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Glimpse of Old Shrewsbury by David Trumper 9780750935067
RRP: £12.99£9.87Features a collection of photographs, some of them from the earliest years of photography.About the AuthorDavid Trumper is a local historian and author with many books on Shrewsbury and Shropshire to his name, including Shrewsbury in Old Photographs (2... -
The Routledge History of Monarchy Elena Woodacre 9780367727574
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Routledge History of Monarchy draws together current research across the field of royal studies, providing a rich understanding of the history of monarchy from a variety of geographical, cultural and temporal contexts.Divided into four parts, this... -
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by Dipesh Chakrabarty
RRP: £83.00£79.43For the past decade, historian Dipesh Chakrabarty has been one of the most influential scholars addressing the meaning of climate change. Climate change, he argues, upends long-standing ideas of history, modernity, and globalization. The burden of The... -
The Trade Unions and the Labour Party Andrew Taylor 9781138325708
RRP: £22.99£20.16First published in 1987. This book considers the Trade Unions-Labour Party relationship. It traces developments over the 1970s and early 1980s, and analyses the debate between those who argue for the Unions to take a more prominent lead within the Party... -
Gothic Europe 1200-1450 by Derek Pearsall 9780582276383
RRP: £71.99£69.50This uniquely ambitious history offers an account of all aspects of cultural activity and production throughout the world of Latin Christendom 1200-1450. Beginning with a detailed description of the political and economic circumstances that allowed the... -
Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire by Peter N. Stearns
RRP: £36.99£32.53This second edition of Consumerism in World History draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as those in Africa.By relating consumerism to other issues... -
Journal of a Lady of Quality by Janet Schaw 9780803259539
RRP: £16.99£14.74Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already... -
Horace: Epodes, Odes, and Carmen Saeculare by Stephanie McCarter 9780806164878
£31.06One of the most admired poets of Roman antiquity, Horace (65-8 B.C.E.) had a major influence on later poets and writers. Even for those unfamiliar with his writings, the poet's admonitions to 'seize the day' or follow the 'golden mean' remain an eternal... -
Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy by Richard M. McMurry 9780803282780
RRP: £13.99£12.38The best compact history of the Atlanta campaign ever writtenAbout the AuthorRichard M. McMurry is the author of John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence (also available in a Bison Books edition) and Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in... -
Florence Maybrick and Jack the Ripper by Kieran James 9780244946463
RRP: £5.30£5.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244946463Author Kieran JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm -
A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Volume 2, Baroque, Rococo and Enlightenment Egon Friedell 9781412810241
RRP: £53.99£46.90This is the second volume of Friedell's monumental A Cultural History of the Modern Age. A key figure in the flowering of Viennese culture between the two world wars, this three volume work is considered his masterpiece. The centuries covered in this... -
In Defence of Songun by Dermot Hudson 9781326494636
RRP: £8.56£5.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781326494636Author Dermot HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com -
Medieval Liturgy: A Book of Essays by Lizette Larson-Miller
RRP: £31.99£28.33Originally published in 1997, Medieval Liturgy is a unique and interesting collection of nine essays that explores medieval liturgy from three distinct perspectives: historical, liturgical, and theological. The book includes contributions from eminent... -
Skepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction by Henrik Lagerlund
RRP: £37.99£33.64In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of... -
The Making of the Second World War by Anthony P. Adamthwaite
RRP: £41.99£36.75First published in 1979. In this text the Adamthwaite aims at leading students through the maze of documentation surrounding the Second World War. His book combines a critical assessment of recent research and writing with a painstaking selection of the... -
Michael Polanyi and His Generation: Origins of the Social Construction of Science by Mary Jo Nye 9780226103174
RRP: £28.00£27.79In Michael Polanyi and His Generation, Mary Jo Nye investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This turn involved seeing science as a socially based... -
South Petherwin Parish Past & Present No 1 by John Gillbard 9780957609648
RRP: £9.50£8.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957609648Author John GillbardFormat PaperbackImprint Gillbard PressPublisher Gillbard PressWeight(grams) 181g -
Paterculus: The Tiberian Narrative by Velleius Paterculus 9780521609357
RRP: £50.99£42.04This volume deals with the most controversial part of Velleius' work, regarded by the majority of modern scholars as a panegyrical biography of Tiberius and used as an excuse for dismissing the historical value of Velleius' whole work. In the... -
How Thor Lost His Thunder: The Changing Faces of an Old Norse God by Declan Taggart
RRP: £41.99£36.75How Thor Lost his Thunder is the first major English-language study of early medieval evidence for the Old Norse god, Thor. In this book, the most common modern representations of Thor are examined, such as images of him wreathed in lightning, and... -
Peerage Creations: Chronological Lists of Creations in the Peerages of England and Great Britain 1649 - 1800 and of Ireland 1603 - 1898 J. C. Sainty (Former Commissioner at the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts) 9781405180436
RRP: £20.75£18.32This volume contains chronological lists of creation in the peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898 providing details of the grantees and the peerages conferred, indicating any special features and including full details... -
Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning by Anthony Faulkes 9780903521642
RRP: £12.00£10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903521642Author Snorri SturlusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Viking Society for Northern ResearchPublisher Viking Society for Northern... -
Reformation of the Senses: The Paradox of Religious Belief and Practice in Germany by Jacob M. Baum
RRP: £27.99£24.14We see the Protestant Reformation as the dawn of an austere, intellectual Christianity that uprooted a ritualized religion steeped in stimulating the senses--and by extension the faith--of its flock. Historians continue to use the idea as a potent... -
Cyfres Cip ar Gymru/Wonder Wales: Portmeirion by Robin Llywelyn 9781843235279 [USED COPY]
RRP: £3.99£2.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843235279Author Robin LlywelynFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press -
The Decolonization Of Africa David Birmingham 9781857285406
RRP: £37.99£33.12This bold, popularizing synthesis presents a readily accessible introduction to one of the major themes of the twentieth-century world history. Between 1922, when self-government was restored to Egypt, and 1994, when non-racial democracy was achieved in... -
Sublime Historical Experience by F. R. Ankersmit
RRP: £24.99£21.97Why are we interested in history at all? Why do we feel the need to distinguish between past and present? In this book, the author argues that the past originates from an experience of rupture separating past and present. Think of the radical rupture... -
City of Westminster by Brian Girling 9780752431918
RRP: £12.99£9.87This stunning collection of old photographs of one of Britain's best known areas will fascinate all who embark on this short tour into the Edwardian period of London's City of Westminster. Using over 200 images City of Westminster leads the reader around... -
Charles V: The World Emperor by Harald Kleinschmidt 9780750924047 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65In his biography of Charles V Harald Kleidschmidt paints a vivid portrait of one of the most intriguing of the great European monarchs.About the AuthorHarald Kleinschmidt is a German-born scholar presently teaching at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. ... -
The Technique of the Mystery Story by Phillip J. Morledge 9780955976544
RRP: £9.98£9.00The ideal guide for the new mystery writer, or for all lovers of the genre. Includes indepth analysis of writers of the calibre of Conan Doyle, Poe and Rinehart.Book InformationISBN 9780955976544Author Phillip J. MorledgeFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
John Maynard Keynes by Vincent Barnett 9780415567701
£41.68John Maynard Keynes is arguably the most important and influential economist of the twentieth century, and stands alongside Adam Smith and Karl Marx as one of the most famous economic thinkers of all time. Keynes's radical reassessment of the accepted... -
Worktowners at Blackpool: Mass-Observation and Popular Leisure in the 1930s Gary Cross 9780415755375
RRP: £43.99£38.44Gary Cross publishes the findings of this largely forgotten study by the Mass-Observers who followed the annual pilgrimage of labourers to Blackpool, hoping to discover what attracted workers to this centre of Victorian culture.Reviews` ... helps to... -
Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II by Kenneth Rose
RRP: £37.99£33.38Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Including analysis of news reports, memoirs, novels, films and other cultural... -
History, Historians and Development Policy: A Necessary Dialogue by C. A. Bayly 9780719085772
RRP: £19.99£14.52If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and... -
The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca by Rolena Adorno
RRP: £15.99£14.24This highly readable translation fires the imagination and illuminates the enduring appeal of Cabeza de Vaca's experience for a modern audience. This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles... -
The Coming of the Fairies by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781770833258
RRP: £16.24£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770833258Author Sir Arthur Conan DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Theophania PublishingPublisher Theophania PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Never If Not Now: A Midsummer Knights Romance by Madeline Hunter 9780997080216
RRP: £6.99£5.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997080216Author Madeline HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Barrowburgh PublishingPublisher Barrowburgh PublishingWeight(grams)... -
1 British Airborne Division Phantom by ASHER PIRT 9781470913212
RRP: £19.98£14.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470913212Author ASHER PIRTFormat PaperbackPage Count 71Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu Press Inc -
Christianity and Anti-Christianity in Their Final Conflict by Samuel James Andrews 9780359010219
RRP: £11.26£10.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359010219Author Samuel James AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 272g -
Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome by M. J. T. Lewis 9780521110655
RRP: £44.99£38.54The Greeks and, especially, the Romans are famous for the heroic engineering of their aqueducts, tunnels and roads. They also measured the circumference of the earth and the heights of mountains with fair precision. This book presents new translations... -
Irish Political Prisoners 1960-2000: Braiding Rage and Sorrow by Sean McConville
RRP: £43.99£38.44This is a comprehensive, detailed and humane account of the thousands who came into custody during the years of the Northern Ireland conflict and how they lived out the months, years and decades in Irish and English maximum security prisons.Erupting in... -
The Dissolution of the Monasteries Joyce Youings 9781032038506
RRP: £28.99£25.09Originally published in 1971 this book begins with the assumption that the Dissolution of the Monasteries was neither an integral nor an essential part of the English reformation. This book pursues the story chronologically and thus helps students...