Search Results: History from Ainsworth Books

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good. 2001. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0300087055 . Card covers show light shelf wear, light crease runs down the middle of the front cover. ; A bright, solid book.; 6 X 1.11 X 9.1 inches; 424 pages; "The first state in history to be based explicitly on atheism, the Soviet Union endowed itself with the attributes of God. In this book, David Satter shows through individual stories what it meant to construct an entire state on the basis of a false idea, how people were forced to act out this fictitious reality, and the tragic human cost of the Soviet attempt to remake reality by force." .

New York: Random House. Very Good+. 2003. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0812969847 . Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 5.17 X 1.2 X 8.01 inches; 536 pages; "the de?nitive book on the rise of al-Qaeda and America’s efforts to combat the most innovative and dangerous terrorist group ever. Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon trace the growth of radical Islam from its medieval origins and, drawing on their years of counter-terrorism work at the National Security Council, provide essential insights into the thinking of Usama bin Laden and his followers. With unique authority, they analyze why America was unable to defend itself against this revolutionary threat on September 11, 2001, why bin Laden’s apocalyptic creed is gaining ground in the Islamic world, and what the United States must do to stop the new terror." .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 2002. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0199252750 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages; A collection of essays examining the exploits of Alexander the Great from various viewpoints. .

New York: Praeger Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Ancient People and Places #81; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages .

Berlin: Artshop. Very Good-. 2004. First Edition. Paperback. 3938190019 . Light wear to extremities, some scuffing of white card covers. Corners a little bumped, creased upper back cover. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Illustrated History No.1; B&W and Colour Photographs, Maps; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 63 pages; A condensed history of the Berlin wall, from its initial construction in 1961 until its fall in 1989. Includes several uncommon photographs (some double page) of the wall, including many of artwork that appeared on the wall over the years, an eyewitness account of events during November 9 and 10, 1989 (the fall of the wall), and pictures of the celebrations on the day Berlin was re-unified. A large number of photographs and text regarding Checkpoint Charlie are also included. .

New York: American Heritage Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0070371563 . DJ shows some shelf wear with chips, tears and creasing.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Library of The 20th Century; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages; Le May goes back to the Boer War to analyze the affects of Britain's victory on the Afrikaner society and how it led to the later problems, most importantly, apartheid. .

New York: Thames & Hudson Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 0500051836 . DJ shows light shelf wear, short closed tear on back of DJ. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and tricolor maps ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 240 pages; "In a novel approach, the book opens with a discussion of early medieval Irish and British texts, allowing the Celts to speak in their own words and voices. It then traces their story back in time into prehistory to their deepest origins and their ancestors, before bringing the narrative forward to the present day. Each chapter also has a useful summary in bullet points to aid the reader and highlight the key facts in the story. " .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0771035357 . Previous owner's stamp on title page. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 9.60 X 6.60 X 0.40 inches; 140 pages; Canada’s war brides were the young women who met, fell in love with, and married Canadian servicemen in Europe in World War II. Forty-eight thousand from Britain, with 22,000 children, followed their husbands to Canada during and just after the war.Some of them were barely teenagers when the war began, but they grew up quickly in a world of blackouts and rationing and bombing raids, when loved ones were absent and the future uncertain. Love grew quickly in such a climate. Sometimes the romances were leisurely, but frequently it was a headlong rush into marriage followed by emigration to an unknown land, with family left behind, often never to be seen again.Linda Granfield effortlessly recaptures the spirit of those days, in stories from the war brides and with… Read More

London: Clarendon Press, Oxford. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. White and orange dust jacket shows some soil, chipping and short tears, previous owner's name in front free end paper. Store stamp(sticker) base of front pastedown. Minimal text marking. ; A tight solid book hinges intact, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; "This book, based on unpublished documents, explains why the Anglo-Boer War was for so long the vital issue in South African politics. It begins with Sir Alfred Milner`s attempt to secure British supremacy in South Africa by transforming the Transvaal Republic into a British colony.`` This only resulted in the increased militancy of the Afrikaner peoples and left the British presence in South Africa as secondary. .

