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The Christina: The Onassis Odyssey: Celebrities, Courtships & Chaos! by January Jones 9781492998891
RRP: $14.68$13.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492998891Author January JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Birth of Territory by Stuart Elden 9780226202570
RRP: $58.80$58.36Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts... -
What is Military History? by Stephen Morillo 9781509517619
RRP: $33.58$30.26The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare and the origins of war, as well as expanded sections on historiography, environmental history and world... -
Chronos: The West Confronts Time by Francois Hartog
RRP: $63.00$48.91As omnipresent as it is ungraspable, time has always inspired and eluded attempts to comprehend it. For the early Christians, for the twenty-first-century world, how have past and future been woven into the present? In Chronos, a leading French historian... -
A Concise Companion to History by Ulinka Rublack 9780199291212
RRP: $109.20$86.06What is our relationship with the past? A quiet revolution has transformed the ways in which History provides us with answers. Indeed, not so long ago the very question might have seemed odd. But in recent decades the solid moorings to which History was... -
Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write, and Think about History by Jim Cullen
RRP: $52.40$45.74Learn to craft the perfect historical research paper with this approachable and practical guide Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write, and Think about History, 4th Edition continues the tradition of excellence established by the previous editions. Equal... -
The Emperor Caligula in the Ancient Sources by Anthony A. Barrett 9780198854579
$42.00There can be few historical figures who have made such a powerful impact on the popular imagination as the Roman emperor Caligula (died AD 41). Yet an accurate reconstruction of his life and reign largely eludes us. This is paradoxical. The source... -
Thorneythwaite Farm, Borrowdale: The 1,000 year story of a Lakeland farm and its valley by Ian Hall 9780992815646
RRP: $32.03$27.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992815646Author Ian HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Ian Hall, Orchard House BooksPublisher Ian Hall, Orchard House BooksWeight(grams)... -
Historical Research: A Guide for Writers of Dissertations, Theses, Articles and Books by Bill McDowell 9780582294592
RRP: $123.88$118.02This is the first practical guide to cover the various stages of a history research project, from the selection of the topic and the organization and interpretation of source material, through to the completion of the written-up record.Whether it is for... -
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets by Matthew Connelly 9781101973677
RRP: $46.20$29.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for Cundill History Prize 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781101973677Author Matthew ConnellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random... -
Writing History: A Guide for Students by William Kelleher Storey 9780190078416
$67.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190078416Author William Kelleher StoreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 127mm *... -
On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left: Political Cults Right and Left by Dennis Tourish
RRP: $273.00$244.73This is the first book to document the extent of political cults on both the right and left and explain their significance for mainstream political organizations. The authors outline the defining characteristics of cults in general, and analyze the... -
Historian's Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought by David Hackett Fischer 9780061315459
$43.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061315459Author David Hackett FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Origins of History by Herbert Butterfield
RRP: $100.78$87.80A distillation of the thought and research to which Herbert Butterfield devoted the last twenty years of his life to, this book, originally published in 1981, traces how differently people understood the relevance of their past and its connection with... -
Feminisms and Internationalism by Mrinalini Sinha
RRP: $43.58$38.47This book addresses the theme of the history of internationalism in feminist theory and praxis, covering such topics as the historical concept of internationalism within feminism and women's movements; the nature of historical shifts within feminist... -
English Archives: An Historical Survey by Richard Olney
RRP: $62.98$57.50England is remarkable for the wealth and variety of its archival heritage - the records created and preserved by institutions, organisations and individuals. This is the first book to treat the history of English records creation and record-keeping from... -
Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676 by Gershom Gerhard Scholem 9780691172095
RRP: $73.50$56.95Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai ?evi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire... -
Narration, Identity, and Historical Consciousness by Jurgen Straub 9781845450397
RRP: $58.70$47.42A generally acknowledged characteristic of modern life, namely the temporalization of experience, inextricable from our intensified experience of contingency and difference, has until now remained largely outside psychology's purview. Wherever questions... -
Memory, Trauma, and History: Essays on Living with the Past by Michael Roth 9780231145695
RRP: $58.80$45.78In these essays, Michael S. Roth uses psychoanalysis to build a richer understanding of history, and then takes a more expansive conception of history to decode the cultural construction of memory. He first examines the development in nineteenth-century... -
The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States by Dr Jeffrey Lewis
RRP: $27.28$20.58'A book with a ferocious pace and more black humour than one could imagine'- Evening Standard**As heard on BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight**America lost 1.4 million citizens in the North Korean attacks of 2020. This is the final, authorised report of the... -
Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama
RRP: $67.20$46.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679735120Author Simon SchamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1009gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History by James M. Banner, Jr.
RRP: $47.25$40.64An experienced, multi-faceted historian shows how revisionist history is at the heart of creating historical knowledge "A rallying cry in favor of historians who, revisiting past subjects, change their minds. . . . Rewarding reading."-Kirkus Reviews "A... -
Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past by Professor Ana Lucia Araujo
RRP: $48.28$45.11Exploring notions of history, collective memory, cultural memory, public memory, official memory, and public history, Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past explains how ordinary citizens, social groups, governments and institutions engage with... -
Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism by Sol Goldberg
RRP: $52.48$46.98This volume is designed to assist university faculty and students studying and teaching about antisemitism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. In contrast with similar volumes, it is organized around specific concepts instead of chronology or... -
History: An Introduction to Theory and Method by Peter Claus
RRP: $71.38$63.00This book provides an accessible introduction to a wide range of concerns that have preoccupied historians over time. Global in scope, it explores historical perspectives not only from historiography itself but from related areas such as literature,... -
Beyond Plague Urbanism by Andy Merrifield
RRP: $39.88$32.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900137Author Andy MerrifieldFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era by David W. Blight
RRP: $44.00$35.45"The ghosts of the Civil War never leave us, as David Blight knows perhaps better than anyone, and in this superb book he masterfully unites two distant but inextricably bound events." Ken BurnsStanding on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28,... -
Economics and the Historian by Thomas G. Rawski
RRP: $60.90$47.33These essays provide a thorough introduction to economics for historians. The authors, all eminent scholars, show how to use economic thinking, economic models, and economic methods to enrich historical research. They examine such vital issues as... -
Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History by Barry Reay 9780745625232
$35.97Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of... -
Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life by Deborah Gorham
RRP: $170.00$148.72This is a biographical study of the English writer and social activist Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth .About the AuthorDeborah Gorham was born in New York, but has lived for many years in Ottawa, Canada, where she is Professor of History at... -
Historical Sociology by Philip Abrams 9780801492433
RRP: $62.98$55.65This book argues that history and sociology share the same vital preoccupation: the desire to unravel the puzzle of human agency. How do large-scale social transformations occur, and what is the role of the individual in them? Phil Abrams devotes three... -
Writing Gender History by Laura Lee Downs 9780340975169
$63.69How has feminist scholarship changed history? Writing Gender History explores the evolution of historical writing about women and gender from the 1930s until the early twenty-first century. With chapters on the history of Europe, the USA, colonial India... -
Remapping Knowledge: Intercultural Studies for a Global Age by Mihai I. Spariosu 9781800739451
RRP: $33.50$27.93The growing interdependence of the local and the global demand innovative approaches to human development. Such approaches, the author argues, ought to be based on the emerging ethics of global intelligence, defined as the ability to understand, respond... -
On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail 9780520258129
RRP: $44.10$34.92When does history begin? What characterizes it? This brilliant and beautifully written book dissolves the logic of a beginning based on writing, civilization, or historical consciousness and offers a model for a history that escapes the continuing grip... -
New Directions in Social and Cultural History by Sasha Handley 9781472580818
RRP: $56.68$49.22What does it mean to be a social and cultural historian today? In the wake of the 'cultural turn', and in an age of digital and public history, what challenges and opportunities await historians in the early 21st century? In this exciting new text,... -
Gender and History by Susan Kingsley Kent 9780230292246
$57.54What is gender and who has it? History, theory and gender are inextricably linked, but how exactly do they fit together? How do historians use theories about gender to write history? In this jargon-free introduction, Susan Kingsley Kent presents a... -
Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717-1927 by Jessica Harland-Jacobs
RRP: $115.50$109.49They built some of the first communal structures on the empire's frontiers. The empire's most powerful proconsuls sought entrance into their lodges. Their public rituals drew dense crowds from Montreal to Madras. The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons were... -
Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History by Alessandro Portelli 9780231205931
RRP: $46.20$36.46Bob Dylan's iconic 1962 song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries-old form. Written at... -
E.P Thompson: A Twentieth Century Romantic by Christos Efstathiou 9780850367157
RRP: $63.00$56.60This study presents and probes the political motivations and interests of EP Thompson (1924-1993). Thompson began his political life, as a member of the Communist Party, when the Party was making its greatest electoral impact. After the events in... -
Conspiracy Summit Dossier: An In-Depth Whistle Blower's Guide To The Strangest And Most Bizarre Cosmic And Global Conspiracies! by Adam Gorightly 9781606110560
RRP: $46.10$39.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606110560Author Adam GorightlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Inner Light - Global CommunicationsPublisher Inner Light - Global...