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Nobilities in Transition 1550-1700: Courtiers and Rebels in Britain and Europe by Ronald Asch 9780340625286
£32.28Nobilities in Transition explores the transformation of the nobility in the late 16th and 17th centuries. This book looks at political and social changes, examines the impact princely courts had on noblemen and women and their way of life and analyses... -
Revolution in History by Roy Porter 9780521277846
RRP: £37.99£31.31All serious historical inquiry constantly encounters these major questions: what are the forces of historical change? and are there any general patterns shaping historical development? Theories of revolution have figured large in historians'... -
Global Connections: Volume 1: To 1500 by John Coatsworth 9780521145183
RRP: £39.99£36.21The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers... -
The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster by Lawrence J. Vale 9780195175837
RRP: £39.99£28.29For as long as they have existed, cities have been destroyed-sacked, shaken, burnt, bombed, flooded, starved, irradiated, and pillaged-in almost every case they have risen again. Rarely in modern times has a city not been rebuilt following destruction,... -
Global Gifts: The Material Culture of Diplomacy in Early Modern Eurasia by Zoltan Biedermann
RRP: £30.99£22.85This anthology explores the role that art and material goods played in diplomatic relations and political exchanges between Asia, Africa, and Europe in the early modern world. The authors challenge the idea that there was a European primacy in the... -
The Black Prince And The Sea Devils: The Story Of Valerio Borghese And The Elite Units Of The Decima Mas by Alessandro Massignani 9780306813115
£32.90At the beginning of World War II, Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, dashing Italian nobleman, assembled the famous Decima MAS naval unit-the first modern naval commando squad. Borghese's "frogmen" were trained to fight undercover and underwater with small... -
The Secret Life of the Seine by Mort Rosenblum 9780306810749
£15.81Mort Rosenblum, a celebrated foreign correspondent, invites us aboard his fifty-four-foot launch tied up in the centre of Paris and introduces us to the characters who share his life along the river, ranging from eccentric movie stars and reclusive... -
The The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume 2: Part 2: From World War II to the Present by Nicholas Tarling 9780521663724
RRP: £33.99£33.66In these four volumes, published in paperback in 2000, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Each volume has a new preface which points to the relationships with... -
The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939-1950 by Or Rosenboim 9780691168722
RRP: £45.00£36.00How competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalism During and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grappled with concerns about the future of democracy, the... -
Mercenaries of the Ancient World by Serge Yalichev 9780094757509
£20.40With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens.Book InformationISBN 9780094757509Author Serge... -
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: £19.00£11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title.Book InformationISBN 9780142001615Author Mark KurlanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin USAPublisher... -
License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport by Patrick Bixby
RRP: £21.00£16.16This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey... -
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War by J. Swift 9780333994047
RRP: £49.99£44.97A historical atlas must depict complex issues in a manner immediately accessible to the reader. The Cold War has long needed such an atlas. With easily understood maps and text, this atlas meets this demand. Not only are the obvious issues addressed,... -
Drunk On Power: 1 by Heinrich Pfeifer
RRP: £29.99£20.62In english for the first time, this meticulously detailed account of the Nazi 'Deep State' by one of its leading counterintelligence chiefs reveals the deepest secrets, and names foreign Gestapo agents whose identities have never before been public... -
Conquering Jerusalem by Stephen Dando-Collins
RRP: £13.99£9.50AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His examination of the revolt draws upon numerous... -
Appeasement by Keith Robbins 9780631203261
RRP: £37.95£34.46The author examines appeasement in the context of both Britain's domestic and her international commitments, within Europe and beyond.About the AuthorKeith Robbins is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter.Book InformationISBN... -
Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment by Joachim Radkau
RRP: £26.99£22.24This book aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history. Humans have been grappling with environmental problems since prehistoric times, and the environmental unsustainability of... -
Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present by Cynthia Stokes Brown 9781595588487
RRP: £19.95£13.14Big History tells the story of the universe, from the beginning to now, by interweaving the fields of biology, geology and anthropology to offer an all-encompassing account of Earth's history. Flowing seamlessly from the birth of the universe to life on... -
Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey by Fred Minnick
RRP: £27.99£22.33Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth "Bessie" Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the... -
Cross-Cultural Trade in World History by Philip D. Curtin 9780521269315
RRP: £44.99£38.14A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade between peoples of differing cultures through world history. Extending from the ancient world to the coming of the commercial revolution, Professor Curtin's discussion encompasses a broad and diverse... -
Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945 Second Edition John Wright 9781471841286
£32.59A new edition for HL Option 2, History of the Americas, Topic 13: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945.The renowned IB Diploma History series, combining compelling narratives with academic rigor.An authoritative and engaging narrative, with... -
