the Year'Sweeping . . . Poetic . . . Not only readable but also vital' Literary Review'A terrific storyteller' New York Times'Exceptional . . . tender and beautifully written' Country LifeThe groundbreaking story of Nomadic peoples on... -
Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe by Ian Kershaw 9780141998237
RRP: $19.34$14.13One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies... -
The Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Posts by Mark Daslton 9781916178960
RRP: $29.61$28.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916178960Author Mark DasltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Folly Books LtdPublisher Folly Books Ltd -
Exterminate All The Brutes by Sven Lindqvist 9781847081988
RRP: $12.90$8.91The classic investigation - inspiration for a major HBO series - revealing the true horror of Europe's racist colonial past in Africa. Over a quarter of a century ago historian Sven Lindqvist set out across Central Africa. Obsessed with a single line... -
The Secret History by Procopius
RRP: $14.18$10.31A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a... -
Fractured Europe: 1600 - 1721 D. J. Sturdy (University of Ulster in Coleraine) 9780631205135
RRP: $45.09$40.60This book presents a narrative history of Europe, including Britain and Ireland, from the end of the sixteenth century to the Treaty of Nystadt in 1721.About the Author David J. Sturdy is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Ulster in... -
On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics by Sheila Fitzpatrick
RRP: $25.80$20.81Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin was a... -
First to Fight: The Polish War 1939 by Roger Moorhouse
RRP: $16.76$12.05A new and definitive account of the German invasion of Poland that initiated WWII in 1939, written by a historian at the height of his abilities.'Deeply researched, very well-written... This book will be the standard work on the subject for many years to... -
Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon
RRP: $18.05$12.91Eason Favourite Book of the Year 2022 'she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .' BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name by Donal Fallon, THREE CASTLES... -
Penning Poison: A history of anonymous letters by Dr Emily Cockayne 9780198795056
RRP: $25.80$18.43Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. 'er at number 14 is dirty Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the... -
The Suitcase: Six Attempts to Cross a Border by Frances Stonor Saunders
RRP: $12.89$9.44*Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2022*'This is family history at its best... the words fizz off the page and flutter in the mind' Sunday TimesIf you open that suitcase you'll never close it again.Ten years ago, Frances Stonor Saunders was handed an old... -
Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation by Robert Bartlett 9780691169682
RRP: $36.12$29.85From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days... -
The Soviet Century by Moshe Lewin
$39.54One hundred years after the Russian Revolution the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary, yet tragic, attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to write. In The Soviet Century,... -
The War Against Paris, 1871 by Robert Tombs 9780521287845
RRP: $29.66$25.23The Paris Commune of 1871 is one of the great romantic failures in revolutionary history. Yet very little is known about its enemies, and especially the army, which first fraternized with the revolutionaries and then, two months later, crushed them with... -
The Civil Wars by Appian
RRP: $16.76$12.05Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they... -
Farewell the Trumpets by Jan Morris
RRP: $19.34$12.98Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative... -
The Oxford History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $16.76$12.05Histories you can trust. The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon... -
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British Jeremy Paxman 9780670919598
RRP: $14.18$10.31From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire, Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr.The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from... -
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson 9780674987623
RRP: $51.54$48.72From the author of the acclaimed The Thirty Years War and Heart of Europe, a masterful, landmark reappraisal of German military history, and of the preconceptions about German militarism since before the rise of Prussia and the world wars.German military... -
A Brief History of 1917: Russia's Year of Revolution Roy Bainton 9781841199504
RRP: $14.18$3.59'Lenin? Yes, he was a good man -- he ran the whole country -- and he did it on a worker'swages.' The view of a Red Army veteran is in contrast to that of a young Russian entrepreneur: 'Lenin and Trotsky were totally evil -- they turned my country into a... -
Big Questions In History by Harriet Swain
RRP: $12.89$9.44Drawing on examples ranging from ancient Greece to Tony Blair's Britain, leading historical thinkers address 20 of the really big questions that have been asked over the centuries about the course of human events.Each essay is put into context by a more... -
Russia under Tsarism and Communism 1881-1953 Second Edition Chris Corin 9781444124231
$46.57Depend on SHP's comprehensive and best-selling core texts to enrich your understanding of A Level History.SHP Advanced History Core Texts are the Schools History Project's acclaimed books for A level History. They offer:- clear and penetrating narrative... -
Twilight of the Romanovs: A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia by Philipp Blom
RRP: $45.09$30.96Twilight of the Romanovs opens a door onto the world of pre-revolutionary Russia in original photographs taken during the last decades of Romanov rule. They include many remarkable colour images created using an early three-colourplate technique; these... -
The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom by Peter Gay 9780393313666
RRP: $40.64$35.60The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new... -
The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution by Richard Bourke
RRP: $29.66$25.23The Irish Revolution was a pivotal moment of transition for Ireland, the United Kingdom, and British Empire. A constitutional crisis that crystallised in 1912 electrified opinion in Ireland whilst dividing politics at Westminster. Instead of settling... -
Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War by Diarmaid Ferriter
RRP: $14.18$10.31THE IRISH BESTSELLER 'Ferriter has richly earned his reputation as one of Ireland's leading historians' Irish Independent 'Absorbing ... A fascinating exploration of the Civil War and its impact on Ireland and Irish politics' Irish Times In June... -
The German Occupation of the Channel Islands by Charles Cruickshank
RRP: $19.34$15.12Charles Cruickshank provides a full account of the German invasion, the subsequent landings of various British agents, raids and an attempt to end the occupation using psychological warfare. He also looks at how the islanders and Wehrmacht lived, the... -
Ghost Empire Richard Fidler 9780733338557
RRP: $16.76$11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780733338557Author Richard FidlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint ABC BooksPublisher ABC BooksWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 155mm * 40mm -
The Lord Stewartby Collection of Scottish Coins at the Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Part I. James IV - James VI, 1488-1625 by William A. MacKay 9780197266878
$85.50This latest volume from the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles publishes the first portion of the Lord Stewartby Collection, the most important assemblage of Scottish coins ever put together by a private individual. The collection has a depth and... -
Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler's Lightning War - France, 1940 by Lloyd Clark 9781782391364 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$7.16The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler's ambitions and fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right up to the start of the campaign, the German forces... -
Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler's Lightning War - France, 1940 Lloyd Clark 9781782391364
RRP: $16.76$11.35The German campaign in France during the summer of 1940 was pivotal to Hitler's ambitions and fundamentally affected the course of the Second World War. Having squabbled about fighting methods right up to the start of the campaign, the German forces... -
The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster by Helen Carr
RRP: $14.18$10.31War, revolution, treason and love - the thrilling tale of Sir John of Gaunt brought to life by medieval history's rising star. 'The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.' Dan Jones Son of... -
A Brief History of British Kings & Queens Mike Ashley 9781841195513
RRP: $16.76$11.39Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a... -
Hellenistic Lives: including Alexander the Great by Plutarch
RRP: $18.05$12.91Alexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the... -
The Penguin History of the Church: The Reformation by Owen Chadwick
RRP: $19.34$14.13The beginning the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found... -
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
RRP: $24.50$20.16In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the... -
Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder Gitta Sereny 9780712674478
RRP: $24.50$17.83The biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp - a classic and utterly compelling study of evilOnly four men commanded Nazi extermination (as opposed to concentration) camps. Franz Stangl was one of the. Gitta Sereny's... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953 Neil Owen 9781471876134
RRP: $16.13$15.51Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam...