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Recollections of John Pounds: With Additional Contemporary Newspaper Extracts by Henry Hawkes 9780957241398
£10.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957241398Author Henry HawkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Life is AmazingPublisher Life is Amazing -
Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages by Jo Stanley 9780044408925
RRP: £14.99£14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780044408925Author Jo StanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Rivers Oram Press/Pandora ListPublisher Rivers Oram Press -
The Volunteer Force: A Social and Political History 1859-1908 by Hugh Cunningham
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1975, The Volunteer Force is a study of the part-time military force which came into being to meet the mid-nineteenth century fear of French invasion. It survived and grew for fifty years until in 1908 it was renamed and... -
Britain's Best Kept Secret: Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park by Ted Enever 9780750923552 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£1.98In 1938 the British Government's Code and Cypher School moved to Bletchley Park and laid the foundation for Britain's best kept secret: an organisation that would be instrumental to shortening the war and turning it in the Allies' favour. From this quiet... -
The Second World War in Europe: Second Edition S.P. Mackenzie 9781405846998
RRP: £36.99£35.47This is an updated edition of the first truly concise introduction to the history of World War II in the West. The author, S. P. MacKenzie traces the major events on both fighting front and home front, explaining what happened and, just as importantly,... -
Anatomical Dissection in Enlightenment England and Beyond: Autopsy, Pathology and Display Piers Mitchell 9781138246454
RRP: £49.99£43.84Excavations of medical school and workhouse cemeteries undertaken in Britain in the last decade have unearthed fascinating new evidence for the way that bodies were dissected or autopsied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book brings... -
Irenaeus of Lyons by Robert M. Grant 9780415118385
RRP: £37.99£33.38During the second century the Christian world was shaken by the Gnostics. Irenaeus came from Asia Minor via Rome to become bishop of Lyons, clarify Christian doctrines and fight the Gnostics with a major, five-volume work. He was a living part of his... -
The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life Roy Rosenzweig (C/o Deborah Kaplan) 9780231111492
RRP: £28.00£24.96Some people make photo albums, collect antiques, or visit historic battlefields. Others keep diaries, plan annual family gatherings, or stitch together patchwork quilts in a tradition learned from grandparents. Each of us has ways of communing with the... -
The Myths and Realities of the Viking Berserkr Roderick Dale 9781032164205
RRP: £39.99£35.33The viking berserkr is an iconic warrior normally associated with violent fits of temper and the notorious berserksgangr or berserker frenzy. This book challenges the orthodox view that these men went 'berserk' in the modern English sense of the word. It... -
The War for American Independence: From 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781 by Samuel B. Griffith
RRP: £19.99£18.54Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and personal accounts of colonial soldiers, The War for American Independence provides an unprecedented view of America's struggle for independence in its world context. With wit,... -
History of the Main Mail Routes from London Until 1850 by George Ayres 9780244632816
RRP: £19.04£17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244632816Author George AyresFormat PaperbackImprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 630g -
The Politics of Provisions: Food Riots, Moral Economy, and Market Transition in England, c. 1550-1850 John Bohstedt 9781138257696
RRP: £49.99£43.84The elemental power of food politics has not been fully appraised. Food marketing and consumption were matters of politics as much as economics as England became a market society. In times of dearth, concatenations of food riots, repression, and relief... -
Hindu Rites And Rituals: Origins And Meanings by K.V. Singh 9780143425106
RRP: £19.95£12.76Why is the tulsi considered sacred? What is the significance of namaste? Why do Hindus light a lamp before performing a ritual? Why is it forbidden to sleep facing the south? Why do Hindus chant 'shanti' three times after performing a rite? Millions of... -
Genius of Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Making of the Republic by Dial Parrott
£30.99An ideal volume for lovers of Venice and architecture aficionados, combining in-depth history of this singular city with more than 100 color photographs and maps. Of Venice's many majestic spaces, none is as evocative and significant as the Piazza San... -
Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon Steven Matthews 9781138357709
RRP: £29.99£26.84This study re-evaluates the religious beliefs of Francis Bacon and the role which his theology played in the development of his program for the reform of learning and the natural sciences, the Great Instauration. Bacon's Instauration writings are... -
Waverley by Sir Walter Scott 9781906230425
RRP: £7.99£5.70Life with his regiment in Scotland is dull until he visits his uncle's friends in the Highlands, where he meets Fergus McIvor and his sister Flora. Attracted by the wild freedom and romance of the Scottish clans, Edward finds himself in a difficult and... -
The Perfect Way Or, the Finding of Christ by Anna B Kingsford 9781602063211
RRP: £22.99£22.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602063211Author Anna B KingsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Kendal by Arthur R. Nicholls 9780752440620
RRP: £12.99£9.87A collection of images providing an insight into the changing history of Kendal.About the AuthorArthur Nicholls is a prolific local historian and author of such works as Kendal: A History and Celebration and Discover Kendal.Book InformationISBN... -
The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era by Peniel E. Joseph
RRP: £45.99£40.53The Black Power Movement remains an enigma. Often misunderstood and ill-defined, this radical movement is now beginning to receive sustained and serious scholarly attention.Peniel Joseph has collected the freshest and most impressive list of contributors... -
The New World Disorder: Workers' Liberty 2/3 by Martin Thomas 9780953186440
£5.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953186440Author Martin ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Workers LibertyPublisher Phoenix PressWeight(grams) 205g -
Salisbury Plain by Peter Daniels 9780752410289
RRP: £12.99£9.87Since 1897 the rolling chalk downland of Salisbury Plain has been dominated by the affairs of the army, whose presence has deterred the inquiring eyes of casual observers. Stonehenge and the numerous archaeological remains that can be found on the Plain,... -
An Analysis of Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France Riley Quinn 9781912127931
RRP: £6.50£6.21Edmund Burke's 1791 Reflections on the Revolution in France is a strong example of how the thinking skills of analysis and reasoning can support even the most rhetorical of arguments. Often cited as the foundational work of modern conservative political... -
With Words and Knives: Learning Medical Dispassion in Early Modern England Lynda Payne 9781138257177
RRP: £49.99£43.84The practice of medicine in the days before the development of anaesthetics could often be a brutal and painful experience. Many procedures, especially those involving surgery, must have proved almost as distressing to the doctor as to the patient. Yet... -
Nazi Germany and The Humanities: How German Academics Embraced Nazism by Anson Rabinbach 9781780744346
£26.42In 1933, Jews and, to a lesser extent, political opponents of the Nazis, suffered an unprecedented loss of positions and livelihood at Germany's universities. With few exceptions, the academic elite welcomed and justified the acts of the Nazi regime,... -
The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-41 by Lara Douds
RRP: £27.99£24.27How did a regime that promised utopian-style freedom end up delivering terror and tyranny? For some, the Bolsheviks were totalitarian and the descent was inevitable; for others, Stalin was responsible; for others still, this period in Russian history was... -
Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite by Robert D. Kaplan 9780028740232
£14.52A tight-knit group closely linked by intermarriage as well as class and old school ties, the "Arabists" were men and women who spent much of their lives living and working in the Arab world as diplomats, military attaches, intelligence agents,... -
Unit 731 Cover-up: The Operation Paperclip of the East by Merja Pyykkonen 9781947766358
RRP: £13.00£10.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947766358Author Merja PyykkonenFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Pacific Atrocities EducationPublisher Pacific Atrocities EducationWeight(grams)... -
when Will met Harry by Stewart Trotter 9781915166296
£5.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915166296Author Stewart TrotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Titchfield History SocietyPublisher Titchfield History Society -
Martin Luther King Jr. by John A. Kirk 9780582414310
RRP: £43.99£42.26Combining the latest insights from KIng biographies and movement histories, this book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the relationship between King and the wider civil rights movement. Delivering a fresh perspective on the relationship... -
Quantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science by Gregory Wawro
RRP: £30.00£23.66How to study the past using dataQuantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science advances historical research in the social sciences by bridging the divide between qualitative and quantitative analysis. Gregory Wawro and Ira Katznelson argue for an... -
John Wheatley, Catholic Socialism, and Irish Labour in the West of Scotland, 1906-1924 Gerry C. Gunnin 9781138336940
RRP: £33.99£30.24First published in 1987. This examination of the career of John Wheatley indicates the way in which one Irishman - reared among Liberal and Radical coal miners and taught by Roman Catholic priests and nationalist leaders to regard obedience to the... -
Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition in the British Caribbean by Christer Petley
RRP: £43.99£38.44Material things mattered immensely to those who engaged in daily struggles over the character and future of slavery and to those who subsequently contested the meanings of freedom in the post-emancipation Caribbean. Throughout the history of slavery,... -
British Prime Ministers From Balfour to Brown by Robert Pearce
RRP: £36.99£32.53The origins of the post of Prime Minister can be traced back to the eighteenth century when Sir Robert Walpole became the monarch's principal minister. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early years of the twenty-first, however, both the power... -
Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times by Jerry H. Bentley 9780195076400
£36.45This innovative book examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492, focusing in particular on the major cross-cultural influences that transformed Asia and Europe during this period: the ancient silk roads that linked China with the Roman Empire, the... -
The Chronicle of Arnold of Lübeck by Graham Loud
RRP: £39.99£35.46The chronicle of Arnold, Abbot of the monastery of St John of Lubeck, is one of the most important sources for the history of Germany in the central Middle Ages, and is also probably the major source for German involvement in the Crusades. The work was... -
48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night Of Destruction/Dawn Of The Holocaust by Mitchell Bard 9781599214450
RRP: £25.00£19.27On the nights of November 9 and 10, 1938, rampaging mobs throughout Germany and the newly acquired territories of Austria and Sudetenland freely attacked Jews in the street, in their homes and at their places of work and worship. At least 96 Jews were... -
Tudhoe Grange & Low Spennymoor 1915: County Durham Sheet 35.05 by Anthea Lang 9781787215511
£4.39Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Post-Victorian Britain 1902-1951 by Lewis Charles Bernard Seaman
RRP: £37.99£33.78This comprehensive survey of English history during the first half of the twentieth century has three main themes: the political and social consequences of the replacement of the Liberal Party by the Labour Party; the continuous development of the... -
The Gesta Tancredi of Ralph of Caen: A History of the Normans on the First Crusade Bernard S Bachrach 9781409400325
RRP: £37.99£33.12This is the first translation into English of Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi. This text provides an exceptionally important narrative of the First Crusade and its immediate aftermath, covering the period 1096-1105, but is often neglected, due in no small... -
The Devon Almanac by Todd Gray 9781903356012
£14.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903356012Author Todd GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Mint PressPublisher Mint Press