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Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860 by Richard H. Grove 9780521565134
RRP: $62.98$58.38This is the first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, concentrating especially on its hitherto unexplained colonial and global aspects. It highlights the significance of Utopian, physiocratic and medical thinking in the... -
City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective by James D. Tracy 9780521124157
RRP: $79.78$74.40The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilisation of manpower and resources... -
Think History: Modern Times 1750-1990 Core Pupil Book 3 by Caroline Beechener 9780435313708 [USED COPY]
RRP: $63.40$4.39This scheme takes an investigative approach to history, developing pupils' thinking skills as they explore the subject. Each "Core Edition" has an enquiry-based approach designed to motivate pupils of all abilities at the same time covering every QCA... -
Think History: Modern Times 1750-1990 Core Pupil Book 3 by Caroline Beechener
$68.92This scheme takes an investigative approach to history, developing pupils' thinking skills as they explore the subject. Each "Core Edition" has an enquiry-based approach designed to motivate pupils of all abilities at the same time covering every QCA... -
To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change by Alfred W McCoy
RRP: $41.98$29.32In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes-from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050-has produced a relentless succession... -
Critical Path by R.Buckminster Fuller 9780312174910
$35.47Critical Path is R. Buckminster Fuller's masterwork - the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern - as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication over 20 years ago. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current... -
Aryans by Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $52.50$35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette IndiaPublisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone
RRP: $63.00$49.75This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is the perfect companion for travelers and armchair travelers alike. It provides a concise survey of three ancient cultures... -
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by Francois-Xavier Fauvelle
RRP: $35.68$28.67An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval AfricaFrom the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an... -
Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality In World War II by Stephen P. Halbrook 9780306813252
RRP: $37.78$27.20A fascinating and enlightening explanation of the dilemma Switzerland found itself in during the 1930's and 1940's. - Publishers WeeklyAbout the AuthorStephen P. Halbrook has a Ph.D. from Florida State University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. He... -
Disasters and History: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies by Bas van Bavel
RRP: $52.48$44.48Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies... -
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons by Lawrence Beesley 9781781391693
$12.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781391693Author Lawrence BeesleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 196gDimensions(mm)... -
The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability by Carolyn Merchant
RRP: $42.00$35.66A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities From noted environmental historian Carolyn Merchant, this book focuses on the original... -
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy by Karl Shaw
RRP: $20.98$14.28The alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy - from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy.From Regency playhouses, to which young noblemen would go simply in order to... -
The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History by Peregrine Horden
RRP: $83.90$75.68The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It offers a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to... -
Sport in Modern Irish Life by Paul Rouse 9781785374548
RRP: $35.68$29.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374548Author Paul RouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Access to History: The Later Stuarts and the Glorious Revolution 1660-1702 by Oliver Bullock
$52.94Exam 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... -
Mapping an Empire: Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 by Matthew Edney
RRP: $69.30$68.15In this history of the British surveys of India, focusing especially on the Great Trigonometrical Survey (GTS) undertaken by the British East India Company, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques not only to... -
On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood by MS Irmgard A Hunt
RRP: $27.28$23.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060532185Author MS Irmgard A HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima by Constantine Pleshakov 9780465057924
$57.54On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. In the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost only three destroyers but the... -
Heinemann Advanced History: Cold War in Europe and Asia by Steve Phillips
$68.08Heinemann Advanced History is a series which supports the AS and A-Levels starting September 2000. The series provides coverage of all the most popular topics, so you can cover the whole of the specification with up-to-date resources. Each book begins... -
The Politics of Memory: The Journey of a Holocaust Historian by Raul Hilberg 9781566634281
RRP: $25.18$18.73This is the poignant memoir of a man who has spent most of his lifetime immersed in the evidence of one of the great horrors in human history. It is both a record of how it affected him and a revelation of the surprising ways in which his monumental work... -
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton 9780691165622
RRP: $33.58$27.11The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost... -
The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success by Martin Dugard 9781451677584
RRP: $39.88$24.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451677584Author Martin DugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to the Present by J. M. Roberts
RRP: $35.68$26.63This dazzling overview of a turbulent century explores both dramatic events and underlying trends. Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-fold... -
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage 9780802715524
RRP: $37.80$23.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802715524Author Tom StandageFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Walker & CompanyPublisher Walker & CompanyWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age by Robert C. Davis
RRP: $23.08$15.54Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. In this book, Robert Davis and Beth Lindsmith highlight dozens of notable lives from between 1400 and 1600. They bring to life wily politicians, eccentric scientists, fiery rebels and stolid... -
International Relations Since 1945 by John W. Young
RRP: $90.28$86.27International Relations since 1945 is the most student-friendly guide to the history of international relations. In it, Young and Kent provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key developments in international relations across the world... -
Modern France: 1880-2002 by James McMillan 9780198700593
RRP: $79.78$77.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Attrition: Fighting the First World War by William Philpott
RRP: $27.28$18.06The First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was... -
A Year in the Life of Ancient Greece: The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There by Dr Philip Matyszak
RRP: $27.28$19.17Experience a remarkable year among the real people of ancient Greece, as they prepare for the most important event in their calendar.It is 248 BC, the year of the 133rd Olympic Games. At this time the Hellenistic world is at its peak, with Greek... -
Renaissances: The One or the Many? by Jack Goody 9780521745161
RRP: $56.68$47.88One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does the European Renaissance deserve its unique status at the very heart of our notions of modernity? Jack Goody... -
Great Rivers: An Illustrated History of the Waterways that Shaped Civilizations by Geordie Torr 9781839408717
RRP: $41.98$29.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839408717Author Geordie TorrFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard B. Fall 9780306811579
RRP: $54.58$38.72The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army,... -
The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury 9780306812989
$36.94The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944 was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. Nearly three million people endured it just under half of them died. For twenty-five years the distinguished journalist and historian Harrison Salisbury... -
The Twelfth-Century Renaissance by R. N. Swanson 9780719042560
RRP: $41.98$37.42This volume surveys the wide range of cultural and intellectual changes in western Europe in the period c.1050-c.1250An up-to-date survey of previous historical work in this field, the book provides a useful starting point for those new to this period. ... -
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger 9780593489444
RRP: $75.60$38.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593489444Author Henry KissingerFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 765gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now by Michael Burleigh
RRP: $20.98$9.89In 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 Empire Strikes Back?: The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Andrew S. Thompson 9780582438293
RRP: $100.78$97.40`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa,... -
Last Minute Rooms in Bethlehem: And Other Great Internet Search Histories of the Past by Dale Shaw
RRP: $20.98$15.86'Very funny book alert!' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina'Made me chuckle heartily!' Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years Years in a Day'It's such a good idea. Were it not for my excellent bladder control, I would have weed myself' Stuart HeritageFrom...