World

From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780828104340Author S. L. A. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint American Heritage Publishing CoPublisher American Heritage Publishing...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire, including how a war started when a Brit was sitting on a stool, who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls and why a British soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe. With a bold...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354000102Author Edward Sandford MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 590g

Against the background of the Royal Navy's great strength in 1918 and its depleted state in 1939, the author relates the operational story of World War II at sea in Europe and the Far East. He explores the problems of command, control and intelligence;...

Published to coincide with the major 2 part BBC1 series (Autumn 2000) of the same name, War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunnelling, the thrill of life on the...

In the early hours of the chilly late-autumn morning, April 2 1982, substantial forces of Argentine Marines, with heavy naval and air support, had invaded the Falkland islands, quickly and almost bloodlessly overwhelming a token garrison of Royal Marines...

How high were the walls of Jericho? Where did Nebuchanezzar get hold of all the bitumen he needed for the millions of bricks required to build Babylon? Was the ancient Suez canal really 200km long, and did 120,000 Egyptians die in the course of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226069548Author John W. BoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780117024656Author Tim CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint Tim CoatesPublisher Tim CoatesWeight(grams) 584g

'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan Snow 'A wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.' Suzannah Lipscomb Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529443141Author QuercusFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint GreenfinchPublisher Quercus Publishing

During the Second World War Japanese soldiers committed several different war crimes, including the kidnapping and raping of women or the mistreatment of POWs. In relation to the war crime trials after 1945 these perpetrators were interviewed by the...

This textbook offers a new interpretation of the origins of the contemporary global order - the set of institutions and international practices created by the United States and its allies after the Second World War. Previous interpretations have argued...

In 1513 two Camaldolese hermits, Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini, presented the newly elected Pope Leo X a Libellus, or small book, offering a variety of suggestions for what they believed were needed reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. Chief...

This book provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the Ottoman Empire's economic history, particularly through its exploration of local entrepreneurship, which brings new perspectives to the economic dynamics of the region.This focus...

Melchior Wańkowicz’s The Battle of Monte Cassino is a unique contribution to the history of World War II, indeed the history of war in general. Composed by the Polish master of reportage, this book provides the reader with an exhaustive history of one of...

Why do humans make monsters, and what do monsters tell us about humanity? Monsters are central to how we think about the human condition. Join award-winning historian of science Dr. Surekha Davies as she reveals how people have defined the human in...

Eve in Ireland explores the political and cultural structures used to control Irish women between 1922 and 1972. It challenges the reader to reflect on a shameful and degrading aspect of Irish cultural history, one whose impact is still being felt today...

Change the history that pupils learn at Key Stage 3. Reframe familiar topics, discover forgotten stories and amplify unheard voices.Through an evocative, story-based approach, this ground-breaking course brings together historical scholarship and...

This innovative textbook demystifies the subject of world history through a diverse range of case studies. Each chapter looks at an event, person, or place from prehistory to the present and from across the globe – from the Kennewick Man to germ warfare,...

Explores how the movement of people, objects, and ideas from 500 to 1000 CE shaped cultures and historiesIn the ninth century CE, an Arabian ship sank off the coast of Indonesia. The objects found in the wreckage, which include Chinese ceramics and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367559847Author Marco ArmieroPage Count 209Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032188508Author Andrew McFarlandImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032455839Author Hayat El Eid BualuanPage Count 72Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

This innovative textbook demystifies the subject of world history through a diverse range of case studies. Each chapter looks at an event, person, or place from prehistory to the present and from across the globe – from the Kennewick Man to germ warfare,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529947960Author Sophy RobertsImprint Transworld DigitalPublisher Transworld Publishers Ltd

Brought to you by Penguin.As fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it’s evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and Just...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399811750Author Amitav AcharyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Basic BooksPublisher John Murray Press

The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world.Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarization, and...

McNeill's The Webs of Humankind offers a refreshingly clear view of world history through the lens of connective "webs" of interaction-along which trade, religious beliefs, technologies, pathogens, and much else traveled. Instructors have hailed...

In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a powerhouse of global trade, a city that stood at the centre of Medieval Europe. But Pisa had a problem. It was running out of coins. In the face of a looming financial crisis, the city’s rulers and its moneylenders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783111127378Author Dr Peter JensenFormat HardbackPage Count 60Imprint De GruyterPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 268g

A spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets

Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names?Or why jet lag exists?Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip?If any of these ring true or if you can relate to spending far too much time down an internet rabbit hole then you...