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London, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. The Decisive Duel tells the stories...

What is fascism and what is populism? What are their connections in history and theory, and how should we address their significant differences? What does it mean when pundits call Donald Trump a fascist, or label as populist politicians who span left...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043177Author A.L. WedlakeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French Revolution and his aims and achievements as first consul and...

This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French Revolution and his aims and achievements as first consul and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907154010Author Tim JenkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Polystar PressPublisher Polystar Press

Few works of scholarship have so comprehensively recast an existing debate as Chinua Achebe's essay on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Achebe - a highly distinguished Nigerian novelist and university teacher - looked with fresh eyes at a novel that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460901731Author Max HeindelFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 12mm

Before skyscrapers forever transformed the landscape of the modern metropolis, the conveyance that made them possible had to be created. Invented in New York in the 1850s, the elevator became an urban fact of life on both sides of the Atlantic by the...

The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which 'things', ranging from commodities to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400-1800. By focusing on the material exchange between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338010Author Moses JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 173mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244178048Author Laurence NealFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 148g

Roman Warfare surveys the history of Rome's fighting forces from their inception in the 7th century BCE to the fall of the Western Empire in the 5th century CE. In non-technical, lively language, Jonathan Roth examines the evolution of Roman war over its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189069831Author Philip BobbitFormat HardbackPage Count 381Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1140g

Seventeen-year-old Henry VIII was 'a youngling, he cares for nothing but girls and hunting.' Over the years, this didn't change much. Henry was considered a demi-god by his subjects, so each woman he chose was someone who had managed to stand out in a...

The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001– 2022 presents an all- inclusive listing of the ships that have served in the US Navy since the start of the new century. The newest and sixth volume of the US Navy Warship Series provides insight into the technological...

The Blitz was a defining moment of the Second World War when civilians faced total war from the air with bombing raids over Britain. This title brings back the effect of the chilling wail of the air-raid siren followed by anxious, sleepless nights and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339567Author Bill ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902660298Author Patrick John TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Federation of Old Cornwall SocietiesPublisher Federation of Old Cornwall Societies

During the summer of 1952, Americans reported a record amount of UFO sightings to Project Blue Book, the Air Force group responsible for investigating unidentified flying objects. Author/Illustrator Frank C. Feschino, Jr. has written an exciting new book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901367303Author Rodney WhitworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Scouse PressPublisher Scouse Press

A collection of images linked with pubs in the region of Norwood.About the AuthorJohn Coulter is the archivist at the Lewisham Local Studies Library, and also has a large collection of his own images. His previous books include Sydenham and Forest Hill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780910666Author Ben BeazleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Digital history is an emerging field that draws on digital technology and computational methods. A global enterprise that invites scholars worldwide to join forces, it presents exciting and novel ways we might explore, understand and represent the past...

First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415436878Author Frances YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 249g

The most thoroughly researched and well-written account to date of the loss of ChattanoogaThe most thoroughly researched and well-written account to date of the loss of ChattanoogaAbout the AuthorPeter Cozzens, a foreign service officer with the U.S...

In his 1997 work Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond marshals evidence from five continents and across 13,000 years of human history in an attempt to answer the question of why that history unfolded so differently in various parts of the globe. His...

1940 was the most significant year in European history this century. For Britain it was 'the finest hour', the beginning of the People's War. Britain and 1940 explores what the year meant for the people of Britain then and now.Covering the pre-history of...

The Postmodernism Reader traces the origins, development and the politics of postmodernism through the key writings of postmodernist thinkers. This collection of foundational essays restores the poignancy that has been lost - or even emphatically...

Nephew to Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, Pte San Hunka (White Bull) was a famous warrior in his own right. He had been on the warpath against whites and other Indians for more than a decade when he fought the greatest battle of his life. On the...

A history of CottinghamAbout the AuthorAn enthusiastic local historian who has devoted many years to researching the heritage of her region, Rachel Waters runs the Cottingham local history group. This forthcoming title has been compiled from her own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989396288Author G Vale OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 724Imprint Square Circles PublishingPublisher Square Circles PublishingWeight(grams)...

Intelligence and Espionage: Secrets and Spies provides a global introduction to the role of intelligence - a key, but sometimes controversial, aspect of ensuring national security. Separating fact from fiction, the book draws on past examples to explore...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674749Author Rob StonemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 298gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

Rewriting the Self is an exploration of ideas of the self in the western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the Present. The contributors analyse differing religious, philosophical, psychological, political, psychoanalytical and literary models...

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another,...

Based on extensive historical, literary and political research, this text examines the relationship between ideas and political and social reality. It explains why the aspirations of Irish nationalism have failed to modify the facts of Irish political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946217403Author Helen ThomasPage Count 40Imprint Fiducia PressPublisher Fiducia Press

A history of Rhiwbina.Book InformationISBN 9780752432991Author Ken GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 172mm * 10mm

This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the 20th century, focusing on its most significant turning points: the emergence of a medical-scientific approach to delivery in Ancient Greece, the...