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A History of England, Julius Caesar to Queen Victoria by H O Arnold-Forster 9780359438839
RRP: $87.05$76.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359438839Author H O Arnold-ForsterFormat HardbackPage Count 708Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 1107g -
Modern France: Society in Transition by Malcolm Cook 9780415154321
RRP: $54.58$47.52Modern France is an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the nature of French society at the end of the twentieth century. The book examines the transition of France and French life as the nation moves from an industrial to a post-industrial... -
Scottish History: The West Lothian Connection by Silence Chihuri
$13.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913663636Author Silence ChihuriFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Biddles BooksPublisher Biddles Books -
The Press and Society: From Caxton to Northcliffe by Geoffrey Alan Cranfield
RRP: $100.78$97.40First published in 1978.This book surveys the history of the Press as a whole in relation to the development of society - beginning with the introduction of the art of printing into England in 1476.Book InformationISBN 9780582489844Author Geoffrey Alan... -
The Edinburgh Goldsmiths I: Training, Marks, Output and Demographics by Janice M. Dietert 9780615144566
RRP: $47.25$41.37Guide to the Edinburgh goldsmiths and apprentices. This volume includes details of their maker's marks, training, output, and demographics. The book is a must for those interested in British silver. It is also important for other silver collectors and... -
The Nature of History Reader by Keith Jenkins 9780415240543
RRP: $79.78$70.94In this timely collection, key pieces of writing by leading historians are reproduced and evaluated, with an explanation and critique of their character and assumptions, and how they reflect upon the nature of the history project. The authors respond to... -
The New Global History by Bruce Mazlish
RRP: $79.78$70.10From a distinguished author in the field, The New Global History is a critical inquiry into the historical process of globalization, which is seen as a distinctly twentieth century phenomenon with its roots in the age of expansion of the early modern... -
Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century by Giles Constable 9780367740177
RRP: $83.98$73.63Crusading in the twelfth century was less a series of discrete events than a manifestation of an endemic phenomenon that touched almost every aspect of life at that time. The defense of Christendom and the recovery of the Holy Land were widely-shared... -
Globe Vs. Flat Earth Debate by Zen Garcia 9780359165759
RRP: $33.03$29.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359165759Author Zen GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 236g -
Eastern Trade and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages: Pegolotti's Ayas-Tabriz Itinerary and its Commercial Context Thomas Sinclair 9781032083407
RRP: $83.98$74.19At the end of the High Middle Ages in Europe, with buying power and economic sophistication at a high, an itinerary detailing the toll stations along a commercial artery carrying eastern goods (from China, India and Iran) towards Europe was compiled, and... -
Slave Law in the Americas by Alan Watson 9780820341170
$53.47In this book, Alan Watson argues that the slave laws of North and South America-the written codes defining the relationship of masters to slaves-reflect not so much the culture and society of the various colonies but the legal traditions of England,... -
Energy In World History by Vaclav Smil
RRP: $88.18$77.78This book offers a comprehensive look at the role of energy in world history, ranging from human muscle-power in foraging societies and animal-power in traditional farming to preindustrial hydraulic techniques and modern fossil-fueled civilization.About... -
Ancient Crosses of The Three Choirs Counties by Marion Freeman 9780752452883
RRP: $27.28$17.98Crosses are a quintessential part of the English countryside. Whether standing proud in the village market place or hidden beneath ivy in a forgotten corner of the churchyard, each has its own story to tell. Many of these crosses have ancient origins,... -
Civil War Navies, 1855-1883 Paul Silverstone 9781138991354
RRP: $96.58$84.27Civil War Navies 1855-1883 is the second in the five-volume US Navy Warships encyclopedia set. This valuable reference lists the ships of the U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy during the Civil War and the years immediately following - a significant period... -
Innovation and Creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities Karel Davids 9780367879419
RRP: $83.98$73.63Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and hotbeds of new material culture. Cities in renaissance Italy and in seventeenth and eighteenth-century northwestern Europe are the most obvious cases in point... -
Star Chamber Stories by G. R. Elton
RRP: $60.88$52.69These stories from the Star Chamber papers, first published in 1958, reveal the real, and sometimes comic, side of the functioning of the Star Chamber. They are valuable both for the 'real life' detail they bring to a historical concept, and for the... -
The African Prester John and the Birth of Ethiopian-European Relations, 1402-1555 Matteo Salvadore 9780367204518
RRP: $83.98$73.63From the 14th century onward, political and religious motives led Ethiopian travelers to Mediterranean Europe. For two centuries, their ancient Christian heritage and the myth of a fabled eastern king named Prester John allowed the Ethiopians to engage... -
Saint Francis of Assisi Jacques Le Goff 9781032534015
RRP: $35.68$32.47Known for speaking with the birds, for professing poverty, receiving the stigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi is one of the most radical and inspiring figures in Christianity.In this outstanding and celebrated biography,... -
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863 - 1877 by Jason Xidias
RRP: $13.65$13.04'Reconstruction' is the name given to the period that, beginning shortly before the end of the American Civil War and running until 1877, saw the frustration of federal government's attempts to integrate the newly freed slaves into the American political... -
Orwell's Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest by Senior Fellow Peter Huber 9781501127700
RRP: $50.38$33.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501127700Author Senior Fellow Peter HuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
