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The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted during the War for the Union by James M. McPherson
RRP: $33.58$24.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033904Author James M. McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business by David T. Courtwright 9780674248229
RRP: $35.60$29.09"A mind-blowing tour de force that unwraps the myriad objects of addiction that surround us...Intelligent, incisive, and sometimes grimly entertaining."-Rod Phillips, author of Alcohol: A History"A fascinating history of corporate America's efforts to... -
The Eastern Front 1914-1917 by Norman Stone
RRP: $27.28$19.09A groundbreaking historical study, Norman Stone's The Eastern Front 1914-1917 was the very first authoritative account of the Russian Front in the First World War to be published in the West. In this now-classic history he dispels the myths surrounding... -
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Tonio Andrade 9780691178141
RRP: $46.20$37.30The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily... -
A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter
RRP: $35.68$26.63China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful... -
The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by Thomas Childers 9781451651140
RRP: $44.08$31.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451651140Author Thomas ChildersFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration - and Why It's a Good Thing by Danny Dorling
RRP: $27.28$24.07A 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... -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin 9781473677791
RRP: $52.50$35.24A Sunday Times Best History Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year'A book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders' The Times'Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . . an... -
Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Hajari between Europe and North Africa by Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri 9780520390454
RRP: $52.50$41.14The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism reformulates our understanding of the early modern Mediterranean through the remarkable life and career of... -
Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment by Lee Jackson 9780300254785
RRP: $25.18$21.32An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the... -
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain
RRP: $31.48$20.58NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
Access to History: War and Peace: International Relations 1890-1945 Fourth Edition by David Williamson
$52.94Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order by G. John Ikenberry 9780300271010
RRP: $35.68$30.68A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era, selected as a Best Book of 2021 by Foreign Affairs "A thoughtful and profound defence of liberal internationalism-both as a political philosophy and as a guide... -
On the Scale of the World: The Formation of Black Anticolonial Thought by Musab Younis
RRP: $52.50$41.14This expansive history of Black political thought shows us the origins-and the echoes-of anticolonial liberation on a global scale.On the Scale of the World examines the reverberations of anticolonial ideas that spread across the Atlantic between the two... -
The Oxford Handbook of Sports History by Robert Edelman
$101.89Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting", nor are they "war by other means." To be sure sports have generated animosity throughout human history, but they also require rules to which the participants agree to abide before the contest... -
The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and Consensus by Annika Mombauer 9780582418721
$92.38The seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the First World War have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy. Annika Mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth... -
The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India by William Dalrymple 9780006547754
RRP: $27.28$17.81William Dalrymple, who wrote so magically about India in 'City of Djinns', returns to the country in a series of remarkable essays. Featured in its pages are 15-year-old guerrilla girls and dowager Maharanis; flashy Bombay drinks parties and... -
The Book of Unexplained Mysteries: On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange by Will Pearson
RRP: $20.98$14.28How were the hunter-gatherers of Goebekli Tepe able to build a series of stunning stone monuments six thousand years before Stonehenge?Was the so-called 'Wow!' Signal a radio transmission from deep space, or the ambient resonating frequency of a passing... -
Arctic: culture and climate by Amber Lincoln
RRP: $73.50$54.37The Arctic, often imagined as one of the most inhospitable places on earth, has been inhabited for nearly 30,000 years. The various communities that call the region home have found ingenious ways to harness and celebrate their environment, and to... -
On War by Carl von Clausewitz 9780691018546
RRP: $84.00$68.31On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of... -
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca by Andre Resendez
$33.85In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their... -
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
RRP: $27.28$21.48What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future. Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with... -
Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941 by Ian Kershaw
RRP: $35.68$25.79Ian Kershaw's Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-41 offers a penetrating insight into a series of momentous political decisions that shaped the course of the Second World War. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of... -
The Buddha and the Sahibs by Charles Allen
RRP: $23.08$15.54Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin's prohibition on... -
Twelve Against the Gods: The Story of Adventure by William Bolitho
RRP: $35.68$23.77"It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers-Alexander the Great,... -
Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War by Hugh Bicheno
RRP: $27.28$18.06The 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 Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire by Julie Kavanagh
RRP: $27.28$17.98ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021'The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama... Kavanagh's account reminds me of the very best of true crime.' The Times (Book of the Week)On a... -
A Short History of the World in 50 Places by Jacob F. Field
RRP: $27.28$18.33Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known places in the world.From the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania,... -
The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica by Ian Thomson
RRP: $23.08$15.37Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. It became independent in 1962.Jamaica is now a country in despair. It has become a cockpit of... -
Big History and the Future of Humanity by Fred Spier
RRP: $52.40$45.74big history and the future of humanity "This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history... -
Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
RRP: $27.28$18.06Peter Hessler's previous book River Town was a prize-winning, poignant and deeply compelling portrait of China. Now, in Oracle Bones, Hessler returns to the country, excavating its long history and immersing himself in the lives of young Chinese as they... -
Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed 9781642590029
RRP: $41.98$28.48Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reed's masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the... -
Before Our Very Eyes, Fake Wars and Big Lies: From 9/11 to Donald Trump by Thierry Meyssan
RRP: $48.28$30.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615770120Author Thierry MeyssanFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 456g -
The Great Book of Mexico: Interesting Stories, Mexican History & Random Facts About Mexico by Bill O'Neill 9781648450006
RRP: $20.90$15.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450006Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Lak PublishingPublisher Lak PublishingWeight(grams) 195g -
Garden History: A Very Short Introduction by Gordon Campbell 9780199689873
RRP: $18.88$13.55Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from... -
We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History by John Lewis Gaddis
RRP: $119.68$112.58The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective, one reflecting Soviet, East European, and Chinese as well as American and West European viewpoints. In a major departure... -
The Missing Musk: A Casebook of Mysteries from the Natural World by Bob Gilbert
RRP: $42.00$28.04'Utterly fascinating and intriguing' Neil Ansell, author of The Last Wilderness'A captivating dive into the mysteries of nature' Lee Schofield, author of Wild FellIn 1913 all the musk plants in the world stopped smelling. Unable to resist the lure of... -
The Living Stream - Holy Wells in Historical Context by James Rattue
RRP: $41.98$36.98A history of holy wells from the pagan cult of water to the Christian wells of the middle ages, and including a full gazetteer. The holy well is the absolute combination of mystery and utility. There are hundreds of them still to be found, some... -
The Generalship Of Alexander The Great by J. F. C. Fuller 9780306813306
$31.00In a brief and meteoric life (356-323 BC) the greatest of all conquerors redirected the course of world history. Alexander the Great accomplished this feat with a small army-no more than 40,000 men-and a constellation of bold, revolutionary ideas about... -
A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace by Lynn Meskell
RRP: $79.78$49.81Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity," the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...