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The most influential account of the career of Alexander the Great was penned by Cleitarchus the son of Deinon, a Greek writing in Alexandria in the decades after Alexander's death. Most of the surviving ancient texts on Alexander were more or less based...

Everyone agrees that Sigmund Freud has had a profound impact on Western society and intellectual life. But even today few people know much about his life and work beyond the legends that Freud and his adherents created, fostered, and repeated. The result...

This book looks at the transition of wooden sailing fleets to the modern steel navy. It details the technological breakthroughs that brought about this change - steampower, armour, artillery and torpedoes, and looks at their affect on naval strategy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899073825Author Mike WrefordFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Obelisk PublicationsPublisher Obelisk Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999636050Author Elliott L. WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint New Spur PublishingPublisher New Spur Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610101660Author Michael RotoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Great Christian BooksPublisher Great Christian BooksWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm)...

Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788172344481Author Tarun ChopraFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Prakash BooksPublisher Prakash BooksDimensions(mm) 200mm * 140mm * 40mm

The 2012 smash "Gangnam Style" by the Seoul-based rapper Psy capped the triumph of Hallyu , the Korean Wave of music, film, and other cultural forms that have become a worldwide sensation. Dal Yong Jin analyzes the social and technological trends that...

The World and a Very Small Place in Africa is a fascinating look at how contacts with the wider world have affected how people have lived in Niumi, a small and little-known region at the mouth of West Africa's Gambia River, for over a thousand years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385500807Author Jonathan WrightFormat PaperbackImprint Image BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams) 468g

The Biographical Turn showcases the latest research through which the field of biography is being explored. Fifteen leading scholars in the field present the biographical perspective as a scholarly research methodology, investigating the consequences of...

From church establishment figure to revolutionary, supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte to promoter of the Bourbon Restoration, the twists and turns of Charles Maurice Prince de Talleyrand's remarkable career through one of the most turbulent periods of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787358645Author Melissa TerrasFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 890g

First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions between the poor and the class-conscious proletariat. Taking...

Henry V of England, the princely hero of Shakespeare's play, who successfully defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt and came close to becoming crowned King of France, is one of the best known and most compelling monarchs in English history. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359857227Author Midnight Writer News PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Byzantium's Balkan Frontier is the first narrative history in English of the northern Balkans in the tenth to twelfth centuries. Where previous histories have been concerned principally with the medieval history of distinct and autonomous Balkan nations,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988250543Author Matt KuhnsFormat PaperbackImprint Lyon Hall PressPublisher Lyon Hall PressWeight(grams) 417g

For much of the twentieth century, Ireland has been synonymous with conflict, the painful struggle for its national soul part of the regular fabric of life. And because the Irish have emigrated to all parts of the world-while always remaining...

During the Second World War aeronautical technology gathered rapid pace. By 1945, bombers had not only greatly increased in engine power and range, but the bombs which they carried rose from 250lbs to 10 tons; the navigator's pencil and rubber of 1939...

During the Second World War aeronautical technology gathered rapid pace. By 1945, bombers had not only greatly increased in engine power and range, but the bombs which they carried rose from 250lbs to 10 tons; the navigator's pencil and rubber of 1939...

Lisburn town and environs contain a treasure trove of local history. This book explores a wide range of topics as we visit the Maze, Kilwarlin, Lissue, Hillsborough, Glenavy, Lambeg, Hilden and Ballyskeagh. Subjects that attract attention include...

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of the British bicycle industry from the perspective of business and economic history. Focusing on themes such as entrepreneurship, personal capitalism, and organisational, technological and...

Defenders of the Union is a concise and readable overview of the history and contentious politics of Unionism and the affect it has had on Anglo-Irish relations over the last two hundred years. It is an essential guide to this confusing topic and covers...

A survey of the historical and international aspects of colonial rule in Africa.About the AuthorLord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard (Author)Book InformationISBN 9780415760706Author Lord Frederick J.D. LugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 670Imprint...

This volume brings together for the first time a collection of twelve articles written both jointly and individually by Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell as they have participated in the debates generated by their major work, The Corrupting Sea: A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915432Author John Sharrock TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624089865Author David SmutsFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint TafelbergPublisher TafelbergWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm

This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience. Hunter-gatherers have been the focus of intense anthropological...

Patrick Wormald was a brilliant interpreter of the Early Middle Ages, whose teaching, writings and generous friendship inspired a generation of historians and students of politics, law, language, literature and religion to focus their attention upon the...

A critical analysis of Centuries of Childhood, in which the French historian Philippe Aries offers a fundamentally fresh interpretation of what childhood is and what the institution means for society at large. Aries's core idea is that 'childhood,' as we...

The story of the gypsies including their journeys from the east to their arrival in the UK.Tells of their lives,customs.The slavery and the prejudices they encountered and their life in the New Forest region of southern England. With tales and poetry...

Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred.Reviews`In all, this is another entertaining and informative book from Gorgon Mingay. His skill as narrator gives...

Discipline in an ecclesiastical context can be defined as the power of a church to maintain order among its members on issues of morals or doctrine. This book presents a scholarly engagement with the way in which legal discipline has evolved within the...

A journey into the history of the Pettican family in Essex and beyond through the ages, the places they lived, occupations they carried out, military careers and background to places and events witnessed by the family members.Book InformationISBN...

North Korea is the country with the highest number of military and paramilitary personnel in the world (nine and a half million). International organisations have declared that human rights violations there have no parallel in the modern world. It is...

Covers the use and design of the armored fighting vehicle series Panzer Tiger I and Tiger II.Book InformationISBN 9780887406799Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Women, Work and Family is a classic of women's history and is still the only text on the history of women's work in England and France, providing an excellent introduction to the changing status of women from 1750 to the present.Book InformationISBN...