The Global 1920s: Politics, economics and society Richard Carr 9781138774797
RRP: $79.78$70.10The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, The Global 1920s takes an international and cross-cultural perspective on the critical... -
The Ming World Kenneth M Swope 9781032090207
RRP: $92.38$89.44The Ming World draws together scholars from all over the world to bring China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1662) to life, exploring recent scholarly trends and academic debates that highlight the dynamism of the Ming and its key place in the early modern world... -
Witchcraft and Hysteria in Elizabethan London: Edward Jorden and the Mary Glover Case Michael MacDonald 9780415861922
RRP: $92.38$80.72Witchcraft was at its height in Elizabethan London. Edward Jorden showed that hysteria and not demons lay behind the witch-craze. Edward Jorden's Briefe Discourse of a Disease Called the Suffocation of the Mother (1603) is said to have reclaimed the... -
Japan in Australia: Culture, Context and Connection David Chapman 9781032083636
RRP: $83.98$74.19Japan in Australia is a work of cultural history that focuses on context and connection between two nations. It examines how Japan has been imagined, represented and experienced in the Australian context through a variety of settings, historical periods... -
Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914 by Tom Goyens 9780252080463
RRP: $46.18$40.30Understanding an infamous political movement's grounding in festivity and defiance Beer and Revolution examines the rollicking life and times of German immigrant anarchists in New York City from 1880 to 1914. Offering a new approach to an often... -
A History of the Labour Party from 1914 G. D. H. Cole 9781138333352
RRP: $100.78$87.80First published in 1948, this book gives a full account of the development of the British Labour Party from its emergence as a national influence in the first world war to its return to power with an effective majority after the second world war. The... -
Sisterhood Questioned: Race, Class and Internationalism in the American and British Women's Movements c. 1880s - 1970s by Christine Bolt
RRP: $79.78$70.10This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and American women's movements during this period. Sisterhood Questioned assesses the... -
Maurits of Nassau and the Survival of the Dutch Revolt: Comparative Insurgences Nick Ridley (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) 9780367346089
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book describes the crucial period in the monumental eighty-year Dutch struggle against the Spanish Empire, through which a small nation gained its independence from one of the mightiest European powers. Dr. Ridley shows how even though the Dutch... -
Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats by Martha Washington
RRP: $63.00$49.75Martha Washington's recipes: More than five hundred classics dating from the Elizabethan and Jacobean times, are gathered in this family cookbook that captures the essence of early American folk culture. Handed down as a manuscript cookbook for... -
The Costs of War: America's Pyrrhic Victories by Abraham Kaplan
RRP: $100.78$88.64The greatest accomplishment of Western civilization is arguably the achievement of individual liberty through limits on the power of the state. In the war-torn twentieth century, we rarely hear that one of the main costs of armed conflict is long-term... -
Routledge Revivals: The Making of Urban Scotland (1978) Ian Adams 9781138491168
RRP: $69.28$61.24Originally published in 1978, The Making of Urban Scotland traces the evolution of towns from their prehistoric origins to the present day. Most of the material is based on research in Scotland's archives, housed in the Scottish Record Office. Special... -
New Approaches to Socialist History by Keith Flett 9781873797426
RRP: $52.50$19.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873797426Author Keith FlettFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint New Clarion PressPublisher New Clarion Press -
Mythology of the American Nations by Brian Molyneaux 9781843094036
RRP: $25.18$19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843094036Author Brian MolyneauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness Publishing -
The Truth of The Doctrine of Discovery by Meru El Muad'Dib 9780359616732
RRP: $17.91$16.09A very powerful examination of the disastrous Christian Doctrine of Discovery. Not many people seem to be aware of its existence. Yet, its influence is felt in our very existence. This is the first volume of three that deal with a brief introduction to... -
The Healing Arts: An Oxford Illustrated Anthology by Robin Downie
$80.09Medicine and the arts have in common a concern for all aspects of people's lives. This delightful anthology celebrates the many ways in which they interact. Robin Downie has mixed together a rich concoction of poems, stories, prose extracts, music,... -
Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947 by Velayutham Saravanan
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book offers a birds eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations,... -
You Said What?: Lies and Propaganda Throughout History by Bill Fawcett 9780061130502
RRP: $20.98$18.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061130502Author Bill FawcettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 294g -
The Bear Book: Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture Les Wright 9781560238904
RRP: $109.18$94.14The Bear Book brings together an impressive range of bear--usually big, hairy men who favor full-face beards and prefer to wear jeans and flannel shirts--viewpoints to explore this unique social and cultural phenomenon that stretches from America to... -
The Land of Zinj: Being an Account of British East Africa, its Ancient History and Present Inhabitants C.H. Stigland 9780415760720
RRP: $92.38$80.72Published in the year 296, The Land of Zinj is a valuable contribution to the field of History.Book InformationISBN 9780415760720Author C.H. StiglandFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 566g -
Polly: Memories of an East End Girl by Jeff Smith
RRP: $27.28$20.73Born in 1911 into a close-knit family, Mary Rebecca Chambers (known to all as Polly) spent her formative years in the heart of the East End. This vivid account of life is told with passion and humour and is brimming with stories of how Londoners, and...