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The Second World War by John Keegan
RRP: $38.70$27.54In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In... -
Charles X's Wars: Volume 3 - The Danish Wars, 1657-1660 by Michael Fredholm Von Essen
RRP: $51.54$36.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113603Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Great Cities in History by John Julius Norwich 9780500251546 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.19$3.61From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. The Great Cities in History tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy... -
The Great Cities in History by John Julius Norwich 9780500251546
RRP: $32.19$23.16From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. The Great Cities in History tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy... -
The Mycenaean World by John Chadwick
RRP: $34.82$30.24In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a... -
Every Man A King: The Autobiography Of Huey P. Long by Huey Long 9780306806957
RRP: $28.37$20.14Huey Long (1893-1935) was one of the most extraordinary American politicians, simultaneously cursed as a dictator and applauded as a benefactor of the masses. A product of the poor north Louisiana hills, he was elected governor of Louisiana in 1928, and... -
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, With a New Preface by Ross E. Dunn 9780520272927
RRP: $38.70$30.04Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of... -
Arbella Stuart: The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage
RRP: $12.89$8.57In 1562, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIII's children, lay dying of smallpox, and the curse of the Tudor succession again reared its head. The queen was to recover, but the issue remained: if the queen did not produce an heir, who was next in line to... -
Timelines: The Events that Shaped History by John Haywood
RRP: $25.74$18.90John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format via concise, insightful and engaging text summaries alongside timelines, maps and illustrations. There are 50 sections, each dealing with significant moments in the... -
Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century by Paul Collier
RRP: $14.18$10.02Exodus is an insightful, expert foray into the explosive issue of immigration, from Paul Collier, award-winning economist and author of The Bottom BillionMass international migration is a response to extreme global inequality, and immigration has a... -
The Little Book of History by DK
RRP: $12.89$9.17Travel back in time with the latest instalment in the bestselling Big Ideas series, in a brand new portable format.The Little Book of History charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today. From the origins of... -
On The Line: The Story of the Greenwich Meridian by Royal Observatory, Greenwich 9781906367619
RRP: $11.60$8.27Every year, thousands of people come to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to have their photograph taken on the line of the Prime Meridian - longitude 0 Degrees - as they stand in the eastern and western hemispheres at the same time. But what is the... -
Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives: The First 1000 Years by Chase F. Robinson
RRP: $16.76$11.09The religious thinkers, political leaders, law-makers, writers and philosophers of the early Muslim world helped to shape the 1,400-year-long development of today's secondlargest world religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives,... -
Lost Tramways of Wales: South Wales and Valleys by Peter Waller 9781912213146
RRP: $11.60$8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213146Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
Mastering Modern World History by Norman Lowe
RRP: $37.40$35.46The sixth edition of this bestselling book takes students on a journey through the 20th century and provides a clear overview of the key events which have shaped modern world history. Unrivalled in its broad coverage, it: - Surveys international... -
Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents by Paul Brummell
RRP: $32.25$28.42Gifts have been part of international relations since ancient times. They can serve as tokens of friendship, apology or authority; as taunts, bribes, boasts or tricks. They can also go wrong: Mali's 2013 gift of a camel to French President Francois... -
Abolition!: The struggle to abolish slavery in the British colonies by Richard Reddie
RRP: $14.18$12.37The Anti-Slave Trade Act became law on 25th March 1807. It made the capture and transport of slaves by British subjects illegal. Slavery as such in the British Empire wasn't abolished until 1833. This book tells the story of the slave trade in the... -
Court Lady and Country Wife: Royal Privilege and Civil War - Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England by Lita Rose Betcherman
RRP: $25.79$17.74The Percy sisters were born during the reign of Elizabeth I, daughters of the Earl of Northumberland, one of the most powerful men in the land and a conspirator in the gun powder plot. They came to prominence at the Court of Charles I. Lucy, the Countess... -
Lineages of Modernity: A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus by Emmanuel Todd 9781509534470
RRP: $38.70$34.89In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the contemporary state of the world. Much that was taken for granted a decade or two ago is being questioned, and there is a widespread urge to try and understand how we reached our... -
The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia by Sheila Miyoshi Jager 9780674983397
