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Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century by Sugata Bose 9780674423497
RRP: $38.64$31.04A concise new history of a century of struggles to define Asian identity and express alternatives to European forms of universalism.The balance of global power changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century, above all with the economic and... -
The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty by Helen Hackett
RRP: $32.25$26.99The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mind What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today-although their answers were often startlingly... -
The Pirate World by Angus Konstam
RRP: $38.70$29.09Highly illustrated with colour images and specially commissioned maps throughout, this is a unique exploration of the pirate world. Often romanticised in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas... -
The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub: Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka by Jacob Norris
RRP: $25.79$22.63This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return... -
Spare Parts: An Unexpected History of Transplants by Paul Craddock
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Compelling' Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times'A fascinating book' Daily Mail_______________________________________________________________We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you... -
Assholes by James Felton 9780751585827
RRP: $16.76$11.61Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Assholes by James Felton 9780751585827 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$3.42In this, er, 'unique' illustrated potted history of the human race, Twitter icon James Felton uses his inimitable brand of banter to unveil the slyest, creepiest and/or nastiest specimens who've ever lived.Enter the 16th Century Chinese Emperor Zhegende,... -
The First World War: An Illustrated History by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: $16.76$11.73A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through... -
Prehistoric Flintwork by Chris Butler 9780752433400
RRP: $38.70$28.93Flint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to recognising and categorising British prehistoric flintwork. The author begins by looking at the different... -
A Concise History of the Caribbean by B. W. Higman
RRP: $29.66$26.46A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of... -
The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire by Masha Kirasirova 9780197685709
RRP: $25.79$23.49In the first few years after the Russian Revolution, an ideological project coalesced to link the development of what Stalin demarcated as the internal "East"--primarily Central Asia and the Caucasus--with nation-building, the overthrow of colonialism,... -
Tank Men by Robert J. Kershaw
RRP: $16.76$11.09'I thought Tank Men was a triumph ... it is a really fine piece of work' -Richard Holmes'Some of the eye witness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare... -
The Piri Reis Map of 1513 by Gregory C. McIntosh
$58.55One of the most beautiful maps to survive the Great Age of Discoveries, the 1513 world map drawn by Ottoman admiral Piri Reis is also one of the most mysterious. Gregory McIntosh has uncovered new evidence in the map that shows it to be among the most... -
Access to History: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust Second Edition by Alan Farmer
$32.52Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. For over twenty years Access to History has been providing students with reliable, engaging and accessible content on a wide... -
Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank
RRP: $36.12$29.41Empires--vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition--have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a... -
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele 9781787381919
RRP: $32.25$28.93As early as the third century, St Maurice-an Egyptian-became leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion. Ever since, there have been richly varied encounters between those defined as 'Africans' and those called 'Europeans'. Yet Africans and African... -
Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance by Edgar Wind 9780393004755
RRP: $29.03$25.03An exploration of philosophical and mystical sources of iconography in Renaissance art.Book InformationISBN 9780393004755Author Edgar WindFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
RRP: $21.92$15.84The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a 'flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that... -
Access to History: The Later Tudors 1547-1603 by Roger Turvey
$32.52Exam board: AQA; 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 knowledge and better... -
Fascinating Footnotes From History by Giles Milton
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive . . . an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining' Matthew Redhead, The TimesDid you know that Hitler took cocaine? That Stalin... -
National Geographic Ultimate Visual History of the World: The Story of Humankind from Prehistory to Modern Times by Jean-Pierre Isbouts
RRP: $54.17$38.43Follow the fascinating threads of human history in this monumental volume, amply illustrated with maps, archival imagery, and revealing photographs. History comes to life in this comprehensive overview of humankind, from earliest times to the present day... -
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Ms Peggy Mohan 9780670093687
RRP: $25.79$17.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093687Author Peggy MohanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 30mm -
Early Modern Wales, c.1536-1689: Ambiguous Nationhood by Lloyd Bowen 9781786839589
RRP: $21.92$16.89This is the first general history of early modern Wales for more than a generation. The book assimilates new scholarship and deploys a wealth of original archival research to present a fresh picture of Wales under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. It adopts... -
Access to History: Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA 1850-2009 for Pearson Edexcel Second Edition by Vivienne Sanders
$33.04Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: 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 knowledge and... -
Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn: Recollections of the Ukrainian Nationalist Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against the Poles During World War II by Tadeusz Piotrowski 9780786442454
RRP: $32.24$26.69After the 1939 Soviet and 1941 Nazi invasions, the people of Southeast Poland underwent a third and even more terrible ordeal when they were subjected to mass genocide by the Ukrainian Nationalists. Tens of thousands of Poles were tortured and... -
Meeting of Minds Islamic Encounters c. 570 to 1750 Pupil's Book by Christine Counsell
$34.66Tried and tested over ten years, Think Through History is the best enquiry-based course for pupils at KS3. In Meetings of Minds, a combination of familiar and new topics gives teachers both a solid foundation to start from and the opportunity to explore... -
Facing the Sea of Sand: The Sahara and the Peoples of Northern Africa by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: $38.70$28.32Northern 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... -
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto Eco 9780300093049
RRP: $14.18$12.09In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed... -
Assassins' Deeds: A History of Assassination from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the Present Day by John Withington
RRP: $25.80$25.34Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least three thousand years. Personal ambition, revenge, and anger have encouraged many to violent deeds, like the Turkish sultan who had nineteen of his brothers strangled or the bodyguards who... -
Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World by Patricia Crone 9781780747415
RRP: $21.92$20.79Eminent historian Patricia Crone defines the common features of a wide range of pre-industrial societies, from locations as seemingly disparate as the Mongol Empire and pre-Columbian America, to cultures as diverse as the Ming Dynasty and... -
In The Shadows Of The American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power by Alfred McCoy 9781608467730
RRP: $21.92$18.41In a completely original analysis, McCoy explores America's rise as a world power, from the 1890s through the Cold War and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and... -
Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quamtum Cryptography by Dr. Simon Singh
RRP: $24.51$14.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385495325Author Simon SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock
RRP: $19.34$14.13Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this,... -
We Slaves of Suriname by Anton de Kom 9781509549023
RRP: $20.63$14.62Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history... -
A Guide to Battles: Decisive Conflicts in History by Richard Holmes 9780198828976
$42.74This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the... -
The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five by Livy
RRP: $14.18$10.02`the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called... -
How Iceland Changed The World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason 9780143135883
RRP: $19.34$13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135883Author Egill BjarnasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Access to History: The Early Stuarts and the English Revolution, 1603-60 Second Edition by Katherine Brice
$32.52Exam board: AQA; 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 knowledge and better... -
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
RRP: $49.01$38.96Originally written in 1921 for the author's grandchildren, Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind has charmed generations with its warmth, simplicity and wisdom. Van Loon's witty, amiable tone animates the story of human history as a grand... -
Knowing Pain: A History of Sensation, Emotion, and Experience by Rob Boddice
RRP: $32.25$21.13Pain, while known to almost everyone, is not universal. The evidence of our own pain, and our own experience, does not provide us with automatic insight into the pains of others, past or present. No matter how self-evident and ubiquitous the sting of a...