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Russian Popular Culture: Entertainment and Society since 1900 by Richard Stites
RRP: €27.36€23.28This book presents a side of Russian life that is largely unknown to the West - the world of popular culture. By surveying detective and science fiction, popular songs, jokes, box office movie hits, stage, radio and television, Professor Richard Stites... -
Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War: The Turkish Secret Service, the US and the UK by Egemen Bezci 9780755636495
€38.41Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War examines the hitherto unexplored history of secret intelligence cooperation between three asymmetric partners - specifically the UK, US and Turkey - from the end of the Second World War until the Turkey's first... -
The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era: Theology and Art of Christ's Passion by Celia M. Chazelle 9780521039451
RRP: €53.54€45.86The Carolingian 'Renaissance' of the late eighth and ninth centuries, in what is now France, western Germany and northern Italy, transformed medieval European culture. At the same time it engendered a need to ensure that clergy, monks and laity embraced... -
Twisted Paths: Europe 1914-1945 by Robert Gerwarth
RRP: €56.51€56.50A concise introduction to European history between 1914 and 1945, this series of succinct interpretations written by leading scholars offers a new introduction to the period. Covering historical developments in all areas within Europe's natural borders -... -
Courtship and Marriage in Victorian England by Jennifer Phegley 9780313375347
€57.45This book examines the popular publications of the Victorian period, illuminating the intricacies of courtship and marriage from the differing perspectives of the working, middle, and upper classes. In contemporary culture, the near obsessive pursuit of... -
Photography and Cyprus: Time, Place and Identity by Liz Wells
RRP: €45.21€39.72Formerly a British colony, the island of Cyprus is now a divided country, where histories of political and cultural conflicts, as well as competing identities, are still contested. Cyprus provides the ideal case study for this innovative exploration,... -
Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire by Tara Nummedal
€35.93What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men--and occasionally women--who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of... -
Ordinary Workers, Vichy and the Holocaust: French Railwaymen and the Second World War by Ludivine Broch
RRP: €36.88€27.19Should French railwaymen during the Second World War be viewed as great resisters or collaborators in genocide? Ludivine Broch revisits histories of resistance, collaboration and deportation in Vichy France through the prism of the French railwaymen -... -
Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800 by Jack Goody 9780521293549
RRP: €44.02€33.77This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for families and whole societies, the roles of lawyers in reducing them to a common system, and the recurring debate on the... -
Bader's War: 'Have a Go at Everything' by S. P. Mackenzie 9780752455341
RRP: €11.89€9.25More than a quarter of a century after his death, Douglas Bader remains the most famous fighter pilot Britain has every known. He lost both of his legs a flying accident in 1931, but overcame his disability and returned to the RAF in 1939, rising to... -
Stalin: A New History by Sarah Davies 9780521616539
RRP: €44.02€34.93The figure of Joseph Stalin has always provoked heated and often polarized debate. The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has made possible this fundamental new assessment of the Soviet leader. In this groundbreaking... -
Europe: Hierarchy and Revolt: 1320-1450 George Holmes (University of Oxford) 9780631213826
RRP: €46.35€41.01This 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 History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 1: From the Time of Christ to the Court Jews by Leon Poliakov
RRP: €36.89€33.28Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly... -
Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City by Robert C. Davis
RRP: €30.35€29.49The master ship builders of seventeenth-century Venice formed part of what was arguably the greatest manufacturing complex in early modern Europe. As many as three thousand masters, apprentices, and laborers regularly worked in the city's enormous... -
Austria, Prussia and The Making of Germany: 1806-1871 John Breuilly 9781408272763
RRP: €44.02€42.86It is often argued that the unification of Germany in 1871 was the inevitable result of the convergence of Prussian power and German nationalism. John Breuilly here shows that the true story was much more complex. For most of the nineteenth century... -
How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945 by Victoria de Grazia
RRP: €34.51€27.30'Italy has been made; now we need to make the Italians', goes a familiar Italian saying. Mussolini was the first head of state to include women in this mandate. How the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women... -
The Turkic Peoples in World History by Joo-Yup Lee 9781032170015
RRP: €45.21€40.03The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins.The "Turks"... -
Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921: The Reconstruction of Poland by Jochen Boehler 9780198794486
RRP: €58.30€58.20The First World War did not end in Central Europe in November 1918. The armistices marked the creation of the Second Polish Republic and the first shot of the Central European Civil War which raged from 1918 to 1921. The fallen German, Russian, and... -
Gin by Moses Jenkins
€11.84Gin is a drink deeply rooted in British culture. From 'Dutch Courage' to 'Gin Soaked', our language is full of expressions which reflect our gin drinking heritage. In the early eighteenth century, Britain was gripped by the Gin Craze, when the drink was... -
A Student's Guide to Study of History by John R. Lukacs 9781882926411
RRP: €10.65€9.17To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past-to remain ignorant of the deeds and writing of previous generations-is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John... -
The Decline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations 1875-1890 by George Frost Kennan
RRP: €53.55€42.51In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of offstage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began. In the... -
Fifteenth Air Force against the Axis: Combat Missions over Europe during World War II by Kevin A. Mahoney 9780810884946
RRP: €148.75€130.13In Fifteenth Air Force against the Axis: Combat Missions over Europe during World War II, Kevin A. Mahoney provides a detailed combat history of the crucial role played by this air force from November 1943 through May 1945. Presented by month in... -
Switzerland: A Cartoon Survival Guide by Wolfgang Koydl
RRP: €30.93€20.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038690214Author Wolfgang KoydlFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Bergli BooksPublisher Bergli BooksWeight(grams) 676g -
The Search for the Perfect Language Umberto Eco (University of Bologna) 9780631174653
RRP: €106.51€93.65The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an... -
Power and the Nation in European History by Len Scales 9780521608305
RRP: €47.59€40.06Few would doubt the central importance of the nation in the making and unmaking of modern political communities. The long history of 'the nation' as a concept and as a name for various sorts of 'imagined community' likewise commands such acceptance. But... -
Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945 by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
RRP: €58.31€52.71Ruth Ben-Ghiat's innovative cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship is a provocative discussion of the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. Eloquent, pathbreaking, and deft in its use of a broad range of materials, this work argues that fascism... -
The Alps: An Environmental History Jon Mathieu 9781509527717
RRP: €15.46€10.51Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked... -
Roman History: v. 1 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: €29.69€29.56A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under... -
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 by Charles W. Ingrao
RRP: €34.50€30.73Geographically and linguistically diverse, by 1789 the Habsburg monarchy had laid the groundwork for a single European polity capable of transcending its unique cultural and historic heritage. Challenging the conventional notion of the Habsburg state and... -
Familiar Past?: Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain by Sarah Tarlow
RRP: €45.21€39.72The Familiar Past surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies, grouped under related topics, include discussion of issues such as: * the origins of modernity in urban contexts * the historical anthropology of food * the... -
The Legacy of Pluralism: The Continental Jurisprudence of Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati by Mariano Croce
RRP: €69.02€60.17How should the state face the challenge of radical pluralism? How can constitutional orders be changed when they prove unable to regulate society? Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati, the leading figures of Continental legal... -
The Third Reich Sourcebook by Anson Rabinbach 9780520276833
RRP: €84.49€67.41No documentation of National Socialism can be undertaken without the explicit recognition that the "German Renaissance" promised by the Nazis culminated in unprecedented horror - World War II and the genocide of European Jewry. With "The Third Reich... -
1946: The Making of the Modern World by Victor Sebestyen 9781101910283
RRP: €29.75€21.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101910283Author Victor SebestyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Mediterranean Crossings: The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity by Iain Chambers
RRP: €23.79€21.19The cultural theorist Iain Chambers is known for his historically grounded, philosophically informed, and politically pointed inquiries into issues of identity, alterity, and migration, and the challenge postcolonial studies poses to conventional Western... -
The Complete Wartime Correspondence of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra: April 1914-March 1917 by Empress Alexandra 9780313305115
€109.47Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing each other. This is the first complete edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. We see in these pages the enormous... -
Russia in War and Revolution, 1914-1922: A Documentary History by Jonathan Daly
RRP: €23.79€19.86Drawing on newly available Russian sources--many of which appear in English for the first time here--this volume covers a broad array of topics, including the Bolshevik rise to power and World War I as the catalyst and cradle, respectively, of the... -
The Penitential State: Authority and Atonement in the Age of Louis the Pious, 814-840 by Mayke De Jong 9780521205207
RRP: €46.40€38.41In 833 emperor Louis the Pious, Charlemagne's son, submitted to a public penance in the wake of a rebellion by his three elder sons. This penance amounted to a deposition, for Louis was to atone for his sins for the rest of his life. However, only half a... -
Venanzio Rauzzini and the Birth of a New Style in English Singing: Scandalous Lessons Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK) 9781032200293
RRP: €47.59€42.04Since the eighteenth century, the one-to-one singing lesson has been the most common method of delivery. The scenario allows the teacher to familiarise and individualise the lesson to suit the needs of their student; however, it can also lead to... -
Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500-1840 by William W. Hagen
RRP: €53.54€49.48This book gives voice, in unusual depth and immediacy, to ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian-German countryside, from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The trials and fortunes of everyday life come into view - in the... -
The Trial of Madame Caillaux by Edward Berenson
RRP: €29.75€23.31Edward Berenson recounts the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the wife of a powerful French cabinet minister, who murdered her husband's enemy Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette, in March 1914, on the eve of World War I. In analyzing this momentous event,...