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D-Day To Berlin by Andrew Williams
RRP: £10.99£7.40Nightfall, 6 June 1944. D-Day is over and the Allies have carved a tenuous foothold in 'Fortress Europe'. The future of Europe hangs in the balance as Hitler's formidable SS Panzer troops threaten to drive them back into the sea. D-DAY TO BERLIN is the... -
Modern France: 1880-2002 by James McMillan 9780198700593
RRP: £37.99£36.74Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Rebel Girls: How votes for women changed Edwardian lives by Jill Liddington
RRP: £16.99£11.54Rejecting the deadening conventions of their Victorian elders, the rebel girls demanded new freedoms and new rights. They took their suffrage message out to the remotest Yorkshire dales and fishing harbours, to win Edwardian hearts and minds. 16-year-old... -
The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States by David Vogel 9780691163369
RRP: £25.00£19.59The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently... -
On The Eve: The Jews of Europe before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein
RRP: £14.99£10.95This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught and World War Two. In this revisionist account of... -
Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Story of William Siborne & Great Model of Waterloo by Peter Hofschroer
RRP: £12.99£8.56'A first-class work of historical investigation.' Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and WellingtonThe extraordinary story of how one man's obsession to build a huge model of Waterloo - the greatest model of the greatest battle of all time - incurred the... -
Kursk 1943: The tide turns in the East by Mark Healy
RRP: £16.99£14.10In the largest tank battle of World War II, the Soviet army successfully resisted the German Panzer offensive in the Kursk Salient on the Eastern Front, and in the counter-offensive that followed, began an advance that finally ended in Berlin. This... -
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume VI: Later Ionian and Athenian Thinkers, Part 1 by Andre Laks
RRP: £24.95£23.39A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient... -
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Teenaged Girls Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins--And WWII Heroes by Tim Brady 9780806540382
RRP: £27.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806540382Author Tim BradyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now by Michael Burleigh 9781509847945 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.65In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century - first,... -
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now by Michael Burleigh
RRP: £9.99£4.71In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century - first,... -
The Empire Strikes Back?: The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Andrew S. Thompson 9780582438293
RRP: £47.99£46.38`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa,... -
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma
RRP: £14.99£9.80Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia, or collaboration and resistance in Europe. Few books have taken a close look at the immediate aftermath... -
Lewisham by John Coulter 9780752400594
RRP: £14.99£11.55This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752400594Author John... -
Parthenon: Power and Politics on the Acropolis by David Stuttard
RRP: £10.99£7.40The Parthenon is one of the world's most iconic buildings: today, its silhouette symbolizes Greece. Built on the rocky acropolis of Athens in the aftermath of the devastating invasion of Xerxes, the Parthenon was part temple to Athene, part war memorial,... -
European Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts: From the Bronze Age to the Late Middle Ages by Carsten Rau 9781978180789
RRP: £39.00£30.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978180789Author Carsten RauFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Isleworth by Mary Brown 9780752403465 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.28Isleworth in old photographsBook InformationISBN 9780752403465Author Mary BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
The Cossacks by Shane O'Rourke
RRP: £25.00£17.92This is an exceptional book covering 500 years of the history of the Cossacks - the recklessly brave, wild horsemen or the romantic hero of the steppe or the brutal mounted policemen, as they have been remembered throughout history. Starting with a... -
A Brief Guide To British Battlefields: From the Roman Occupation to Culloden by David Clark
RRP: £11.99£4.11A very readable work of reference offering a survey in chronological order, from AD 84 to 1746, of the major battles which have taken place on British soil, from the Roman occupation to Culloden, the last battle fought on British soil. In this way, the... -
Far-Right Politics in Europe by Jean-Yves Camus
RRP: £24.95£19.89In Europe today, staunchly nationalist parties such as France's National Front and the Austrian Freedom Party are identified as far-right movements, though supporters seldom embrace that label. More often, "far right" is pejorative, used by liberals to... -
Interpreting the English Village: Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset by Mick Aston 9781905119455
RRP: £29.95£28.73An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the... -
Court, Kirk and Community: Scotland 1470-1625 by Jenny Wormald
RRP: £23.99£19.51How did Scots live and change in the dying days of an independent kingdom?This essential history focuses on society and religious life in Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1625. Now re-issued in the popular New History of Scotland series, with a... -
Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy by Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
RRP: £27.00£21.06This richly textured cultural history of Italian fascism traces the narrative path that accompanied the making of the regime and the construction of Mussolini's power. Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi reads fascist myths, rituals, images, and speeches as texts... -
British Railway Stinks: The Last Railway Chemists by David Smith
RRP: £14.99£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658269Author David SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today by John Tolan 9780691167060
RRP: £35.00£23.62Heretic and impostor or reformer and statesman? The contradictory Western visions of MuhammadIn European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren't the only images of the Prophet of Islam that emerge... -
The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall by Timothy Parsons 9780199931156
RRP: £15.99£12.63In The Rule of Empires, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent twentieth-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires... -
The Lewis Land Struggle: Na Gaisgich by Joni Buchanan 9780861521661
RRP: £12.99£11.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861521661Author Joni BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint AcairPublisher AcairDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 8mm -
Highgate and Muswell Hill by Joan Schwitzer 9780752401195
RRP: £14.99£11.55Highgate and Muswell HillBook InformationISBN 9780752401195Author Joan SchwitzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
The Japan Lights: On the Trail of the Scot Who Lit Up Japan's Coast by Iain Maloney 9781913836320
RRP: £9.99£8.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913836320Author Iain MaloneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Tippermuir Books LimitedPublisher Tippermuir Books Limited -
Slim, Master of War: Burma, 1942-5 by Robert Lyman
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Elegantly written and beautifully produced' TLSHow 'Uncle Bill' won the war in BurmaDefeated and demoralised, British units in the Far East had virtually been ejected from Burma when, in 1943, General W. J. Slim organised, trained and then deployed his... -
Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: Selimus, Emperor of the Turks; A Christian Turned Turk; and The Renegado by Daniel Vitkus 9780231110297
RRP: £30.00£23.29During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman forces invaded Greece, Hungary, and Austria. At the... -
The Story of the British and Their Weather: From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers by Patrick Nobbs
RRP: £9.99£6.64The British weather: famously changeable, subject of endless complaint and endless small talk. We all feel we know it well as a largely benign backdrop to our lives, but the truth is our weather has changed the course of our history and society. This... -
Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present by Robert Gildea 9781107159587
RRP: £22.99£19.14'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities of decolonisation and neo-colonialism which have shaped... -
Europe: Hierarchy and Revolt: 1320-1450 by George Holmes 9780631213826
RRP: £38.95£34.20This book provides a classic introduction to a key period in the history of Europe - the transition from medieval to Renaissance Europe. In this updated edition, Professor Holmes traces the main political events as well as describing broader changes in... -
The Tour de France, Updated with a New Preface: A Cultural History by Christopher S. Thompson 9780520256309
RRP: £25.00£19.99In this highly original history of the world's most famous bicycle race, Christopher S. Thompson, mining previously neglected sources and writing with infectious enthusiasm for his subject, tells the compelling story of the Tour de France from its... -
Sunrise at Abadan: The British and Soviet Invasion of Iran, 1941 by Richard A. Stewart 9780275927936
£65.93Sunrise at Abadan, portraying the dramatic events leading to the United States' deep involvement in Iran, sets the historic stage for the current crisis in the Persian Gulf region. It rapidly traces the ebb ad flow of Anglo-Russian rivalry over Persia... -
Exploring History 1400-1900: An Anthology of Primary Sources by Rachel Gibbons 9780719075889 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.29Exploring history 1400-1900: An anthology of primary sources reaches out to the reader across an expanse of 500 years. It offers a broad sweep of history in the light of three key themes: consumers and producers; beliefs and ideologies; and... -
Exploring History 1400-1900: An Anthology of Primary Sources by Rachel Gibbons 9780719075889
RRP: £19.99£14.92Exploring history 1400-1900: An anthology of primary sources reaches out to the reader across an expanse of 500 years. It offers a broad sweep of history in the light of three key themes: consumers and producers; beliefs and ideologies; and... -
Smashing the Atlantic Wall by Patrick Delaforce 9781844153718 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£11.21In 1940 when Operation SEALION (invasion of the British mainland) was abandoned, Hitler ordered the building of a night defence system along 1,500 miles of coastline from Denmark to the Spanish border. He was personally involved in the planning which... -
The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden
RRP: £13.99£9.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760559489Author Juliet RiedenFormat PaperbackImprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 444gDimensions(mm) 155mm * 233mm *...