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Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future by Carolyn Collins Petersen 9781445656038
RRP: £20.00£13.74Humanity has always looked to the stars, but it hasn't been until relatively recently that we have managed to travel into space. Carolyn Collins Petersen takes us on a journey from the first space pioneers and their work, through the First World Warled... -
Horten Flying Wing in World War II by Hans Peter Dabrowski
RRP: £9.99£6.61Pre-cursor to modern Stealth technology, a jet powered version flew in February 1945.Book InformationISBN 9780887403576Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 408g -
Fifty-Six by Steve King 9780244862558
RRP: £6.99£6.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244862558Author Steve KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com -
The Cry For Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest by Upton Sinclair
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808365Author Upton SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 908Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
"White Russians, Red Peril": A Cold War History of Migration to Australia by Sheila Fitzpatrick 9781032057491
£40.33Over 20,000 ethnic Russians migrated to Australia after World War II - yet we know very little about their experiences. Some came via China, others from refugee camps in Europe.Many preferred to keep a low profile in Australia, and some attempted to... -
Reassessing Foucault: Power, Medicine and the Body by Colin Jones 9780415183413
RRP: £37.99£33.38Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. Reassessing Foucault critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers in a wide range of areas in the social and human sciences... -
Popular Disturbances in England 1700-1832 by John Stevenson 9780582081017
£67.28John Stevenson has revised and expanded his standard but long-unobtainable work on Popular Protest and Public Order 1700-1870 in two self-sufficient volumes. The first (1700-1832) appeared in 1992; this is its keenly-awaited sequel. The greater part of... -
Europe in the Central Middle Ages: 962-1154 by Christopher Brooke 9780582369047
RRP: £61.99£59.40This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as... -
Flight: 100 Greatest Aircraft by Mark Phelps 9781616286064
RRP: £32.00£29.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616286064Author Mark PhelpsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon OwenWeight(grams) 1746gDimensions(mm) 264mm * 290mm * 30mm -
Votes For Women by Sandra Holton
RRP: £37.99£33.38Votes for Women provides an innovative re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting new perspectives which challenge the existing literature on this subject. This fascinating book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the nineteenth... -
The Problem of the Poor in Tudor and Early Stuart England by A. L. Beier
RRP: £36.99£32.53This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor and Stuart England. Dr Beier asks the question 'who were the poor?' and in answering it places the 'problem of the poor' in its historical context, examining it in relation to medieval... -
The Origins of Open Field Agriculture by Trevor Rowley
RRP: £31.99£28.33Originally published in 1981, The Origins of Open Field Agriculture looks at the problems connected with open field agriculture - the origins of strip cultivation, the three-field system, the adaptation of 'Celtic' fields, and the development of... -
Arts and Crafts of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of Wars 1756-1816 Clive Lloyd 9781851495290
RRP: £45.00£31.65Whilst many books have been published about war, the role of the prisoner of war has been largely ignored or paid scant attention. This book, along with the author's other title - A History of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816: Hulk,... -
Philip Augustus: King of France 1180-1223 by Jim Bradbury 9780582060593
RRP: £47.99£45.98This is the first major study in English of the reign of Philip Augustus who ruled France from 1180 - 1223. Outshone for posterity, by his flamboyant contemporaries, the Angevin family of Henry II and his feuding sons, Philip was in fact far more... -
Cottingham Then & Now by Rachel Waters 9780752444871
RRP: £12.99£9.14A 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... -
The Thames: England's River by Jonathan Schneer 9780349119298
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The Thames: England's River by Jonathan Schneer 9780349119298 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29The Thames is liquid history' John Burns MP (1858-1943) As the silver thread woven through Britain's centuries, the Thames is the subject of this significant biography. Following its course, geologically and chronologically, THE THAMES will chart the... -
101 Secrets of the Freemasons: The Truth Behind the World's Most Mysterious Society by Barb Karg 9781440503788
RRP: £12.95£8.88From the illustrious George Washington and the infamous J. Edgar Hoover to brilliant imaginer Walt Disney and bad boy of baseball Ty Cobb, Freemasons have influenced every aspect of American life. Yet this secret society remains as controversial and... -
Collision in the Night - The Sinking of HMS Duchess by Richard M Jones 9780244112349
RRP: £7.00£6.49On 12th December 1939, a collision in the Irish Sea led to the loss of the warship HMS Duchess and most of her crew. Only three months after the outbreak of the Second World War this disaster was immediately overshadowed by other wartime events, leaving... -
Tudor Parliaments,The Crown,Lords and Commons,1485-1603 by Michael A. R. Graves 9780582491908
RRP: £54.99£52.48This excellent short survey looks at the workings of parliament under the first four Tudor monarchs. After an introductory first section which looks at parliament's medieval origins, the author then considers all aspects of early parliamentary history -... -
The Welsh in their History Gwyn A. Williams 9781032274591
RRP: £28.99£25.49This book, first published in 1982, is a sequence of interrelated essays and aims to redirect attention to some critical moments in Welsh history from Roman times to the present. Each of the essays breaks new ground, argues for a new approach or opens a... -
Moralia: v. 14 by Plutarch
RRP: £24.95£23.76Eclectic essays on ethics, education, and much else besides.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given... -
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson (Esprios Classics) by Watkin Tench 9781006893674
RRP: £23.18£16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006893674Author Watkin TenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 152g -
Rochester by Ron Moss 9780752438405
RRP: £14.99£11.72This engaging collection of around 200 archive photographs traces some of the changes and developments that have taken place in Rochester during the last century.All aspects of everyday life are recorded here, from shops and businesses, schools and... -
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Effects on Economies, Societies and Peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe by Joseph E. Inikori
RRP: £24.99£22.01Debates over the economic, social, and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the subject. In fourteen essays, leading scholars consider... -
The Interesting Bits Justin Pollard 9781848541009
RRP: £10.99£7.50Did you give school history lessons your undivided attention? Even if you did, youre probably none the wiser as to how exactly Henry II of France came to have a two-foot splinter in his head or why Alexandra of Bavaria believed she had swallowed a piano... -
Frontinus: De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae by Frontinus 9780521101189
RRP: £44.99£38.54In 97 CE Julius Frontinus was appointed by the Emperor Nerva to the post of water commissioner for the city of Rome. In the De Aquaductu Urbis Romae he sets forth his duties, responsibilities and accomplishments during his first year in office. He... -
From Catholic To Protestant: Religion and the People in Tudor and Stuart England Doreen Margaret Rosman (Formerly The University of Kent, UK) 9781857284331
RRP: £37.99£33.12This work, aimed at students unfamiliar with religious ideas and terminology, attempts to convey the centrality of religion to people's lives in early modern England, and to understand why people were prepared to die and kill for their faith.Book... -
A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History: Life, Death, and Everything in Between Ute Lotz-Heumann (University of Arizona, USA) 9780815373537
RRP: £39.99£35.33A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History not only provides instructors with primary sources of a manageable length and translated into English, it also offers students a concise explanation of their context and meaning.By covering different areas of... -
The Mismeasure of Progress: Economic Growth and Its Critics by Stephen J Macekura
RRP: £22.00£21.22Few ideas in the past century have had wider financial, political, and governmental impact than that of economic growth. The common belief that endless economic growth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product, is not only possible but actually essential... -
A Social History of England 1851-1990 by Francois Bedarida
RRP: £36.99£32.93In this, the second edition of A Social History of England, Francois Bedarida has added a new final chapter on the last fifteen years.The book now traces the evolution of English society from the height of the British Empire to the dawn of the single... -
Royalists and Patriots: Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640 by J. P. Sommerville 9780582320062
£47.84This well-known book reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the English Civil War. Recent historiography has concentrated on its social and economic causes: Sommerville reminds us what the people of the... -
Reformation to Revolution by Margo Todd 9780415096928
RRP: £37.99£33.38Few periods of English history have been so subject to `revisionism' as the Tudors and Stuarts. This volume offers a full introduction to the complex historiographical debates currently raging about politics and religion in early modern England. It *... -
A History of Markeaton and Mackworth by Don Farnsworth 9781780911823
RRP: £12.99£9.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911823Author Don FarnsworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Fein from Armed Struggle to Peace Talks by Brendan O'Brien 9780862786069
£18.09The Long War tells the story of the IRA and Sinn Fein from their beginnings right up to the Good Friday Agreement in Easter 1998 and beyond. It tracks the IRA's military strategy, their bombing and killing campaign, coupled with massive arms supplies... -
History SL&HL Authoritarian States: China (1911–76): Study & Revision Guide for the IB Diploma by Joe Gauci 9781913433451
£14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913433451Author Joe GauciFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Peak Study Resources LtdPublisher Peak Study Resources LtdWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm)... -
Jassim the Leader: Founder of Qatar by Mohamed Althani
RRP: £16.99£12.70The Gulf state of Qatar tops the Forbes list of the world's richest countries. In 2010, the country had the world's highest GDP per capita, and its reserves of oil and natural gas are vast. It has been estimated that Qatar will invest more than $120... -
Muslims and Crusaders: Christianity's Wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic Sources Niall Christie (Langara College, Canada) 9781138543119
RRP: £27.99£27.59Muslims and Crusaders combines chronological narrative, discussion of important areas of scholarly enquiry and evidence from Islamic primary sources to give a well-rounded survey of Christianity's wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382. Revised, expanded and... -
Who's Who in World War I by Dr. John Bourne
RRP: £33.99£30.40Featuring over 1,000 alphabetically arranged, biographical entries, Who's Who in World War One builds up a complete and vivid picture of the major figures of the Great War. The subjects are drawn not only from the political and military spheres of all... -
From Pasties to Pilchards: Recipes and Memories of Cornwall by Catherine Rothwell 9780752449081
RRP: £9.99£6.49Catherine Rothwell has gathered together over 130 traditional Cornish recipes in her latest book. Cornwall has always had a strong culinary tradition, with many dishes having their origins in the county. Some of those featured have wonderful names such...