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Paperback. The enchanting and absorbing story of a remarkable season; defining a world on the cusp of irrevocable change Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719562433
ISBN
9780719562433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529691
ISBN
9780714529691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.13

Paperback. The compelling stories of history's most disastrous conflicts. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8 page b/w plate section. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848668997
ISBN
9781848668997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Hardcover. Shot at Dawn chronicles the tragic fate of more than 300 soldiers on the Western Front between 1918-18. The authors scoured the Imperial War Museum, public records and war diaries to piece together the jigsaw. A graphic account of man's inhumanity to man is the result of their labours. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Pen & Sword
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850526134
ISBN
9780850526134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.68

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. Num Pages: 688 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254576
ISBN
9780199254576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. A variety of methods have developed to study pre-Quaternary climates. This text offers an exploration of these methods. It focuses on description and analysis of palaeoclimate indicators, offering explanations of biotic and lithological indicators in marine and terrestrial realms. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 348 pages, 161 illus. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102070
ISBN
9780231102070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.89

Paperback. The secret story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest World War II spy heroine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599210728
ISBN
9781599210728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Judith Millidge here describes the handful of British royal jubilees, how they have been celebrated, the similarities and differences between them, and illustrates examples of the myriad souvenir products that accompany these events. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 4. Weight in Grams: 146. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780747811671
ISBN
9780747811671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Bennett, Judith M.; Clark, Elizabeth A.; O'Barr, Jean F.; Westphal-Wihl, Sarah; Wilen, B. Anne. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042480
ISBN
9780226042480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.79

Hardback. Exploring as to how a sense of being 'a Christian', or of 'Christian identity', was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world, this work shows that, there were similarities and differences in the ways Jews and others were thinking about themselves, and asks what made early Christianity distinctive. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBG; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st edition
SKU
V9780199262892
ISBN
9780199262892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 305.94

Paperback. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses - Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora - changed history. Their efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. This book shows how these women exercised imperial sovereignty. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 color illus. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691117805
ISBN
9780691117805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. On 9 October 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara, Marxist guerrilla leader and hero of the Cuban Revolution, was captured and executed by Bolivian forces. When the Guevara family learned from the front pages that Che was dead, they decided to say nothing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509517756
ISBN
9781509517756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 189 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
189
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393869
ISBN
9780888393869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman - defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Combining archaeological and historical evidence from a range of sources, this book strips away the myths and misconceptions and restores the female pharaoh to her rightful place. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; BGH; HBG; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140244649
ISBN
9780140244649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Goldstein explains the exclusion of women from combat across history and cultures. Num Pages: 540 pages, 44 b/w illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1; JHMC; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521001809
ISBN
9780521001809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DNJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420149
ISBN
9780938420149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.32

Paperback. A sophisticated political history of East Central Europe in the interwar years. Series: A History of East Central Europe (HECE). Num Pages: 438 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780295953571
ISBN
9780295953571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. Presents the history of British colonial doctrine and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and environmental policies. This work examines the way that development as a framework of ideas and institutional practices emerged out of the strategic engagement between science and the state at the climax of the British Empire. Series Editor(s): Webb, James L. A., Jr. Series: Series in Ecology & History. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821417188
ISBN
9780821417188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization. Translator(s): Cornman, Robert. Num Pages: 301 pages, 28 halftones 7 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015750
ISBN
9780691015750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.96
€ 43.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571746450
ISBN
9781571746450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349203659
ISBN
9781349203659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birch Brook Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913559475
ISBN
9780913559475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.87

Hardcover. The murkier side of eighteenth-century politics is vividly revealed in the letters edited here. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 21 x 13 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Surtees Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854440764
ISBN
9780854440764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.23

Paperback. Joseph De Sapio examines how individuals not only understood their contacts with industrial modernity as distinct from the inherited traditional rhythms of the eighteenth century, but how they conceived of their own positions within the increasingly sophisticated political, social, and commercial paradigms of the Victorian years. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488148
ISBN
9781349488148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

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