Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK 9780241605400
RRP: £30.00£21.80Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover... -
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow 9780306814433
RRP: £31.99£25.59In 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... -
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner
RRP: £10.99£7.61'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded... -
Being Human: How our biology shaped world history by Lewis Dartnell
RRP: £22.00£19.60'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, bestselling author of The Future of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, bestselling author of OtherlandsOur biology will change how you see the world. Lewis Dartnell explores how human biology has shaped relationships,... -
Uriel's Machine: Reconstructing the Disaster Behind Human History by Christopher Knight
RRP: £12.99£9.34* What is the standard view of history is completely wrong? * What if science and writing developed from an advanced prehistoric civilisation in the British Isles? * What is written evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls records megalithic history and provides... -
Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion by Gina McIntyre
RRP: £25.00£19.75THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to Hawkins, Indiana.The official behind-the-scenes companion guide to the first two seasons of Stranger Things and beyond, brought to life with exclusive photos and stunning concept art. Stranger things have happened... -
Big Questions In History by Harriet Swain
RRP: £9.99£7.32Drawing on examples ranging from ancient Greece to Tony Blair's Britain, leading historical thinkers address 20 of the really big questions that have been asked over the centuries about the course of human events.Each essay is put into context by a more... -
Access to History for the IB Diploma: Rights and protest Michael Scott-Baumann 9781471839313
£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... -
The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom by Peter Gay 9780393313666
RRP: £31.50£27.60The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new... -
We Are Your Soldiers: How Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World by Alex Rowell 9781398514218
RRP: £25.00£17.90'A gripping account. Essential reading to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the region' EUGENE ROGAN, author of The Arabs: A History ______________________________________________ President... -
Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland Matthew Cheeseman (University of Derby, UK) 9781032071824
RRP: £39.99£35.73This collection explores folklore and folkloristics within the diverse and contested national discourses of Britain and Ireland, examining their role in shaping the islands' constituent nations from the eighteenth century to our contemporary moment of... -
Waging War in Waziristan: The British Struggle in the Land of Bin Laden, 1849-1947 by Andrew M. Roe 9780700616992
RRP: £54.00£36.59Waziristan is a remote district of Pakistan populated by fiercely independent tribes who owe allegiance to no one and unite only to repel invaders or wage jihad. Its mountainous landscape is a natural fortress - sanctuary to the Taliban, probable refuge... -
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer 9780393059748
RRP: £27.99£25.67This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer... -
World History in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant Dorothy Ail 9781848667259
RRP: £12.99£8.83What happened to the Roman Empire? Why was the Magna Carta so important? What led to the First World War? Why did the USSR collapse? World History in Minutes provides succinct answers to these questions - and many more - in 200 simple and accessible... -
Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration - and Why It's a Good Thing by Danny Dorling
RRP: £12.99£11.46A powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown-of population growth, economies, and technological innovation The end of our high-growth world was underway well before COVID-19 arrived. In this powerful and timely... -
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £10.99£7.99The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, ageing populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson... -
The Origins of the First and Second World Wars by Frank McDonough 9780521568616
RRP: £13.25£12.15An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. This text analyses the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume, drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise chapters,... -
Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams, TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ 9780099568674
RRP: £10.99£7.99The 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 Penguin History of the Church: The Reformation by Owen Chadwick
RRP: £14.99£10.95The beginning the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found... -
Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There by Mark Baker
RRP: £10.99£7.61Even now something is missing from the history of Vietnam. Behind the burning sense of horror and betrayal the personal stories remain untold. No one has bothered to talk to the men and women who went to Vietnam and fought the war.What happened to boys... -
This Mortal Coil: A Guardian, Economist & Prospect Book of the Year by Andrew Doig
RRP: £10.99£7.33A 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... -
Border Wars: The conflicts of tomorrow by Professor Klaus Dodds
RRP: £12.99£9.34How are borders built in the modern world? What does Brexit mean for Ireland's border? And what would happen if Elon Musk declared himself president of the Moon?In Border Wars, Professor Klaus Dodds takes us on a journey into the geopolitical conflict of... -
Secret Weapons of World War II by William B. Breuer 9780471202127
£11.25Apologies 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)... -
A new focus on...The British Empire, c.1500–present for KS3 History by Richard Kennett
£18.66It's time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised.Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you examine this complex, controversial history with respect and rigour.>... -
The Dark Valley by Dr. Piers Brendon
RRP: £25.00£18.90Piers Brendon's magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade - child of one world war and parent of the next - that determined the course of the twentieth century. Dealing individually with each of the period's great... -
A Dictionary of British History by John Cannon 9780199550371
RRP: £16.49£11.95Who was the first King of England? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? When was Wembley stadium demolished? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? How long did the Hundred Years War last? Containing more than 3,800 authoritative entries written by... -
Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual: 1998 to present by Dick Taylor
RRP: £25.00£18.30The British Army's Challenger 2 tank is based on Challenger 1 that served with distinction in the 1st Gulf War and the Balkans. Challenger 2 is greatly superior to its predecessor with second generation Chobham Armour and a new digital fire control... -
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the ""New Cold War by Gordon M. Hahn 9781476669014
RRP: £28.99£24.38The Ukrainian drama, which burst onto the headlines in autumn 2013, was one long and complex in its making. In contrast to other studies of the Ukrainian conflict, the present study examines in detail its historical background and complex causality-from... -
Convicts: A Global History by Clare Anderson
RRP: £27.99£24.01Clare Anderson provides a radical new reading of histories of empire and nation, showing that the history of punishment is not connected solely to the emergence of prisons and penitentiaries, but to histories of governance, occupation, and global... -
A History of Britain in 100 Objects by Paul Chrystal 9781838008659
RRP: £14.99£11.51Apologies 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 -
February 1933: The Winter of Literature by Wittstock
RRP: £25.00£17.03It all happened in a flash. February 1933 was the month in which the fate of German writers, as for so many others, was decided. In a tensely spun narrative, Uwe Wittstock tells the story of a demise which was predicted by some but also scarcely thought... -
To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change by Alfred W McCoy
RRP: £19.99£13.96In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes-from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050-has produced a relentless succession... -
Facing the Sea of Sand: The Sahara and the Peoples of Northern Africa by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: £30.00£19.81Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its... -
Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis 9781447285762 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.66'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults and foibles as humans - our willingness... -
Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis 9781447285762
RRP: £25.00£19.22'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults and foibles as humans - our willingness... -
Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War Hugh Bicheno 9780753821862
RRP: £12.99£8.83The controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands WarFor five years before the Falklands War, Hugh Bicheno was one of the top British spies in Argentina. As such, he gathered hard,... -
The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923 by Robert Gerwarth
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A breathtaking, magisterial panorama, telling the epic story of post-war anarchy, dying empires and rising nation states. It makes us rethink our understanding of Europe's twentieth century' David Motadel, The Times Literary SupplementFor the Western... -
Ten Cities that Made an Empire by Tristram Hunt 9780141047782 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire presents a new approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised itSince the return of Hong Kong to... -
Ten Cities that Made an Empire by Tristram Hunt
RRP: £14.99£10.95From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire presents a new approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised itSince the return of Hong Kong to... -
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: Paper 1 Depth Studies Rob Bircher 9781398322349
£33.25Exam 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...