RRP: $43.80$36.65A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars.In the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two "great games": one, well known, pitted... -
Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided by Aanchal Malhrota
RRP: $20.63$18.94The emotion and trauma of the Partition are buried deep, but Aanchal Malhotra has found a way to recover them. Through the possessions saved by her own great-grandparents as they fled their homes, she discovers the unique power of such objects: to unlock... -
Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood by Idith Zertal 9780521850964
RRP: $90.30$41.65The ghost of the Holocaust is ever present in Israel, in the lives and nightmares of the survivors and in the absence of the victims. In this compelling and disturbing analysis, Idith Zertal, a leading member of the new generation of revisionist... -
A Little History of Archaeology by Brian Fagan
RRP: $14.18$11.88A "learned and lively" (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventure-with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe-for readers of all ages What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind... -
Anthropologies of Revolution: Forging Time, People, and Worlds by Igor Cherstich
RRP: $38.70$30.04A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What can anthropological thinking contribute to the study of revolutions? The first book-length attempt to develop an anthropological approach to revolutions,... -
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now by Michael Burleigh 9781509847884 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.25$3.41In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century - first,... -
The World's Great Speeches by Lewis Copeland 9780486409030
RRP: $23.85$15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486409030Author Copeland CopelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Turkic Peoples in World History by Joo-Yup Lee 9781032170015
RRP: $49.01$43.06The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins.The "Turks"... -
Dancing in Time: The History of Moving and Shaking by Robert Hylton 9780712354615
RRP: $32.25$21.13With a foreword by Oti Mabuse. Dance is at the heart of diverse cultures around the globe, from the increasing popularity of salsa clubs, to break dance battles that gather crowds in the street, to the constant stream of dance routines going viral on... -
Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy by Emma Griffin
RRP: $29.03$24.96The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian era-and struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperity"A powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures."-Ruth... -
Abandoned Places: Where time has stopped by Richard Happer
RRP: $21.92$15.31Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay. Stories, facts and photographs... -
Lightbulb Moments in Human History - From Cave to Colosseum by Scott Williams
RRP: $23.21$19.85Lightbulb Moments in Human History tracks humanity's big ideas and the eccentricities of those who conceived them. Along the way you'll find answers to questions such as: Why did the Sumerians have temple prostitutes? Just how psychotic was the God of... -
Gallipoli by L. A. Carlyon
RRP: $21.92$15.84'Because it was fought so close to his old home ground, Homer might have seen this war on the Gallipoli Peninsula as an epic. Brief by his standards, but essentially heroic. Shakespeare might have seen it as a tragedy with splendid bit-parts for buffoons... -
Big Questions In History by Harriet Swain
RRP: $12.89$9.17Drawing 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... -
Pathogenesis: How germs made history by Jonathan Kennedy 9781911709060
RRP: $21.92$17.18A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger... -
A Short History of the Vietnam War by DK
RRP: $24.50$16.62This is the definitive story of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in US history.Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative history of the Vietnam War examines the key figures and events of the conflict,... -
World Politics since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag
RRP: $32.25$21.651989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization - of growing connectivity, affluence, and growth - give way? Jonathan Holslag navigates through the calm... -
The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma
RRP: $38.64$31.04"[A] tour de force of global history...Bosma has turned the humble sugar crystal into a mighty prism for understanding aspects of global history and the world in which we live."-Los Angeles Review of BooksThe definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and... -
Rough Hills: An East End Story by Derek Mills 9781861518750
RRP: $18.06$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861518750Author Derek MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Memoirs Publishing -
Crimes of War 2.0: What the Public Should Know by Anthony Dworkin 9780393328462
RRP: $25.79$22.41Originally published in 1999, this A-to-Z guidebook of wartime atrocities has received worldwide acclaim and has been translated into eleven languages. Now substantially updated, with sixteen new entries, this concise guide to the broken rules of war... -
Endurance and Endeavour: Russian History 1812-2001 by J. N. Westwood 9780199246175
RRP: $54.17$50.03In Russia, both rulers and ruled long endeavoured to transform their country, each in their own forcible way. Their efforts never quite seemed to bring the results hoped for, and despite reform and revolution some things changed very little. This book...