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Churchill and America by Martin Gilbert 9781416522645 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$5.57Tony Blair may now be perceived as the most pro-American Prime Minister since the war, but his desire to keep close to Washington is as nothing compared to Winston Churchill's love for the Land of the Free. Born to an American mother, Churchill spent his... -
A History of Ireland: From the Earliest Times to 1922 by Edmund Curtis
RRP: $75.58$66.55Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinating history. Reaching from St Patrick's Mission in 432 to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, this authoritative... -
A-Z of Peterborough: Places-People-History by June and Vernon Bull 9781398115279
RRP: $33.58$22.79Peterborough grew up around its cathedral, originally founded as an Anglo-Saxon monastery, but it was only in the nineteenth century that this city on the edge of the Fens started to grow to its present size as one of the largest cities in the east of... -
Air Power in the Age of Total War John Buckley 9781857285895
RRP: $100.78$87.11Warfare in the first half of the 20th century was fundamentally and irrovocably altered by the birth and subsequent development of air power. This work assesses the role of air power in changing the face of battle on land and sea. Utilizing late-1990s... -
The Vietnam War 1956-1975 by Andrew Wiest
RRP: $283.50$246.29First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415968515Author Andrew WiestFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g -
Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 by Lauren Benton
RRP: $52.48$46.22This wide-ranging volume advances our understanding of law and empire in the early modern world. Distinguished contributors expose new dimensions of legal pluralism in the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires. In-depth analyses probe... -
The British World: Diaspora, Culture and Identity Carl Bridge 9780714683775
RRP: $136.48$118.82This collection of essays is based upon the assumption that the British Empire was held together not merely by ties of trade and defence, but by a shared sense of British identity that linked British communities around the globe. Focusing on the themes... -
A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668 by Professor Malyn Newitt 9780415239806
RRP: $88.18$77.18A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400-1668 provides an accessible survey of how the Portuguese became so influential during this period and how Portuguese settlements were founded in areas as far flung as Asia, Africa and South America.Malyn... -
Heterosexual Africa?: The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS by Marc Epprecht 9780821417997
RRP: $58.78$51.49Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by... -
The Story of the Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Fight by W.A. Graham 9780803270268
RRP: $33.58$28.83First published in 1926 and respected ever since for its measured view of the most famous battle in the American West, The Story of the Little Big Horn asks questions that are still being debated. What were the causes of the debacle that wiped out... -
Patient's Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850 Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine) 9780745602516
RRP: $126.00$125.03Pre-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 Home Ranch by Ralph Moody 9780803282100
RRP: $27.28$25.10Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a... -
Florence Nightingale at Home by Paul Crawford 9783030465339
RRP: $52.48$40.05Winner of the 2021/2022 People's Book Prize Best Achievement AwardHomes can be both comforting and troubling places. This timely book proposes a new understanding of Florence Nightingale's experiences of domestic life and how ideas of home influenced her... -
The Flip Side of History by Steve Silverman 9781642502206
RRP: $29.38$25.18Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe Headlines What if there was a flip side to the history channel? What would you do with all the historical facts and tales left out of history textbooks? From the host of the popular Useless Information... -
From "Superman" to Man by J. A. Rogers 9780960229444
RRP: $31.40$21.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780960229444Author J. A. RogersFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Helga M. RogersPublisher Helga M. Rogers -
The Eve of Destruction by Howard Blum 9780060014001
$26.48On October 6, 1973--Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar--the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival,... -
GALALAATI Burburkii Jamhuuriyaddii Soomaalida (1960-1991): (Somali Edition) by Xasan Cabdi Madar 9781513659893
RRP: $42.00$33.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513659893Author Xasan Cabdi MadarFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint 50020Publisher 50020Weight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm -
Power in the land: Ramsdens and their Huddersfield estate, 1542-1920 by Edward Royle
RRP: $63.00$50.65In 1542 William Ramsden bought his wifes family home at Longley and so began a long association between the Ramsdens and Huddersfield which lasted until Sir John Frecheville Ramsden sold his greatly increased Huddersfield estate to the Corporation in... -
Warplane Plus 01: A17 - The Complete History of the Northrop Attack Planes and Its Export Derivatives by Santiago Rivas 9789086162710
RRP: $52.48$50.23The Northrop Corporation offered the single engined Gamma 2F attack plane to the US Army Air Corps in October 1934. After modification work this type evolved into the highly innovative A-17 attack aircraft of which 110 aircraft were ordered. Northrop... -
Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion of 1745 by Robert Forbes 9781498149693
RRP: $121.70$105.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498149693Author Robert ForbesFormat HardbackPage Count 532Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams)... -
Health, Healing and Illness in African History by Dr Rebekah Lee 9781474254373
RRP: $50.38$46.98In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were... -
White Slaves of Maquinna: John R. Jewitt's Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka by John R. Jewitt
RRP: $37.78$24.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384025Author John JewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
The Past and the Present Revisited Lawrence Stone 9780710211934
RRP: $77.68$69.68First Published in 1987. Presented as two sections, the first includes three surveys which aim to describe and comment on some of radial changes in the questions historians have been asking about the past and some of the new data, tools and methodology... -
William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East by Peter W. Edbury 9780521407281
RRP: $65.08$47.99William, archbishop of Tyre from 1175 to c.1184, was a churchman, royal servant and scholar who lived in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Born in Jerusalem around 1130, he studied in western Europe for almost twenty years until 1165, when he returned to... -
The Wonders of Waqf by Mahdi Lock 9780244200763
RRP: $14.68$13.61Waqf is a means of drawing nearer to Allah. It is an act of worship. Waqf shows the sincerity of the endower's faith, his desire for goodness and his avidity for the interests of the Muslims. It shows his love for them and for their subsequent... -
Anglo Saxon England and the Norman Conquest by H. R. Loyn 9780582072961
$157.04This celebrated account of society and economy in England from the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in the fifth century to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been a standard text since it first appeared in 1962. This long-awaited second... -
The Devil's World: Heresy and Society 1100-1300 by Andrew Roach 9780582279605
RRP: $96.58$92.65Exploring the relationship of heresy, dissent and society in the 12th and 13th Centuries,The Devil's World shows how people made conscious choices between heresy and orthodoxy in the middle ages and were not afraid to exert their power as 'consumers' of... -
An Analysis of Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Ecomonic Change and Military Conflict from 1500-2000 Riley Quinn 9781912128150
RRP: $13.65$13.04Paul Kennedy owes a great deal to the editor who persuaded him to add a final chapter to this study of the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of European powers since the age of Spain's Philip II. This tailpiece indulged in what was, for an... -
An Analysis of Georges Lefebvre's The Coming of the French Revolution Tom Stammers 9781912128198
RRP: $13.65$13.04Georges Lefebvre was one of the most highly-regarded historians of the 20th century - and a key reason for the high reputation he enjoys can be found in The Coming of the French Revolution. Lefebvre's key contribution to the debate over what remains... -
The Charleston Scandal: Escape into the glamorous world of the Jazz Age . . . by Pamela Hart
RRP: $18.88$11.80Fans of THE CROWN will love this exuberant story of a young Australian actress caught up in the excesses, royal intrigues and class divide of Jazz Age London, losing her way but reclaiming her heart in the processAbout the AuthorPamela Hart is an... -
The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945 by Derek W. Urwin 9780582231993
RRP: $100.78$96.56This hugely successful history of political and economic integration in Western Europe since the Second World War -- and especially, but by no means exclusively, the European Community itself -- was first published in 1991, to general acclaim. Since then... -
The Lantern of History: Essays in Honour of Jeremy Black - Edited by Ric Berman and William Gibson by William Gibson 9780995756847
RRP: $31.50$28.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995756847Author William GibsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Old Stables PressPublisher Old Stables PressWeight(grams) 345g -
Manhood in Early Modern England: Honour, Sex and Marriage by Elizabeth Foyster 9780582307353
RRP: $115.48$110.21This is the first book to focus on the relationships which men formed with their wives in early modern England, making it an important contribution to a new understanding of English, social, family, and gender history. Dr Foyster redresses the balance of... -
Historical Controversies and Historians William Lamont 9781857287400
RRP: $92.38$80.72For students new to the subject of history there are many books on the "theory" of writing history but fewer on how history is actually "practised". This work by a team of historians from the University of Sussex fills this gap. The first half of the... -
Gorgias by Plato 9780198720911
$88.70The Gorgias is a vivid introduction to central problems of moral and political philosophy. In answer to an eloquent attack on morality as conspiration of the weak against the strong, Plato develops his own doctrine, insisting that the benefits of being... -
Read My Heart: Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, A Love Story in the Age of Revolution by Jane Dunn 9780007182213
RRP: $27.28$20.58From the bestselling author of 'Elizabeth and Mary', the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England. Sir William Temple (1628-99), handsome and intelligent, son of a... -
Revolutionary Russia: New Approaches to the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Rex A. Wade
RRP: $283.50$247.13This collection presents the major recent writings on the Russian Revolution and its context. It brings together key texts to illustrate new interpretive approaches and covers the central topics and themes. Together, the chapters in this volume form a... -
Medieval Naval Warfare 1000-1500 by Professor Susan Rose
RRP: $92.38$80.72How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500 provides a wealth of information about the strategy and tactics of these early fleets and the extent to which the possibilities of sea power were... -
Old Slamannan and Avonbridge by John Hood
RRP: $21.00$18.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337129Author John HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat by Donald W. Engels
RRP: $79.78$70.10Today when we think of domestic cats, we recall the familiar hearthside companion and the mischievous playmate. It is difficult to comprehend that in the past the animal has played a fundamental role in the development of European and Western...