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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800748583Author David HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

This concise study of Ireland's revolutionary years charts the demise of the home rule movement and the rise of militant nationalism that led eventually to the partition of Ireland and independence for southern Ireland. The book provides a clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337235Author Peter MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508438106Author R W BoychukFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Contagion - even today the word conjures up fear of disease and plague and has the power to terrify. The nine essays gathered here examine what pre-modern societies thought about the spread of disease and how it could be controlled: to what extent were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398431959Author Matthew BazellFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Poetry of the sky and stars.Marcus Manilius, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, is the author of the earliest treatise on astrology we possess. His Astronomica, a Latin didactic poem in five books, begins with an account of celestial...

The Global 1960s presents compelling narratives from around the world in order to de-center the roles played by the United States and Europe in both scholarship on, and popular memories of, the sixties. Geographically and chronologically broad, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993361005Author Mireille GalinouFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Your London PublishingPublisher Your London Publishing

The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among mutinies. Captain Bligh was neither tyrant nor sadist -- whereas Pigot of the Hermione was both. Woodman...

The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among mutinies. Captain Bligh was neither tyrant nor sadist -- whereas Pigot of the Hermione was both. Woodman...

Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, developed from a small market town to an industrial centre, playing a pioneering role in the development of radio telegraphy, electrical engineering, and ball and roller bearing production. All this, and much more in...

Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This outstanding new book examines what people did when they fell sick in Britain between 1650 - 1850. The authors investigate the well-established and flourishing tradition of...

The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health explores the history and historiography of madness from the ancient and medieval worlds to the present day. Global in scope, it includes case studies from Africa, Asia, and South America as well as...

If you centre a globe on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), all you see around it is a vast expanse of ocean. Islands of various sizes float in view while glimpses of continents encroach on the fringes, but this is a view dominated by water. The immense...

Communism was destroyed not from without, but from within--by a persistent failure to make its economic theories work in practice. But what exactly did go wrong with its central planning? Until the last moment, top western economists claimed that...

Leopold von Ranke, who was born in 1795, is considered to be one of the founders of the modern practice of writing history. This collection of his writings, edited and introduced by Georg G. Iggers, was first published in 1973 and remains the leading...

In late nineteenth-century Toronto, municipal politics were so dominated by the Irish Protestants of the Orange Order that the city was known as the "Belfast of Canada." For almost a century, virtually every mayor of Toronto was an Orangeman and the...

Integrating a variety of historical approaches and methods, Joanna Bourke looks at the construction of class within the intimate contexts of the body, the home, the marketplace, the locality and the nation to assess how the subjective identity of the...

'The Zohar' was compiled and composed in Spain in the thirteenth century, and exerted a powerful influence on Jewish life in medieval ghettoes. In this book, first published in 1932, Dr Bension was the first scholar to deal with the influence on Jewish...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932304329Author Judith A. RidnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Pennsylvania Historical AssociationPublisher Pennsylvania Historical...

Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish...

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) engaged an extraordinary number of exceptional artists and writers: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, John Dos Passos, to name only a few. The idealism of the cause - defending...

This third edition of Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. Throughout the book Peter Hinchcliffe and Beverley...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338270Author John HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

This study of religious tensions in Early Modern England explores the different religious separatist movements between 1550-1660. It describes the development of radical sectarianism during the reign of Charles I and explores why the unity of radical...

This study of religious tensions in Early Modern England explores the different religious separatist movements between 1550-1660. It describes the development of radical sectarianism during the reign of Charles I and explores why the unity of radical...

This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity with...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA AWARDS, INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR**The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid: seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA AWARDS, INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR**The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid: seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle...

Fully updated to meet the needs of the 2010 GCSE English specifications. Exclusive awarding-body specific support to help students realise their full potential. The most accessible texts with supportive notes, activities and advice to engage students. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390961023Author Syama Prasad MookerjeeFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdDimensions(mm)...

This book provides an accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays. Whether readers are studying Greek culture, performing a Greek tragedy, or simply interested in reading a Greek play,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244455590Author Dennis CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 210g

The daring flights of the early balloonists that were the first steps on mankind's upward journey to the Moon and beyond have been strangely neglected, and their names have been largely forgotten. This book helps to redress that situation. James...

With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses political history, the history of ideas, cultural history and art history, The Victorian World offers a sweeping survey of the world in the nineteenth century.This volume offers a fresh evaluation of...

James I has traditionally been portrayed as a foolish and unpleasant man. However, the last two decades have seen a rehabilitation of James I by historians, who have begun to appreciate that in some areas, in particular foreign policy and religion, he...

This book explores sixteenth-century German attitudes during a time of social, political and religious upheaval. It focuses on how medieval and fifteenth-century images of Islam, Saracens and the early Ottoman Empire evolved in incunabula print and...

A history of Littleborough.Book InformationISBN 9780752437170Author Littleborough Historical SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 10mm