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Japan: A Short History by Mikiso Hane
RRP: €13.08€9.25What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and... -
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia by Mark Piesing
RRP: €15.46€10.09"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." -Wall Street JournalThe riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which... -
The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America by Damian Shiels 9781845883331
RRP: €21.41€16.23On the eve of the American Civil War, 1.6 million Irish-born people were living in the United States. The majority had emigrated to the major industrialised cities of the North; New York alone was home to more than 200,000 Irish, one in four of the total... -
Amazing Tales for Making Men out of Boys by Neil Oliver
RRP: €13.08€9.25Discover inspiring stories of heroism, adventure, endurance and survival from throughout history. Captain Robert Falcon Scott didn't start out life as a hero. In fact, as a boy he was considered small, frail and shy. So what was it that turned this... -
The War that Ended Peace: How Europe abandoned peace for the First World War by Professor Margaret MacMillan
RRP: €17.84€13.51WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of... -
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC by Steven Mithen
RRP: €20.22€14.21A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.Twenty thousand years ago Earth was in the midst of an ice age. Then global warming arrived, leading... -
The Plant-Hunter's Atlas: A World Tour of Botanical Adventures, Chance Discoveries and Strange Specimens by Ambra Edwards
RRP: €35.70€24.28RHS Staff Pick of the Year 2021 Spectator Gardening Book of the year 2021 'A refreshingly insightful history of plant introductions.' - Roy Lancaster Travel the world with extraordinary tales of the botanical discoveries that have shaped empires,... -
Revolution in the Revolution? by Regis Debray
€16.21Revolution in the Revolution? is a brilliant, pragmatic assessment of the situation in Latin America in the 1960s. First published in 1967, it became a controversial handbook for guerrilla warfare and revolution, read alongside Che's own pamphlets, and... -
How The Scots Invented The Modern World by Arthur Herman
RRP: €23.80€14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809990Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny by Jeremy Seabrook 9780230218789
RRP: €26.18€26.07In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as... -
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
RRP: €13.08€9.25How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism?Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has... -
The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts by Marvin W. Meyer 9780812216929
RRP: €28.55€19.16Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly... -
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction by Adam J. Silverstein
RRP: €10.70€7.87Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims... -
Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon by Rory Muir 9780300082708
RRP: €23.80€20.21What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this dramatic book explores... -
How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables by Rebecca Rupp 9781603429689
RRP: €16.65€10.95Discover why Roman gladiators were massaged with onion juice before battle, how celery contributed to Casanova's conquests, how peas almost poisoned General Washington, and why some seventeenth-century turnips were considered degenerate. Rebecca Rupp... -
Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire by Hugh Thomas
RRP: €22.60€16.20The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire vividly to life, capturing the spirit of an ebullient age. Inspired by hopes of both riches and of converting native people to... -
The World: A Brief Introduction by Richard Haass 9780399562396
RRP: €27.36€18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562396Author Richard HaassFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds by John Montagu
RRP: €20.22€11.09This comprehensive reference book on the battles of the ancient world covers events from the eighth century BC down to 31BC, when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. The author presents, in an exciting and vivid style,... -
Story of the World, Vol. 3: History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times by Susan Wise Bauer
RRP: €19.03€16.92Now more than ever, our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. This engaging guide to other lands weaves world history into a storybook format. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share (or for... -
Warriors: Extraordinary Tales from the Battlefield by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: €15.46€10.09An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir... -
Marco Polo: The Journey That Changed the World by John Man 9780062375070
RRP: €22.60€16.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062375070Author John ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm... -
The Crusades: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Tyerman
RRP: €10.70€7.68Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they... -
Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction by Harry Sidebottom
RRP: €10.70€7.68Greek and Roman warfare differed from other cultures and was unlike any other forms of warfare before and after. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practised a 'Western Way of War', where the aim is an open, decisive... -
The Power of Art: A World History in Fifteen Cities by Caroline Campbell 9780349128481
RRP: €35.70€20.54To read most histories of art, you might be forgiven for supposing that great artists are superhuman, and the knowledge of different movements, periods and styles is essential to truly appreciate art.It's time to look at art in a new way.THE POWER OF ART... -
The Great Defiance: How the world took on the British Empire by David Veevers
RRP: €29.75€21.44'Veevers brilliantly retells the story we thought we knew...Important and thrilling' Dan SnowThe story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. In fact, far... -
Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World by Andrew Lambert
RRP: €15.46€13.64One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states "A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called 'the watery part of the world.'"-William Anthony... -
The Second World War by David Horner
RRP: €35.70€26.83Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and colour maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of history's greatest conflict. The period... -
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich
RRP: €53.55€43.22A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern ageIn 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved... -
Spare Parts: A Surprising History of Transplants by Paul Craddock
RRP: €22.60€19.97A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK'Spare Parts is a fascinating read filled with adventure, delight and surprise' RAHUL JANDIAL, surgeon author of 'Life on a Knife's Edge''This is a joyful romp through a fascinating slice of medical history' WENDY MOORE,... -
Women's History and Ancient History by Sarah B. Pomeroy 9780807843109
RRP: €59.44€54.67This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women's public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically... -
Access to History: France in Revolution 1774-1815 Sixth Edition by Dylan Rees
€30.48Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper... -
We Danced All Night: A Social History of Britain Between the Wars by Martin Pugh
RRP: €17.84€13.03Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting depression. In Martin Pugh's lively and thought-provoking... -
The Galapagos by Henry Nicholls
RRP: €14.27€10.03Formed of dramatic volcanic scenery and home to marvellous beasts, it is little wonder that the first name for the Galapagos archipelago was Las Encantadas: the enchanted islands. In this captivating natural history, Henry Nicholls builds up the ecology... -
Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell
RRP: €17.84€13.03WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2019SHORLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin... -
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman 9780007578832
RRP: €11.89€8.23'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York... -
Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi
RRP: €17.84€13.03A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of history's most extreme tyrants, and the subject of Marlowe's famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland... -
Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller by Gregg Herken 9780805065893
RRP: €35.69€24.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805065893Author Gregg HerkenFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)... -
Storm Front by Rowland White
RRP: €10.70€7.68____________________'As vivid and compelling as the best adventure thriller, and a fitting tribute to a small band of men who became heroes' ANDY MCNAB 'Gripping, revealing and extraordinarily well-researched, this is a riveting new account of a little... -
Atlas of Empires: The World's Civilizations from Ancient Times to Today by Peter Davidson
RRP: €17.84€11.92Featuring 60 beautiful and detailed maps, Atlas of Empires tells the story of how and why the great empires of history came into being, operated, and ultimately declined, and discusses the future of the empire in today's globalized world. Atlas of... -
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt by Charlotte Gray 9781398527720
RRP: €29.75€18.85A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century-by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano...