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Chichester Then and Now by Phil Hewitt 9781780913889
$33.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780913889Author Phil HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing -
Around Woking by Lyndon Davies 9780752432304
RRP: $27.28$20.73This fascinating volume of old images traces some of the development in Woking during the 1920s and early 1930s. Drawn from the archive of Woking photographer Sidney Francis, this collection of over 200 photographs, many never before published,... -
Elizabeth I by Judith M. Richards
RRP: $79.78$70.10Elizabeth I was Queen of England for almost forty-five years. The daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn, as an infant she was briefly accepted as her father's heir. After her mother was executed at her father's command she was declared illegitimate and... -
Saxon Magic: A Story Through Time by Pat Strickson 9781839525995
RRP: $18.88$13.76Time is no barrier to dreams. Two Saxon boy soldiers become unlikely friends. One is fighting alongside his father protecting King Harold in 1066. The other is in a school re-enactment. Together at the horrific conclusion of the Battle of... -
Hell Is So Green: Search And Rescue Over The Hump In World War II by William Diebold 9780762772759
RRP: $25.18$21.23Lt. William Diebold served in the Army's Air Transport Command in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II and never fired a weapon in battle. Like many men who flew the Hump, he never saw on-the-ground combat, but he fought bravely by saving lives... -
Texas Ranger: Jack Hays in the Frontier Southwest by James K. Greer 9780890965726
RRP: $60.80$41.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890965726Author James K. GreerFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint Texas A & M University PressPublisher Texas A & M University PressWeight(grams) 660g -
Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900 by David A. Graff
RRP: $81.88$71.86Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare,... -
Democracy and Civil War in Spain 1931-1939 by Martin Blinkhorn
RRP: $77.68$68.31In the 1930s Spain underwent a period of intense and bloody upheaval that culminated in three years of civil war and the triumph of the Nationalist rebels under General Franco. Hundreds of thousands of Spanish - and non-Spanish - people died in their... -
Prostitution, Race and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire by Professor Philippa Levine 9780415944472
RRP: $88.18$78.02In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By... -
Africa Reimagined: Reclaiming Prosperity for the Continent by Hlumelo Biko
RRP: $42.00$28.01Under chapter headings such as 'Sources of Africa's cultural fragility', 'Thinking differently about African institutions', and 'Liberating human capital', Hlumelo Biko shows how, twenty years in, this century could yet become Africa's century, as many... -
Her Husband was a Woman!: Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture by Alison Oram
RRP: $79.78$70.10Tracking the changing representation of female gender-crossing in the press, this text breaks new ground to reveal findings where both desire between women and cross-gender identification are understood. Her Husband was a Woman! exposes real-life case... -
Voices of the Waffen SS by Gerry Villani 9780359496891
RRP: $39.06$34.57The Waffen SS were Hitler's elite forces during WWII. They were the forces that were feared by the enemy and praised by their allies. During the Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen SS was condemned as part of a criminal organization, however, the Nuremberg... -
First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells 9781906814687
RRP: $16.78$16.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906814687Author H. G. WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Classic Comic Store LtdPublisher Classic Comic Store LtdWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)... -
Black Tom by Terence Copley 9780826467058
RRP: $50.38$49.98Professor Terence CopleyAEs new biography of Thomas Arnold combines a study of his life with an examination of ArnoldAEs influence as an educator, a theologian and a churchman. Arnold was only a Victorian for five years (he died in 1842) but he has been... -
The Cold War 1949-2016 Martin McCauley (University of London, UK) 9781138999015
RRP: $83.98$74.78Covering the development of the Cold War from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, The Cold War 1949-2016 explores the struggle for world domination that took place between the United States and the Soviet Union following the Second World War... -
The Royalist War Effort: 1642-1646 by Ronald Hutton
RRP: $69.28$61.24In this reissue of the second edition of The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 Ronald Hutton places his vivid account of the Royalist War effort in modern historical context, bringing the reader up to date with recent developments in the study of the... -
Llanllwchaearn by Sue Passmore 9780244931575
RRP: $44.18$38.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244931575Author Sue PassmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 148g -
An Analysis of Natalie Zemon Davis's The Return of Martin Guerre Joseph Tendler 9781912127603
RRP: $13.65$13.04Few stories are more captivating than the one told by Natalie Zemon Davis in The Return of Martin Guerre. Basing her research on records of a bizarre court case that occurred in 16th-century France, she uses the tale of a missing soldier - whose... -
The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-51 Alan S. Milward 9780415084482
RRP: $92.38$81.56This paperback edition has now been reissued, alongside Alan Milward's new book The European Rescue of the Nation State.Reviews`Alan S. Milward is widely - and justly - regarded as one of the half-dozen leading economic historians of our time. To the... -
English University Life In The Middle Ages by Alan B. Cobban
RRP: $88.18$76.59This work presents a composite view of medieval English university life. The author offers detailed insights into the social and economic conditions of the lives of students, their teaching masters and fellows. The experiences of college benefactors,... -
Dubliners by James Joyce 9781619490239
RRP: $20.98$19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619490239Author James JoyceFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm -
Ancient African Kingdoms: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Mali Empire, and the Kingdom of Kush by Captivating History 9781647489472
RRP: $52.48$37.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489472Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)... -
Decolonization: Perspectives from Now and Then by Prasenjit Duara
RRP: $83.98$73.63Decolonization brings together the most cutting-edge thinking by major historians of decolonization, including previously unpublished essays and writings by leaders of decolonizing countries including Ho Chi-Minh and Jawaharlal Nehru.The chapters in this... -
Hitler and the Occult Ken Anderson 9780879759735
RRP: $63.00$53.00Journalist Ken Anderson analyzes claims made by historian Trevor Ravenscroft and others that the Holy Lance, which is said to have pierced the side of Jesus Christ, took center stage in Hitler's life and was the focal point of Hitler's ambitions to... -
Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory by Arthur Stanley Eddington 9781614274124
$37.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614274124Author Arthur Stanley EddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams)... -
From the Wings: Amman Memoirs 1947-1951 Alec Kirkbride 9781138974821
RRP: $92.38$81.35First Published in 1976. Sir Alec Kirkbride was born in Nottinghamshire in 1897, but grew up in Egypt. He was an army officer from 1916 to 1920 and then Deputy Resident in Transjodran from 1927 to 37. This book is a collection of his Amman Memoirs... -
Gladstone and Disraeli by Stephen J. Lee 9780415323574
RRP: $77.68$68.31Gladstone and Disraeli surveys and compares the careers of these two influential Prime Ministers. Stephen J. Lee examines how Gladstone and Disraeli emerged as leaders of the two leading parties and goes on to consider their time in power, analyzing many... -
Around Bude by Bude and District Old Cornwall Society 9780752411200
RRP: $27.28$20.73This volume will appeal to all those who know and love this beautiful part of north Cornwall.Book InformationISBN 9780752411200Author Bude, Stratton & District Old Cornwall SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The... -
Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism on the Rio Grande by Marc Simmons 9780803291164
RRP: $33.58$27.01A professional historian, author, editor, and translator, Marc Simmons has published numerous books and monographs on the Southwest as well as articles in more than twenty scholarly and popular journals.About the AuthorA professional historian, author,... -
The Last Dance: 1936: The Year Our Lives Changed Denys Blakeway 9780719523939
RRP: $20.98$14.70'The year has, indeed, begun in gloom. The King ill, and Kipling dead . . .' so wrote the diarist Chips Channon in 1936 as George V lay on his deathbed at Buckingham Palace. The passing of two such pillars of the establishment sent tremors through the... -
James VI and I: Collected Essays by Jenny Wormald by Jenny Wormald
RRP: $210.00$146.94The renowned historian Jenny Wormald was a ground-breaking expert on early modern Scottish history, especially Stewart kingship, noble power and wider society. She was most controversial in her book-length critique of Mary, Queen of Scots. Unfortunately,... -
Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation by Helga Nowotny 9781845451172
RRP: $58.70$47.42Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable... -
Cathedrals of Consumption: European Department Stores, 1850-1939 by Geoffrey Crossick
RRP: $69.28$61.24Originally published in 1999, Cathedrals of Consumption examines the history of the department store. After many decades in which it was almost exclusively historians of retailing and company biographers who were interested in the phenomenon, the... -
Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity by Marion Gibson 9780415628693
RRP: $92.38$80.72Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity explores how the mythical and mystical past informs national imaginations. Building on notions of invented tradition and myths of the nation, it looks at the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity, with... -
War in Shangri-La: A Memoir of Civil War in Laos by Mervyn Brown 9781860647352
$114.32Sanwiched between Us-supported Thailand and Communist North Vietnam, the tranquil Buddhist kingdom of Laos - the original Shangri-La - became the centre of a major Cold War crisis in the earlyt sixties, when Mervyn Brown served there as deputy to the... -
A Short History of the American Civil War by Paul Christopher Anderson
RRP: $31.48$29.99The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians and... -
The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World Paula S. Fass 9781138820616
RRP: $100.78$89.31The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood in the West from antiquity to the present day. By broadly incorporating the research in the field of Childhood... -
US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Alan P. Dobson 9780415386418
RRP: $77.68$68.31US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential introduction to postwar US foreign policy. It combines chronologic and thematic chapters to provide an historical account of US policy and to explore key questions about its design, control and effects. New... -
Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece by Judith M. Barringer 9780521646475
RRP: $62.98$53.87Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization by Sam Lebovic
RRP: $58.80$48.87An examination of how the postwar United States twisted its ideal of "the free flow of information" into a one-sided export of values and a tool with global consequences. When the dust settled after World War II, the United States stood as the world's...