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"The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, and Other Essays by Auberon Herbert 9780913966419
RRP: $37.70$32.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913966419Author Auberon HerbertFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 835g -
The British Army Regular Mounted Infantry 1880-1913 Andrew Winrow 9781138330047
$84.86The regular Mounted Infantry was one of the most important innovations of the late Victorian and Edwardian British Army. Rather than fight on horseback in the traditional manner of cavalry, they used horses primarily to move swiftly about the... -
The Theory of Business Enterprise by Thorstein Veblen 9781614274582
RRP: $28.06$27.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614274582Author Thorstein VeblenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 336g -
A History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800 by Mary O'Dowd 9780582404298
RRP: $100.78$97.40The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original research into women's lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of... -
A Short Survey of Surrealism David Gascoyne 9780714622620
RRP: $283.50$246.29Gascoyne's membership of the Surrealist movement and his association with its leading members - among them Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali - placed him in an ideal position to witness and record the development and significance of... -
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Russell Fraser 9781412805834
RRP: $92.38$82.19In this volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life, from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution... -
Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II by Albert L. Weeks 9780739145630
RRP: $94.50$82.28'The United States is a country of machines. Without the use of these machines through Lend-Lease, we would lose this war.' -Josef Stalin (1943), quoted in W. Averell Harriman and Elie Abel, Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946, Random House,... -
Handwritten Newspapers: An Alternative Medium during the Early Modern and Modern Periods by Kirsti Salmi-Niklander 9789518581560
RRP: $94.50$71.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789518581560Author Kirsti Salmi-NiklanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden SeuraPublisher Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden... -
Paine Thomas Paine in Lewes 1768 - 1774: A Prelude to American Independence: Second Edition by Paul Myles 9781999326326
RRP: $42.00$40.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999326326Author Paul MylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint The Thomas Paine Society UKPublisher The Thomas Paine Society UKWeight(grams)... -
Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers by Paul M Somers 9780738532080
RRP: $46.18$33.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738532080Author Paul M. SomersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm... -
The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others by Mya Guarnieri Jaradat 9780745336442
RRP: $35.68$24.59*Shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Literary Prize, 2018* Drawing on a decade of courageous and pioneering reporting, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings us an unprecedented and compelling look at the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel, who... -
Cultural Encounters: European Travel Writing in the 1930s Charles Burdett 9781571815019
RRP: $58.70$47.42The 1930s were one of the most important decades in defining the history of the 20th century. It saw the rise of right-wing nationalism, the challenge to established democracies and the full force of imperialist aggression. Cultural Encounters makes an... -
The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Modern Europe by David Vincent 9780745614458
$39.98This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of... -
Bergbuchlein, The Little Book on Ores: The First Mining Book Ever Printed by Mary Ross 9780956832238
RRP: $17.79$16.23"BERGBUCHLEIN, The Little Book On Ores" is an English translation of the first mining text printed, published between 1505 and 1518 in Germany. This historic text with its original woodcut illustrations and references to alchemy and astrology... -
Collected Papers by C. M. Dale 9780521134682
RRP: $65.08$49.98Miss Dale was one of the most distinguished classical scholars of her generation. her published papers - of the greatest interest and importance - are widely dispersed through a number of journals, some not easily accessible. She left a number of papers... -
Handbook Of Palmistry by Rosa Baughan
RRP: $27.28$18.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655286Author Rosa BaughanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd -
The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life Miriam Muller (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781032048505
RRP: $92.38$81.35The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life brings together the latest research on peasantry in medieval Europe.The aim is to place peasants - as small-scale agricultural producers - firmly at the centre of this volume, as people with agency, immense... -
Lugard and the Abeokuta Uprising: The Demise of Egba Independence Harry A. Gailey 9781138980112
RRP: $92.38$81.35First published in 1982. This book, makes sense of Lugard's administration in Egbaland, by to devoting space to the history, religion, and political structure created by the African peoples of western Nigeria. Only by looking at the Egba traditional... -
Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece by Corinne Ondine Pache
RRP: $73.50$65.39In addition to their famous gods and goddesses, the ancient Greeks also worshiped deceased human beings, including child and baby heroes. Although these heroes played an essential role in Greek religion, Corinne Ondine Pache's Baby and Child Heroes in... -
In Dorset Skies: Images of Aviation by Colin Cruddas 9780752417349
RRP: $27.28$20.73Dorset, a county of outstanding natural beauty, can rightly lay claim to another exceptional feature - its aeronautical heritage. Some purists would say that such a claim owes much to the county boundary changes that, in 1974, brought significant parts... -
The Chanson des Chetifs and Chanson de Jerusalem: Completing the Central Trilogy of the Old French Crusade Cycle Carol Sweetenham 9781138307247