Adelaide: Longwood Media. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0959248803 . 1" tear top edge of front panel DJ and spine, light creasing.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 103 pages; "From a disastrous shipwreck on an uncharted Queensland reef to the prim affluence of nineteenth century Adelaide society, Captain Samuel White Sweet experienced much of what made up Australian colonial life in the 1870s and '80s." .

Durham: Duke University Press Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0822316587 . Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; 9.61 X 5.93 X 0.83 inches; 184 pages; Despite familiar images of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and the controversy over its fiftieth anniversary, the human impact of those horrific events often seems lost to view. In this uncommon memoir, Dr. James N. Yamazaki tells us in personal and moving terms of the human toll of nuclear warfare and the specific vulnerability of children to the effects of these weapons. Giving voice to the brutal ironies of racial and cultural conflict, of war and sacrifice, his story creates an inspiring and humbling portrait of events whose lessons remain difficult and troubling fifty years later.Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki’s account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly the children conceived but not yet… Read More

Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574770829 . Glossy, paper covered, illustrated boards show slight wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 271 pages; "The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chornobyl nuclear power plant since the April 1986 accident, present a comprehensive review of the accident. In addition, they present a risk assessment of the remains of the destroyed reactor and its surrounding shelter, Chornobyl radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, and environmental contamination in the region. The authors explore such questions as the risks posed by a collapse of the shelter, radionuclide migration from storage and disposal facilities in the exclusion zone, and transfer from soil to vegetation and its potential regional impact. The answers to these questions provide a scientific basis for the development of countermeasures… Read More

London: John Murray. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Boards show some shelf wear, short tears head and tail of spine. Previous owner has made notes on BFEP and back pastedown. Pencil underlining of text throughout book. ; A bright, solid book, dark blue cloth covered boards. Gilt edging on top page edges, gilt stamped decorations front board, gilt stamped titles and decorations on spine ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 562 pages .

Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0385196776 . DJ shows shelf wear with short tears, creasing, and chipping, 1 1/2" tear top fore edge. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Map endpapers - front 1492-3 voyage, back - subsequent voyages. A few B&W maps in text block. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 300 pages .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good+. 2022. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0297871315 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 301 pages; "In today's Tehran, intrigues abound and survival depends on an intricate network of falsehoods: mullahs visit prostitutes, local mosques train barely pubescent boys in crowd control tactics, and cosmetic surgeons promise to restore girls' virginity. Navai paints an intimate portrait of those discreet recesses in a city where the difference between modesty and profanity, loyalty and betrayal, honor and disgrace is often no more than the believability of a lie." .

New York: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. 0316001929 . DJ shows very light shelf wear, some creasing head and tail of spine.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated with B&W maps and a few color plates ; 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 368 pages; "Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life." .

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0670033375 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Civilizations Rise and Fall Series #2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 575 pages; "A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, includes coverage of such cultures as the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, climate change, poor political choices, and other factors that were pivotal to their demise." .

Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2008. Hardcover. 9004169601 . Boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; History of International Relations, Diplomacy, & Intelligence Vol 4; B&W Illustrations; 9.76 X 6.54 X 0.71 inches; 217 pages; "History of International Relations, Diplomacy and Intelligence, 4 (History of International Relations Library, 4) France and the Netherlands were both important European colonial powers in the nineteenth century. This book, based primarily on archival research, is a contribution to the study of the relations between France and the Netherlands overseas in the nineteenth century. It focuses on those regions of the world where these two nations shared colonial borderlands: the island of St Martin in the Caribbean, the Gold Coast in Africa, and French Guiana and Surinam in South America. The border question in these regions is dealt with in the European context of colonial and international… Read More

Alabama: University of Alabama Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817300872 . Only slight wear to blue cloth covered boards ; Bright solid book. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches; 240 pages .

Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195544226 . Boards show very light shelf wear, DJ shows light shelf wear, sun-faded on spine.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 7.1 X 4.1 X 0.9 inches; 276 pages; A compact and concise reference to Australian history .