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Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943 by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£9.34The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland,... -
Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West by Dimitar Bechev
RRP: £20.00£17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300247886Author Dimitar BechevFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
RRP: £18.99£9.78From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide.'A brilliant book.' James O'BrienWas... -
Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Second Edition Alan Farmer 9781510459199
£25.21Exam board: 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 knowledge... -
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: £27.99£15.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063051331Author Yuval Noah HarariFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 885g -
The Story of the World in 100 Moments: Discover the stories that defined humanity and shaped our world Neil Oliver 9781804991398
RRP: £12.99£9.34'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC HistoryFrom Genghis Khan's domination on earth to Armstrong's first steps on the moon, discover the 100 moments that defined humanity and shaped our world forever.Neil Oliver... -
Access to History: The Early Tudors: Henry VII to Mary I, 1485-1558 Second Edition Roger Turvey 9781510457881
£25.21Exam 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 Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest. The story of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans makes... -
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
RRP: £14.99£13.63A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR "Masterly and brilliant"-Simon Sebag Montefiore "A book of vast scope and stunning insight."-Anthony Sattin, Spectator "Commanding erudition and a swashbuckling style define this history of the Arabs"-Justin... -
The Cash Nexus: Money and Politics in Modern History, 1700-2000 by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £16.99£12.28Modern history shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, Niall Ferguson offers a bold and original analysis of the evolution of today's economic and... -
Pathogenesis: How germs made history by Jonathan Kennedy
RRP: £25.00£17.90A 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... -
Oracle Bones Peter Hessler 9780719564413
RRP: £12.99£8.83Peter 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... -
The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance by Jamie Martin
RRP: £34.95£28.59"The Meddlers is an eye-opening, essential new history that places our international financial institutions in the transition from a world defined by empire to one of nation states enmeshed in the world economy."-Adam Tooze, Columbia UniversityAn... -
Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian
RRP: £12.99£9.34Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. Personally leading the devastating attack which traversed the Ardennes Forest and broke through French... -
Garden History: A Very Short Introduction by Gordon Campbell 9780199689873
RRP: £8.99£6.65Gardens 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... -
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Ashley Jackson
RRP: £8.99£6.65From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world. The territories forming this empire ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world's major continental land masses. The British Empire... -
Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £12.99£9.34Winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize 2013In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war, while the Orient was home to dazzling civilizations. Yet, somehow, the West came to dominate... -
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday
RRP: £16.99£12.68The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday.Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked... -
The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931 by Adam Tooze
RRP: £18.99£13.61WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PRIZE FOR HISTORY FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world -... -
The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450-1650 by J. H. Parry
RRP: £30.00£23.29The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese voyages in the mid-fifteenth century and ended 250 years later when... -
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World by Maya Jasanoff
RRP: £12.99£9.34CUNDILL PRIZE 2018 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018 'Enlightening, compassionate, superb' John le Carre A visionary life and times of Joseph Conrad,... -
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.34The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men... -
A Noble Ruin: Mark Antony, Civil War, and the Collapse of the Roman Republic by W. Jeffrey Tatum 9780197694909
RRP: £26.99£23.20A complex and captivating portrait of Mark Antony that offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Roman Republic In his lifetime, Mark Antony was a famous man. Ally and avenger of Julius Caesar, rhetorical target of Cicero, lover of Cleopatra, and... -
The Madman's Gallery by Edward Brooke-Hitching
RRP: £30.00£19.81Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made. From the author of... -
The Expedition of Cyrus by Xenophon
RRP: £8.99£6.65'Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!' The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the march of the Ten Thousand. The exploits... -
A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
RRP: £10.99£9.61A much-loved author brings the world of literature alive for all ages This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is... -
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
RRP: £22.00£14.78A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY'Forty-thousand years of our relationship with time condensed into 288 pages: a hugely entertaining achievement.' ESQUIRE'5/5 A true joy... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: International Relations and Global Conflict c1890-1941 by Kat Kearey 9780198354543
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, International... -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan 9781526608246
RRP: £12.99£8.56From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The... -
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond Antony Best 9780367352752
RRP: £34.99£30.85Now in its fourth edition, this highly successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have... -
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor 9780241951774 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100... -
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
RRP: £16.99£12.28Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100... -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj by Anita Anand 9781471174247 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£3.28WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 'Reads like something from a thriller...colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times'Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Hundreds of peaceful civilians were... -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj Anita Anand 9781471174247
RRP: £9.99£6.61WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 'Reads like something from a thriller...colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times'Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Hundreds of peaceful civilians were... -
Access to History: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 for OCR, Third Edition by Andrew Holland
£24.65Exam board: 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 History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained DK 9780241225929
RRP: £19.99£15.28Learn about the origins of our species and all things revolution in The History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about History in this overview guide to... -
Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism by Sven Beckert
RRP: £14.99£12.24WINNER OF THE 2015 BANCROFT PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2015 PHILIP TAFT PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 CUNDHILL PRIZE IN HISTORICAL LITERATUREEconomist BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015'Knowledgeable and stunning' Orhan Pamuk... -
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Endeavour Peter Moore 9781784743192
RRP: £25.00£17.90Bestselling historian Peter Moore traces how Enlightenment ideas were exported from Britain and put into practice in America - where they became the most successful export of all time, the American Dream'Absorbing... fascinating... eloquent' THE... -
Football in Sun and Shadow Eduardo Galeano 9780241355350
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Football is a pleasure that hurts'This unashamedly emotional history of football is a homage to the romance and drama, spectacle and passion of a 'great pagan mass'. Through stories of superstition, heartbreak, tragedy, luck, heroes and villains, those... -
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman 9780241989258
RRP: £10.99£7.99Why do human beings fight one another?In this exhilarating and bracing book, we learn the common logic driving vainglorious monarchs, dictators, mobs, pilots, football hooligans, ancient peoples and fanatics.Distilling decades of economics, political...