RRP: $83.98$74.19The First Crusade was arguably one of the most significant events of the Middle Ages. It was the only event to generate its own epic cycle, the Old French Crusade Cycle. The central trilogy at the heart of the Cycle describes the Crusade from its... -
The Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch by Charles Kelly 9780803277786
RRP: $41.98$33.08The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered desert and mountain... -
Slave Populations of the British Caribbean 1807-1834 by B.W. Higman 9789766400101
RRP: $102.80$96.29This book is a reprint of work that originally appeared in 1984. It gives excellent and thorough treatment of major demographic aspects of British Caribbean slavery from abolition of slave trade to slave emancipation. Draws heavily on extensive date... -
Madness: A History by Petteri Pietikainen 9780415713184
RRP: $92.38$80.72Madness: A History is a thorough and accessible account of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western civilization. The book opens by considering perceptions and... -
The Poetry Of Robert Burns by Robert Burns 9781780005423
RRP: $15.20$12.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780005423Author Robert BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Portable PoetryPublisher Portable PoetryWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America by Nancy E. Davis 9780190645236
RRP: $56.68$48.72In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a prized guest and advertisement for a merchant firm--a promotional curiosity used to peddle exotic wares from the East. Over... -
The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship by J. S. Morrison 9780521564199
RRP: $207.90$164.79Shortly before the launch of the reconstructed Greek warship, Olympias, the first edition of The Athenian Trireme was published, providing historical and technical background to the reconstruction of the ship. Since then, five seasons of experimental... -
Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939 by Paul Preston
RRP: $79.78$70.10This collection of essays constitutes a magnificent monument to recent scholarship on the Second Republic and the Civil War. It is indispensable for a full understanding of the period.' - Raymond Carr Reviews'This collection of essays constitutes a... -
The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume II by Pamela Crossley 9781337401494
$156.60Featuring a beautiful new design, THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES, 7th Edition, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people... -
Disappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American Photography Gretchen Garner 9780801871672
RRP: $84.00$71.67American photographers documented and defined the twentieth century in a remarkable array of images, the style and content of which evolved dramatically over the course of the century. In Disappearing Witness, photographer and art historian Gretchen... -
Museums in the Second World War: Curators, Culture and Change Catherine Pearson 9781472479686
RRP: $283.50$247.13Exploring the role of museums, galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War, this book challenges the accepted view of a hiatus in museum services during the conflict and its immediate aftermath. Instead it argues that new thinking... -
Roman Tales: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Microhistory by Thomas V. Cohen
RRP: $83.98$74.19Roman Tales: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Microhistory explores both the social and cultural life of Renaissance Rome and the mind-set and methods of microhistory.This book draws the reader deep into eight stories: a Christian-Jewish picnic plus an... -
Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts by Vaughan Hart 9780415090315
RRP: $283.50$247.13Spanning from the inauguration of James I in 1603 to the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Stuart court saw the emergence of a full expression of Renaissance culture in Britain. Hart examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art and how in its... -
Shanghai Policeman: With a New Foreword by Robert Bickers by E W Peters 9789888769360
RRP: $31.48$28.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888769360Author E W PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Earnshaw Books LtdPublisher Earnshaw Books LtdWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
English Gentlemen and World Soccer: Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game Chris Bolsmann 9780367180973
RRP: $79.78$70.10The significance of the Corinthians Football Club, founded in 1882, has been widely acknowledged by historians of football and by sports historians generally. As a 'super club' comprising the best amateur talent available they were an important formative... -
Avro Aircraft: The Archive Photographs Series by Harry Holmes
RRP: $27.28$20.73The story of A V Roe and Company Ltd (Avro) begins in the very earliest years of aviation, only three years after man's first powered flight. Alliot Verdon Roe was one of Britain's pioneer aviators and in 1910 he founded the company that bears his name... -
Immigration in American History by Kristen L. Anderson
RRP: $75.58$66.55Immigration in American History is a concise examination of the experiences of immigrants from the founding of the British colonies through the present day.The most recent scholarship on immigration is integrated into an accessible narrative that... -
Natter and Other German Rocket Jet Projects by Editors
RRP: $20.98$13.88This book offers a unique view of the Natter and other German rocket jet projects.Book InformationISBN 9780887406829Author Joaquim DresselFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 272g -
The Newmarch Quest by Wendy L Campbell 9780992448400
RRP: $100.80$77.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992448400Author Wendy L CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Wendy/CampbellPublisher Wendy/CampbellWeight(grams) 308g -
Emotional Bodies: The Historical Performativity of Emotions by Dolores Martin-Moruno
RRP: $52.48$45.51What do emotions actually do? Recent work in the history of emotions and its intersections with cultural studies and new materialism has produced groundbreaking revelations around this fundamental question. In Emotional Bodies, contributors pick up these...