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The Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers
RRP: £4.00Booksplease Price: £3.47Enshrining the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens in law, and curbing the power of those who rule them, the US constitution is one of the most significant documents in the history of... -
The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance: Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial by Dr. Awol Allo 9781138295964
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.64Fifty years before his death in 2013, Nelson Mandela stood before Justice de Wet in Pretoria's Palace of Justice and delivered one of the most spectacular and liberating statements ever made from a... -
The Secret History of the Hell-Fire Clubs: From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LaVey and Timothy Leary by Geoffrey Ashe 9781591433484
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.06An exploration of the origins, influences, and legacy of the scandalous Hell-Fire Clubs of the 18th century and beyond * Reveals the club's origins in the work of Rabelais and the magical practices... -
An Autobiography by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography... -
Letters Of Sir Joseph Banks, The, A Selection, 1768-1820 Neil Chambers (The Natural History Museum, Uk) 9781860942044
RRP: £61.00Booksplease Price: £54.53Sir Joseph Banks was man of science, of affairs, and of letters. He circumnavigated the globe with Lieutenant James Cook on H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, taking with him a team of naturalists,... -
S. J. Perelman: An Annotated Bibliography by Steven H. Gale 9781138950313
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £25.24First published in 1985, this bibliography focuses on the works of S. J. Perelman as a humorist, author, and screenwriter. It is divided into two major sections: "Works by S. J. Perelman" and... -
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson 9781631494192
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.09When Dr David Hosack tilled the America's first botanical garden in the Manhattan soil more than two hundred years ago, he didn't just dramatically alter the New York landscape; he left a monumental... -
The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate Vol. 1 1764-1772 (LOA #265) by Gordon S. Wood
RRP: £42.50Booksplease Price: £26.29Acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents the first volume in a stunning collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that divided an empire-and created a nationIn 1764,... -
When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches that shape the world - and why we need them by Philip Collins 9780008235680
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose... -
An Autobiography: 150th Anniversary Edition with an Introduction by Pankaj Mishra by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23The life of Gandhi, in his own words150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and... -
The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic by Stan Ulanski 9780807871577
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.23Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon. Ulanski explores the fascinating science and history of this sea highway known as the Gulf... -
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.51In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures.About the AuthorJames... -
Anticlerical Legacies: The Deistic Reception of Thomas Hobbes, c. 1670–1740 Elad Carmel 9781526195821
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.81Anticlerical legacies is the first comprehensive study of the reception of Thomas Hobbes's ideas by the English deists and freethinkers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.One of the most... -
Reflections on The Revolution in France And Other Writings by Edmund Burke
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.04Amid the 18th century's golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke's controversial mixture of conservative and subversive theories made him... -
Picture the Past: the American Revolution, Historical Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland 9780486852270
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £3.96This captivating book brings history to life with illustrations that capture the drama of America's struggle for independence from England. The 45 pages of detailed drawings depict scenes of the... -
Before Manifest Destiny: The Contested Expansion of the Early United States Nicholas G Dipucchio 9780813952932
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.21How the contours of the United States took shape-and what they might have been There was nothing predestined about the now-familiar shape of the United States of America. Early visions of what the... -
The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.37**The New York Times bestseller****Updated to include Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Libya, ISIS, and Syria**'This is... -
The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone 9780091949310
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.73'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, GuardianThe Untold History of... -
Popular Contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834 Charles Tilly 9781594511202
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £53.59'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation...It is not often that historical scholarship is so... -
Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing by Mark Fox
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £21.24A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over 400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to... -
Quakers and Their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808 Maurice Jackson 9781138058651
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £46.49This volume explores the significant connections between the Quaker community and the abolitionist cause in America. The case studies that make up the collection mainly focus on the greater... -
Index to the London Magazine by Frank P. Riga 9780367137878
RRP: £125.00Booksplease Price: £111.35This book was originally published in 1978. The London Magazine is briefly told in the accomplisments and failures of its four editors, and during the fourteen months of his editorship, 1820-21, John... -
A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe by Jeanne E. Abrams 9781479827459
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.56Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a... -
A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe by Jeanne E. Abrams 9781479802876
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £61.29Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a... -
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.67Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst," brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and... -
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.12Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when... -
Before Manifest Destiny: The Contested Expansion of the Early United States Nicholas G Dipucchio 9780813952925
RRP: £96.00Booksplease Price: £76.70How the contours of the United States took shape-and what they might have been There was nothing predestined about the now-familiar shape of the United States of America. Early visions of what the... -
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.73Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith... -
Christianity: The Basics by Bruce Chilton 9780415538107
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £92.37Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of global religions. This book traces the... -
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity by David Lynch 9781585425402
Booksplease Price: £12.99Musical verse accompanies a milkman and his cranky kitty as they make their morning rounds. The milkman knows his hometown; he knows who needs ice cream for a birthday party, who just broke a leg,... -
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these... -
The American Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Home Front by James J. Gigantino 9780813571928
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £89.42Winner of the 2016 New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Authors Award for the Edited Works Category Battles were fought in many colonies during the American Revolution, but New Jersey was home to... -
Living with ADHD: Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life by Thom Hartmann 9781620559000
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.84A practical system for those with ADHD to take back their personal power and embrace their unique talents for success in the modern world * Explains how those with ADHD grow up wounded by the... -
Christianity: The Basics by Bruce Chilton
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.95Christianity: The Basics is a compelling introduction to both the central pillars of the Christian faith and the rich and varied history of this most global of global religions. This book traces the... -
Revolutionary War (with 3D Metal Cover) by Rebecca Miller 9781546186717
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £13.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546186717Author Rebecca MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Scholastic USPublisher... -
Energy: A Human History by Richard Rhodes 9781501105364
Booksplease Price: £15.52A "meticulously researched" (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world... -
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop Ricardo Semler 9780712678865
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year!- Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses- Managerial... -
Constructions of Agency in American Literature on the War of Independence: War as Action, 1775-1860 by Martin Holtz 9780367662592
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £43.51This book argues that the negotiation of agency is central not only to the experience of war but also to its representation in cultural expressions, ranging from a notion of disablement, expressed in... -
American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era by Craig Bruce Smith 9781469661582
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £24.26The American Revolution was not only a revolution for liberty and freedom, it was also a revolution of ethics, reshaping what colonial Americans understood as "honor" and "virtue." As Craig Bruce... -
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America by Stacy Schiff
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805080094Author Stacy SchiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry...