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The Cartoon History of the Universe: Volumes 1-7 by Larry Gonick
RRP: £23.00£22.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385265201Author Larry GonickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery, and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados by Russell R. Menard 9780813937144
£30.29Intending at first simply to do further research on the mid-seventeenth-century ""sugar revolution"" in Barbados, Russell Menard traveled to the island. But once there, he quickly found many discrepancies between the historical understanding of the way... -
Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction by Robert C. Allen
RRP: £8.99£6.45Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic... -
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems by M. Wynn Thomas 9781786837660
RRP: £8.99£6.87Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives the general reader a sense of the view to be seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods... -
An Army At Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
RRP: £16.99£11.54The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the... -
The First World War by John Keegan
RRP: £20.00£14.69The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan2018 marks the centenary of the First World War - the war that created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity... -
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow 9780306814433
RRP: £31.99£25.66In December 1953 French paratroopers, who had been searching for the elusive Vietnamese army, were quickly isolated by them and forced to retreat into their out-gunned and desolate jungle base-a small place called Dien Bien Phu. The Vietnamese besieged... -
Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics by Yannis Hamilakis 9781598742718
RRP: £37.99£33.38The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline's history of advancing imperialist, colonialist, and racist objectives, they... -
The History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours
RRP: £14.99£10.95Written following the collapse of Rome's secular control over western Europe, the History of Gregory (c. AD 539-594) is a fascinating exploration of the events that shaped sixth-century France. This volume contains all ten books from the work, the last... -
Access to History for the IB Diploma: Rights and protest by Michael Scott-Baumann
£32.99A new book for Paper 1, Prescribed Subject 4: Rights and ProtestThe renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.An authoritative and engaging narrative, with the widest variety of sources at this level, helping... -
Timelines of World History by DK
RRP: £25.00£21.37A stunning visual celebration of the world's key historical events, key moments, defining eras and outstanding people who have helped shape history like never before.If you could travel back in time, where would you go first? Who would you most want to... -
The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931 by Adam Tooze
RRP: £18.99£13.61WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PRIZE FOR HISTORY FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world -... -
Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Detente by Jeremi Suri 9780674017634
£30.24In a brilliantly-conceived book, Jeremi Suri puts the tumultuous 1960s into a truly international perspective in the first study to examine the connections between great power diplomacy and global social protest. Profoundly disturbed by increasing social... -
The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah by Karen Armstrong
RRP: £14.99£9.80The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha,... -
X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries by Michael Scott
RRP: £25.00£18.02'If you love Indiana Jones, this is the real thing' DAN SNOW'A thrilling investigation' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'Alive with the spirit of adventure' SIR RANULPH FIENNESThrough eight sensational stories of discovery, Professor Michael Scott traces the evolution... -
History of the Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today by Max Singer 9780739164877
RRP: £30.00£26.68History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The... -
Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History by Thomas J. Barfield 9780691181639
RRP: £30.00£23.29An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world's first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins... -
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds by Simon Ings 9780349128566
RRP: £25.00£14.66Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned writers - once the faithful servants of authority - into figures of... -
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev 9780674291089
RRP: £16.95£13.85In The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experience as a prisoner from 2015 to 2017 in a modern-day concentration camp overseen by the Federal Security Bureau of the Russian Federation (FSB) in... -
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell by Peter Caddick-Adams
RRP: £10.99£7.77The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cassino, with its multitude of participating armies - most... -
The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett
RRP: £14.99£9.93** Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award ** 'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in... -
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies by Rob Bircher
£32.99Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: International GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel qualificationsFollow the tried-and-tested methods of bestselling author Ben Walsh. This book... -
The Truth of the Russian Revolution: The Memoirs of the Tsar's Chief of Security and His Wife by Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev 9781438464626
RRP: £24.78£22.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438464626Author Konstantin Ivanovich GlobachevFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New... -
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew
RRP: £18.99£14.01'The most comprehensive narrative of intelligence compiled ... unrivalled' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Captivating, insightful and masterly' Edward Lucas, The TimesThe history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the... -
A History of Savoy: Gatekeeper of the Alps by John Dormandy 9781781556870
RRP: £30.00£29.47Savoy and its Alps were for seven centuries an independent state at the centre of Europe, separating France from the patchwork of principalities that made up Italy. Merchants, clerics, pilgrims, diplomats as well as privileged young Englishmen on the... -
The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain by Penelope J. Corfield
RRP: £12.99£11.46A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global... -
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky 9781632863829
RRP: £18.99£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632863829Author Mark KurlanskyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 740g -
Secret Weapons of World War II by William B. Breuer 9780471202127
£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471202127Author William B. BreuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World by Andrew Jotischky
RRP: £16.99£12.28This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth... -
This Mortal Coil: A Guardian, Economist & Prospect Book of the Year by Andrew Doig
RRP: £10.99£7.12A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A superb book' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'An empowering story of human ingenuity' Economist 'Full of curious facts' The Times Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of... -
River of Darkness: The Deadly First Voyage Through The Amazon by Buddy Levy 9781635769197
RRP: £16.88£12.90The acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history's greatest expeditions, a legendary 16th-century adventurer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon River. In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant... -
Connecting History: National 4 & 5 Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919–1939 by Ella Richardson
£20.84Exam board: SQALevel: National 4 & 5Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First assessment: Summer 2018Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs and empowers tomorrow's citizens, today.Bringing together... -
A History of Britain in 100 Objects by Paul Chrystal 9781838008659
RRP: £14.99£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838008659Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd -
Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project by Leslie Groves
RRP: £15.99£11.61General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name "The Manhattan Project." As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for... -
The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £26.95£26.12From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic "stagflation," political scandal, and global turmoil. Yet from an international perspective it was a seminal decade, one that brought the... -
In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
RRP: £10.99£7.77On 30 July 1945 the USS Indianapolis was steaming through the South Pacific, on her way home having delivered the bomb that was to decimate Hiroshima seven days later, when she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of a crew of 1196 men an estimated 300... -
The Peace That Never Was: A History of the League of Nations by Ruth Henig
RRP: £11.99£8.35Ninety years ago the League of Nations convened for the first time hoping to settle disputes by diplomacy not war. This book looks at how the League was shaped and the multifaceted body that emerged, and how it was used in ensuing years to counter... -
World History by Philip Parker 9781405341240 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.29The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
World History by Philip Parker
RRP: £17.99£13.35The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel 9780691183251
RRP: £15.99£12.91Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows...