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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900 by Stephen R Bown 9780312616113
RRP: $62.98$43.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312616113Author Stephen R BownFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 9780099590088 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$6.70'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari... -
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins 9780099540250
RRP: $35.68$21.65A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**A searing, landmark study of the... -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: $27.28$14.81'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari... -
A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge 9781472298515
RRP: $35.68$26.75'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOEPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical... -
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham 9780241543702
RRP: $39.88$31.94From the New York Times-bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research - this is riveting... -
My Struggle: Mein Kampf English Version by Adolf Hitler 9781682044124
$32.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682044124Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Fcb BooksPublisher Fcb BooksWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 13mm -
Mein Kampf: My Struggle - The Original, accurate, and complete English translation by Adolf Hitler
RRP: $39.65$39.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682042847Author Adolf HitlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Free Thought BooksPublisher Free Thought BooksWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson
RRP: $35.68$26.63From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.From Ada Lovelace in the... -
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
RRP: $23.08$16.32'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut EconomicsA Financial Times Book of the Year______________________________________Our... -
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
RRP: $23.08$16.32* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour... -
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes 9781474610339
RRP: $35.68$27.20From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon... -
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel
RRP: $31.48$20.58The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology,... -
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
RRP: $46.20$30.58A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY'Forty-thousand years of our relationship with time condensed into 288 pages: a hugely entertaining achievement.' ESQUIRE'5/5 A true joy... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
RRP: $35.68$26.57'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation - the Sequel to Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
RRP: $27.28$11.15TV presenter Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock... -
Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Adam Shoalts
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for English Non-Fiction 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780735236851Author Adam ShoaltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint... -
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen J. Greenblatt 9780393343403
$21.32In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. He was Poggio Bracciolini,... -
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes 9781474610322
RRP: $52.50$35.24From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon... -
Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra Das 9781399704359
RRP: $42.00$28.04Knowledge is power. Time in money. Justice is blind.Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about... -
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $31.48$20.58The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage.The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties... -
Pathogenesis: How germs made history by Jonathan Kennedy 9781804991893
RRP: $23.08$16.32A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger... -
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok
RRP: $31.48$27.36A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise "A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart."-Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times "[A] masterly analysis."-Joshua... -
Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life: The Dangers of Mouth Breathing and Why Nose or Nasal Breathing is Preferred, Based on the Native American Experience (Annotated) by George Catlin
RRP: $14.60$12.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611047141Author George CatlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Cedar Lake ClassicsPublisher Cedar Lake ClassicsWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Conquistador by Buddy Levy
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553384710Author Buddy LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Russian History: A Very Short Introduction by Geoffrey Hosking
RRP: $18.88$13.55Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact... -
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time. 'An exquisite book' - STEPHEN FRY by Rebecca Struthers
RRP: $35.68$26.50A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY'Forty-thousand years of our relationship with time condensed into 288 pages: a hugely entertaining achievement.' ESQUIRE'5/5 A true joy... -
Napoleon'S Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Couteur
RRP: $29.38$26.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585423316Author Penny Le CouteurFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage by Arthur Koestler 9781939438997
RRP: $31.48$20.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939438997Author Arthur KoestlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint One 70 PressPublisher One 70 PressWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil
RRP: $44.10$30.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536165Author Vaclav SmilFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm -
Timeline of World History by Matt Baker
RRP: $54.58$49.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645174172Author Matt BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution Services,... -
Tastes of Paradise # by W Schivelbusch
RRP: $29.38$19.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679744382Author Wolfgang SchivelbuschFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)... -
A Stranger in My Own Country: East Pakistan, 1969-1971 by Major General (Retd.) Khadim Hussain Raja 9780190704230
$24.80The 1971 East Pakistan tragedy was not just a failure of the military but also a collapse of civil society in the West Wing. The few voices raised against the military action were too feeble to make the army change its course, a course that lead to... -
KS3 History Complete Study and Practice by CGP Books
RRP: $25.18$18.98Don't miss CGP's superb all-in-one Complete Revision & Practice book for KS3 History. It's bursting with study notes and sources covering fascinating topics from 1066 to 21st Century. There are plenty of practice questions and worked questions to help... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins 9781399603485
RRP: $52.50$34.40'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion by Nicholas Spencer 9780861547302
RRP: $25.18$16.80Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. 'A deeply researched history of the interplay between the two ways of understanding the... -
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
RRP: $35.68$20.16WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might. Kennedy's... -
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $35.68$10.33THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of... -
A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo 9780226400693
RRP: $37.80$29.65When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother 50 francs and instructions to flee Nazi-occupied Paris and, somehow, get to the south where France was free. This book is a story of these children caught in the whirlwind of World... -
Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim 9780306825552
RRP: $52.50$40.03The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a...