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This comprehensive and authoritative history of the War of 1812, thoroughly revised for the 200th anniversary of the historic conflict, is a myth-shattering study that will inform and entertain students, historians, and general readers alike. Donald R...

With more than 200 illustrations by the author.AwardsCommended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 1962.Book InformationISBN 9781585741373Author Edwin TunisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death...

Award-winning author Simon Winder takes us through the legacy of one of Britain's most influential and enduring cultural figures, James Bond. 'An entertaining romp through the literary and cinematic heartland of James Bond country' Sunday Times'A...

A history of Leigh & surrounding areasBook InformationISBN 9780752430218Author Tony AshcroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

One of the great myths of the twentieth century is that after the Second World War Britain simply relinquished its power and America quickly embraced its worldwide political and military commitments. Instead the two allies improvised an uneasy, shifting...

For decades, scholars and public intellectuals have been predicting the demise of religion in the face of secularization. Yet religion is undergoing an unprecedented resurgence in modern life-and secularization no longer appears so inevitable. Formations...

My GPO Family: Trilogy Edition is a retrospective snapshot of living in the Public Service of the GPO and BT... This is a revised and abridged edition of My GPO Family: Supplied for the Public Service, and it now forms the first part in an historical...

'Walvin synthesises this complex global history with skill and ingenuity. Freedom is beautifully written and clearly organised . . . thought-provoking, rich in detail and imbued with an emotional intelligence that pushes us to imagine what slave life...

The changes brought about during the English Reformation clearly reflected the desire of the Crown, government and landed classes to reduce the political power and landed wealth of the late medieval Church. This book covers the background to the...

The changes brought about during the English Reformation clearly reflected the desire of the Crown, government and landed classes to reduce the political power and landed wealth of the late medieval Church. This book covers the background to the...

The reinvention of art-history during the 1980s has provided a serious challenge to the earlier formalist and connoisseurial approaches to the discipline, in ways which can only help economic and social historians in the current drive to study past...

Swanage’s position on the Dorset coast has shaped its history since its earliest years. In 877 a Danish fleet threatening King Alfred’s army was destroyed in Swanage Bay and in the nineteenth century the town became a popular seaside resort for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043467Author Andrew BeardmoreFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

WELLS CATHEDRAL - ENGLISHBook InformationISBN 9781841653549Author PitkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pitkin PublishingPublisher Batsford Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956440518Author Niall RothnieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Folly Books LtdPublisher Folly Books LtdDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Originally published in 1988, the essays in this book focus primarily on colonial medicine in the British Empire but comparative material on the experience of France and Germany is also included. The authors show how medicine served as an instrument of...

The Persecution of the Jews in Photographs, the Netherlands 1940-1945 is the first book of its kind on the subject. Both the professional photographers commissioned by the occupying forces and amateurs took moving photographs. On 10 May 1940, the day...

Coal mining is the second oldest industry in Britain after agriculture. As big coalmines developed to cope with the output to feed the Industrial Revolution, many small-scale moorland pits - including those around Rawtenstall, Bacup, Rochdale,...

Paris 1946 Marjorie boards a plane in Paris bound for Prague with her baby daughter. Gustave is delayed by formalities at the desk. Once he's finally on board, she relaxes into a daydream and the touching and dramatic story is revealed: how they met,...

The Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History...

Meath is a developing county, close to the capital, full of natural beauty and renowned heritage sites. This book captures the memories, tales and hopes of the people who have witnessed change over the years, and remember the years when the roads were...

V.G. Kiernan is recognized as one of the most remarkable historians of the twentieth century. Eric Hobsbawm says of Kiernan that his knowledge is "encyclopedic" and Edward Said refers to his writings on imperialism as "milestones." In Imperialism and Its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885972842Author Stephen E FlowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Lodestar BooksPublisher Lodestar BooksWeight(grams) 386g

Brighouse grew as a mill town in what is now part of Calderdale within West Yorkshire. The building of the Calder and Hebble Navigation canal in the 18th century spurred development in a rich diverse industrial base which included cotton, silk, woollen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338003Author Patricia NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and privilege, she hated the groom she called pig snout and wept at news of her engagement. In the austere...

In their second look at the history and development of Brierley Hill, Ned Williams and the Mount Pleasant Local History Group turn their attention to the areas of Round Oak, Harts Hill, Level Street, Merry Hill, Quarry Bank, Mill Street, The Delph,...

The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen to the remote and storm-lashed Cape Wrath in Scotland's far northwest. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006724930Author Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

The first book of its kind, Forensic Medicine in Western Society: A History draws on the most recent developments in the historiography, to provide an overview of the history of forensic medicine in the West from the medieval period to the present day...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789937624145Author Mark F. WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vajra BooksPublisher Vajra BooksWeight(grams) 801gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 20mm

All of us have experienced creative connection, and glimpsed its power. Yet, for centuries, the myth of the lone genius has obscured the critical story of the power of collaboration. In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that creative pairs are the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955939594Author Jim DavidsonFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Wagtail PressPublisher Wagtail Press

Builth Wells History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of the town of Builth Wells in Powys. Authors Mal Morrison and Rob Warlow guide us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how...

Builth Wells History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of the town of Builth Wells in Powys. Authors Mal Morrison and Rob Warlow guide us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how...

This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The...

It is widely acknowledged that Congo became an East- West battlefield during the first half of the decade of the 1960s, yet the participation of Cuban exiles in the struggles is rarely noted. In this absorbing volume Villafana details the contribution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338843Author W. Stewart WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859378458Author Stephen PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd.