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Princeton Review AP World History: Modern Premium Prep, 2024: 6 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review + Strategies & Techniques by The Princeton Review 9780593517338
RRP: £23.00£16.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593517338Author The Princeton ReviewFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Resorts and Ports: European Seaside Towns since 1700 by Peter Borsay 9781845411978
RRP: £29.95£26.39Histories of seaports and coastal resorts have usually been kept in separate compartments. This book brings them together and looks at how resort development affected historic ports during the rise and development of the seaside holiday in Europe from... -
The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney 9780753558935
RRP: £12.99£9.09*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them by Tom Phillips 9781472283405
RRP: £9.99£6.48'Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories' The TimesFrom the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it's always... -
Being Human: How our biology shaped world history by Lewis Dartnell
RRP: £22.00£15.62'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, bestselling author of The Future of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, bestselling author of OtherlandsOur biology will change how you see the world. Lewis Dartnell explores how human biology has shaped relationships,... -
The Hiram Key: Pharoahs,Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Christ by Christopher Knight
RRP: £10.99£7.77Was Jesus a Freemason? The discovery of evidence of the most secret rites of Freemasonry in an ancient Egyptian tomb led authors Chris Knight and Bob Lomas into and extraordinary investigation of 4, 000 years of history. This astonishing bestseller... -
A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd 9781783966219
RRP: £25.00£16.83___________ A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022 A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022 'Fascinating... You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle... than you will by reading a... -
Manmade Wonders of the World by DK
RRP: £30.00£23.35Discover and explore the most incredible statues, monuments, temples, bridges, and ancient cities with this unparalleled survey of the most famous buildings and structures created by humans.From Stonehenge to the Sagrada Familia, from the Great Wall of... -
The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Kelly
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the... -
The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Pirie
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A fascinating, comprehensive study that forces us to think again about what law is, and why it matters ... For those who want to understand why human society has emerged as it has, this is essential reading' Rana Mitter, author of China's Good War ... -
A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century by John Burrow
RRP: £14.99£10.95This unprecedented book, by one of Britain's leading intellectual historians, describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an... -
The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World by Jonathan Black
RRP: £14.99£8.94From the bestselling author of The Secret History of the World, an exploration of the mystical forces that shape and protect usThe Sacred History is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels, from... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World by Andrew Jotischky
RRP: £16.99£12.28This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth... -
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £12.99£9.09Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and... -
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £14.99£9.70A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history. Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of... -
An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
RRP: £12.99£8.48Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated - and timely - history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. 'Countries are... -
The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain by Penelope J. Corfield
RRP: £12.99£11.99A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global... -
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil 9780241992142
RRP: £10.99£7.77'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology,... -
Civilisation by Kenneth Clark
RRP: £10.99£7.05Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation. The author takes us from... -
The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Michael David Coogan 9780195087079
£65.90The Oxford History of the Biblical World is a comprehensive, fully illustrated survey of the world from which the Bible emerged. The work is written by leading scholars, all of whom have considerable expertise in archaeology and the study of ancient... -
China: A History by John Keay 9780007221783
RRP: £14.99£9.70Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume. Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast... -
Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner
RRP: £10.99£6.77'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded... -
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 by Sir Max Hastings
RRP: £12.99£8.48'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times 'Authoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily Telegraph ... -
Climate Change and International History: Negotiating Science, Global Change, and Environmental Justice by Ruth A. Morgan 9781350240124
£23.63Exploring how climate change has configured the international arena since the 1950s, this book reveals the ways that climate change emerged and evolved as an international problem, and how states, scientists and non-governmental organizations have... -
The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Bishop of Caesarea Eusebius
RRP: £12.99£9.09Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a... -
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history.From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the... -
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: Paper 1 Depth Studies by Ben Walsh
£34.53Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: International GCSE (9-1)Subject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed for Pearson Edexcel qualificationsFollow the tried-and-tested methods of bestselling author Ben Walsh. This book... -
Heroes: The Greatest Generation and the Second World War by James Holland
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Heroes' is the story of an extraordinary generation of young men, mostly British, who came of age in the Second World War. These young men - and women - found themselves facing life-threatening danger and the kind of responsibility few would be prepared... -
A Little History of Music by Robert Philip
RRP: £15.99£14.46A lively, engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present Human beings have always made music. Music can move us and tell stories of faith, struggle, or love. It is common to all cultures across the world. But how has it... -
Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre by Kim Wagner
RRP: £12.99£11.99A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire: the Amritsar Massacre"Amritsar 1919 chronicles the run up to Jallianwala Bagh with spellbinding, almost minute-by-minute focus. . . . Mr. Wagner's achievement is... -
The First World War: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Howard
RRP: £8.99£6.45By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of the 'Great War', focusing on... -
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... -
Conquests and Cultures: An International History by Thomas Sowell
RRP: £18.99£12.12This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try to... -
Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikoetter
RRP: £10.99£7.32A New Statesman, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW STATESMAN Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung,... -
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Ashley Jackson
RRP: £8.99£6.45From 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... -
1421: The Year China Discovered The World by Gavin Menzies
RRP: £12.99£9.49On 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was 'to proceed all the way to the end of the... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book by Brian Lavery
RRP: £9.99£7.11""The art of command is...to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' A Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943', has found... -
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore by Bettany Hughes 9781845952143
RRP: £25.00£18.02As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to... -
Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra
RRP: £10.99£7.77LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'The kind of vision the world needs right now...Pankaj Mishra shouldn't stop thinking' Christopher de Bellaigue, Financial Times'This is the most astonishing, convincing, and... -
A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway
RRP: £10.99£10.21"For readers in search of a thoughtful, thorough, and approachable survey of the history of religion, this book is an excellent place to start."-Booklist Written for those with faith and for those without-and especially for younger readers-A Little...