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This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers the economic background and causes, from the international gold standard to agricultural...

Follows the usual Railway Memories style illustrating the railways in the Chesterfield area of North Derbyshire as they used to be mainly in the 1950s and 1960s when the olde worlde market town of Chesterfield was surrounded by a tangled mass of...

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems...

Barry Coward has revised his wide-ranging text which outlines the major social changes that occurred in England in the two hundred years after the Reformation. He examines the religious and intellectual changes resulting from revolutionary pressures, as...

**The New York Times bestseller****Updated to include Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Libya, ISIS, and Syria**'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the...

Romany Gypsies have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent delinquents; this book is the first real history of the Romany people, from the inside. Jeremy Harte vividly portrays the hardships of the travelling life, the skills...

A creepy collection of true-life tales from local writer Andrew James Wright, who regularly gives talks on the subject of hauntings in Leicester.About the AuthorAndrew James Wright was born in Leicester in 1955. He has worked in the family business, a...

For 300 years separate and mutually uncomprehending English and French historiographies have confused the history of medieval aristocracy. Unpicking the basic assumptions behind both national traditions, this book explains them, reconciles them and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993339806Author Fred HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint GeophilosPublisher Geophilos

Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable - legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose greatness lay not in his crimes, but in...

Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable - legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose greatness lay not in his crimes, but in...

From Elephant and Castle to Southwark, from London Bridge to Westminster, Black History Walks takes you through the historic Black sites around the City of London, and with the companion guide, you'll get more in-depth history of the story of each place...

A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis-and whose freedoms are endangered today.Hong Kong has always been many cities to many...

The 1950s. The mid-point of the twentieth century. When those born in the nineteenth century met their grandchildren who would live in the twenty-first. A pivotal moment, certainly. And is it really true? Had we 'never had it so good', as Prime Minister...

A TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A necessary corrective to the sexism and misogyny rife in spy tales ... contains some eye-opening tales of espionage' GUARDIAN'Gripping' FINANCIAL TIMES'A thrilling book, as...

'A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.' Stephen Tummin, Daily Telegraph Jerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city...

'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive . . . an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' Matthew Redhead, The TimesDid you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin...

'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive . . . an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' Matthew Redhead, The TimesDid you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin...

Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth-an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding...

WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'Brilliantly summons up one girl's life, dreams and suffering. It's ingenious history writing' Mail on Sunday 'A gripping, unputdownable masterpiece' - Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five ...

Even 700 years after the suppression of the Order of the Temple and the execution of the last grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, there is no shortage of publications on this influential military order. Yet unlike other medieval institutions the Templars are...

Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and this book tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds, of English yeomen and how they got...

The nineteenth century saw Weston-super-Mare grow from a tiny village of about 100 inhabitants to a thriving Victorian seaside resort of nearly 20,000 people. A further hundred years later it has a population of almost 70,000. Despite changing fortunes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132453Author John KruseFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams) 150g

True ghost stories from Devon.About the AuthorIan Addicoat is an established writer and researcher of the paranormal. He is president of the Paranormal Research Organisation, and has investigated numerous haunted properties. A partner in two companies...

Yorkshire People & Coal is the third title in Peter Tuffrey's Yorkshire People series, featuring photographs from the Yorkshire Post's picture archives. This volume makes use of the wealth of pictures and information held in the Yorkshire Post's archives...

Interpreting Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive collection of essays on the historiography of the early modern period (circa 1450-1800).Concerned with the principles, priorities, theories, and narratives behind the writing of early modern history,...

Ruth Henig's fully revised and extended second edition of Versailles and After includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with concise coverage of the following topics:* the terms of the Treaty of Versailles* the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788234894Author Cyril O'BrienFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331639Author George MoniesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm * 237mm * 4mm

'...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called `path breaking,' `seminal,' `essential,' a `must read.' How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of...

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode. Berlin, 1948 - a divided city in a divided country in a divided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570616679Author Jack NisbetFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Sasquatch BooksPublisher Sasquatch BooksWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *...

A comprehensive history of policing from the eighteenth century onwards, which draws on largely unused police archives. Clive Emsley addresses all the major issues of debate; he explores the impact of legislation and policy at both national and local...

A photographic history of Aylesbury between the 1830s and 1930s. The book includes some of the earliest photographs of Aylesbury and shows some fascinating views, many of which have never been seen before.About the AuthorKarl Vaughan is a keen local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838008604Author Araf ChohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd

The manor was for centuries the main unit of local government and virtually the only source of written local records. Once the local or family historian has taken his researches back beyond the mid-16th century, manorial records must be the greatest hope...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916485860Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing Ltd

This book illuminates the glittering history of fireworks, from their enigmatic origins tied to the pursuit of eternal life to the dazzling centrepieces of global celebrations today. It describes the invention of fireworks, how they became popular in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593135426Author Chrissy TeigenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc