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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Simon Baker 9781846072840
RRP: £14.99£11.11This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before -... -
The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark
RRP: £18.99£12.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060677015Author Rodney StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperSanFranciscoPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
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... -
A Bridge Too Far: The true story of the Battle of Arnhem by Cornelius Ryan
RRP: £10.99£7.50Arnhem 1944: the airborne strike for the bridges over the Rhine.The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles... -
The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: £22.00£18.58Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned... -
Before European Hegemony: The World System AD 1250-1350 by Janet L. Abu Lughod 9780195067743
RRP: £37.99£30.15In this important study, Janet Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution and provides a new paradigm for understanding the evolution of world systems by tracing the rise of a system that, at its peak in the... -
The Pursuit of Power by William H. McNeill
RRP: £25.00£23.94In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves... -
Gallipoli by Nigel Steel 9780850526691
RRP: £12.99£9.34Gallipoli tells of the disastrous campaign at Gallipoli in 1915 when the allies failed to knock Turkey out of the war. With then and now photographs the book provides detailed historical descriptions of the area and the events, all of which will appeal... -
The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World by Jonathan Black
RRP: £14.99£10.05From 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... -
A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection Jenni Murray 9781786076281
RRP: £9.99£6.61From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 Women The history of the world is the history of great women. Marie Curie discovered radium and revolutionised medical science. Empress Cixi transformed China. Frida Kahlo turned an... -
World History by Philip Parker 9781405341240 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.29The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
World History Philip Parker 9781405341240
RRP: £17.99£13.55The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
RRP: £20.00£14.51From 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... -
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession David Grann 9781849830669
RRP: £9.99£8.86By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, 'If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs and... -
Madness: A Brief History Roy Porter (, Former Professor of the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London) 9780192802675
RRP: £13.99£10.01This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics... -
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
RRP: £20.00£13.50Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history.'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan"My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been... -
1914-1918: The History of the First World War by David Stevenson
RRP: £18.99£13.821914-1918, David Stevenson's history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of the conflictIn the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions,... -
Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? Updated and Expanded by Michael Shermer 9780520260986
RRP: £25.00£19.99"Denying History" takes a bold and in-depth look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. While most commentators have dismissed the Holocaust deniers as antisemitic neo-Nazi thugs who do not deserve... -
The Oxford Companion to the Year by Bonnie Blackburn 9780192142313
£108.11The Oxford Companion to the Year explores the fascinating history of calendars in general and our own in particular. The calendar used in the West today is just one of a multitude of systems for parcelling up time and naming its divisions. Each of... -
War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000 by Jeremy Black 9780300082852
£34.40In this brilliant history of warfare, Jeremy Black is the first to approach the entire modern era from a comprehensive global perspective. He provides a wide-ranging account of the nature, purpose, and experience of war over the past half-millennium and... -
The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches by Brian MacArthur
RRP: £14.99£10.95From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world's greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and... -
Cultures of Empire: A Reader : Colonisers in Britain and the Empire in Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Catherine Hall 9780719058585
RRP: £19.99£18.01Collects together the best articles by key historians, literary critics, and anthropologists on the cultures of colonialism in the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.. A substantial introduction by the distinguished historian,... -
How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks Witold Szablowski 9781785788352
RRP: £10.99£7.54Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr Szablowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect itTimothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of ON TYRANNYA devastatingly original look at the... -
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew
RRP: £18.99£14.01'The most comprehensive narrative of intelligence compiled ... unrivalled' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Captivating, insightful and masterly' Edward Lucas, The TimesThe history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the... -
The Auschwitz Photographer: Based on the true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner 3444 by Luca Crippa
RRP: £10.99£7.99Based on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner number 3444 Wilhelm Brasse, whose photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the Holocaust.'Horror in sharp focus... important, because the world must know.' John Lewis-Stempel, Daily... -
Cosmic Memory: The Story of Atlantis, Lemuria and the Division of the Sexes by Rudolf Steiner 9780893452278
RRP: £22.50£17.80In the best tradition of the literature of ancient wisdom, Cosmic Memory reconstructs, from the akashic record, events that span the time between the origin of the Earth and the beginning of recorded history. This spiritual research includes a profound... -
Digging into Stirling's Past: Uncovering the Secrets of Scotland's Smallest City by Murray Cook 9780995589797
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995589797Author Murray CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Extremis Publishing LimitedPublisher Extremis Publishing Limited -
Cod by Mark Kurlansky
RRP: £12.99£6.33'Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? And yet this is precisely what Kurlansky has done' Express on SundayThe Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based on... -
Doing Global History by Roland Wenzlhuemer
£29.30The field of Global History has experienced an unprecedented boom in the last two decades and carved itself deeply into the practice of historical research. Despite this, its conceptual foundations have rarely been explored. This introduction to what... -
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death by John Kelly
RRP: £10.99£7.46A compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th-century killing twenty-five million people. It was one of the worst human disasters in history. 'The bodies were sparsely covered that the dogs dragged them forth and... -
Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir 9781787303300
RRP: £18.99£13.82A dazzling exploration of the intersections of beauty and power around the globe, told through the lens of an iconic cosmetic'Fascinating' Nigella Lawson'Awe-inspiring' Funmi Fetto'A treat to read' Kassia St ClairA Sunday Times Style Barometer and New... -
The First World War by John Keegan
RRP: £20.00£14.91The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan2018 marks the centenary of the First World War - the war that created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity... -
The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Pirie
RRP: £14.99£11.11'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 ... -
Access to History: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust Second Edition by Alan Farmer
£25.21Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. For over twenty years Access to History has been providing students with reliable, engaging and accessible content on a wide... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire by Nigel Dalziel
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its ascendancy in Victorian times, to its ultimate collapse in the mid-20th century. It... -
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto Eco 9780300093049
RRP: £10.99£9.61In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed... -
Hiroshima Nagasaki by Paul Ham
RRP: £19.99£14.28Japan 1945. In one of the defining moments of the twentieth century, more than 100,000 people were killed instantly by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US Air Force B29s. Hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific... -
Witches and Witch-Hunts: A Global History by Wolfgang Behringer
RRP: £24.99£22.15In this major new book, Wolfgang Behringer surveys the phenomenon of witchcraft past and present. Drawing on the latest historical and anthropological findings, Behringer sheds new light on the history of European witchcraft, while demonstrating that... -
Silencing The Past (20th Anniversary Edition) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
RRP: £20.00£14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807080535Author Michel-Rolph TrouillotFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 205mm *... -
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama 9781471169892
RRP: £30.00£19.15'This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides' Daily Telegraph 'Superb' Observer 'Extraordinary... A meticulous retelling of a terrible...