Aerial Aftermaths: Wartime from Above by Caren Kaplan 9780822370178
RRP: £22.99£21.04From the first vistas provided by flight in balloons in the eighteenth century to the most recent sensing operations performed by military drones, the history of aerial imagery has marked the transformation of how people perceived their world, better... -
The Truth of the Russian Revolution: The Memoirs of the Tsar's Chief of Security and His Wife by Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev 9781438464626
RRP: £24.78£22.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438464626Author Konstantin Ivanovich GlobachevFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New... -
History in 100 Chapters Jeremy Plewes 9781398443495
RRP: £17.99£13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398443495Author Jeremy PlewesFormat PaperbackPage Count 598Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Global Trade and the Shaping of English Freedom by William A. Pettigrew 9780198846710
RRP: £70.00£63.74This book offers a new account of the connections between seventeenth century English history and the history of the rest of the world. Eschewing nationalist narratives, it demonstrates how greater engagement with the world beyond Europe shaped signature... -
Colonialism in Global Perspective by Kris Manjapra 9781108441360
RRP: £21.99£18.13Kris Manjapra weaves together the study of colonialism over the past 500 years, across the globe's continents and seas. This captivating work vividly evokes living human histories, introducing the reader to manifestations of colonialism as expressed... -
To Destroy A City: Strategic Bombing And Its Human Consequences In World War 2 by Herman Knell 9780306811692
£37.70Herman Knell was nineteen and living in Wurtzburg in March of 1945 when hundreds of Allied planes arrived overhead, unleashing a torrent of bombs on the city. Wurtzburg's tightly packed medieval housing exploded in a firestorm, killing six thousand... -
Dynasties of the World: A Chronological and Genealogical Handbook by John E. Morby 9780198828990
£32.73Who was the first Roman emperor? What country had Andriantsimitoviaminandriana as its king? Who succeeded Harald Bluetooth? From Horus Aha, first king of Egypt, to Abd Allah II, present king of Jordan, this compact and useful reference book charts five... -
Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting and Reflecting on the Encounters between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era by Stuart B. Schwartz 9780521458801
RRP: £37.99£34.83This volume brings together the work of twenty historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars who have tried to examine the nature of the encounter between Europeans and the other peoples of the world from roughly 1450 to 1800, the early modern era... -
Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World by Thomas Cahill
RRP: £27.00£17.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385495561Author Thomas CahillFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
The Oxford Handbook of World War II by G. Kurt Piehler
£108.10World War II left virtually no nation or corner of the world untouched, dramatically transforming human life and society. It prompted the unprecedented mobilization of whole societies and witnessed a scale of state-sanctioned violence that staggers the... -
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader
RRP: £9.99£6.61From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader - an MIT-credentialled scientist, popular podcast host and SpaceX mission manager - an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted... -
The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives by Michele Louro
£49.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087283414Author Carolien StolteFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press -
Rationalities in History: A Weberian Essay in Comparison by D. L. D'Avray
RRP: £19.99£17.13In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray writes a new comparative history in the spirit of Max Weber. In a strikingly original reassessment of seminal Weberian ideas, d'Avray applies value rationality to the comparative... -
When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism by Raymond Crotty, Jr. 9780759101586
RRP: £47.00£41.53The late economic historian, Raymond Crotty, a specialist on economic development in Ireland, left a challenging work that addresses the processes of world history from the neolithic revoution up to the end of the 20th century. On the way, Crotty tried... -
Calendar:: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year by David Ewing Duncan 9780380793242
RRP: £9.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380793242Author David Ewing DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 254g -
A Global History of Medicine by Mark Jackson 9780198803188
RRP: £18.49£17.47In recent decades, there has been considerable interest in writing histories of medicine that capture local, regional, and global dimensions of health and health care in the same frame. Exploring changing patterns of disease and different systems of... -
Racisms: From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century by Francisco Bethencourt 9780691155265
RRP: £42.00£34.30Racisms is the first comprehensive history of racism, from the Crusades to the twentieth century. Demonstrating that there is not one continuous tradition of racism, Francisco Bethencourt shows that racism preceded any theories of race and must be viewed... -
Conversation: A History of a Declining Art by Stephen Miller 9780300123654
£30.71Essayist Stephen Miller pursues a lifelong interest in conversation by taking an historical and philosophical view of the subject. He chronicles the art of conversation in Western civilization from its beginnings in ancient Greece to its apex in... -
From the Margins: Historical Anthropology and Its Futures by Brian Keith Axel 9780822328889
RRP: £22.99£20.32Historical anthropology: critical exchange between two decidedly distinct disciplines or innovative mode of knowledge production? As this volume's title suggests, the essays Brian Keith Axel has gathered in From the Margins seek to challenge the limits...