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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 tables 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731249
ISBN
9780804731249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. Unearths new evidence to provide a richer understanding of the life of the Labour minister Ellen Wilkinson Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719087202
ISBN
9780719087202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. More than 800 people lost their lives when the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River in 1915. This is the full story, with more than 100 illustrations, of the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804728010
ISBN
9780804728010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300229721
ISBN
9780300229721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.66

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455280
ISBN
9780752455280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.35

Paperback. An investigation into the teaching of classics in the colonial education of West Africa in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Classical Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
NIPPOD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472584090
ISBN
9781472584090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.81

Hardback. Presents Scotland as a case study for a fresh interpretation of Archbishop William Laud, his career and his working partnership with Charles I. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272198
ISBN
9781783272198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Cook, Professor David, (Ag (Rice University). Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRAX; HRHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Annotated, Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474424103
ISBN
9781474424103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.98

Paperback. Whilst Jersey island's role in the Second World War is well documented, a generation earlier another devastating war had struck Jersey, jeopardising the lives and liberties of its people. This title tells the story of Jersey in the First World War. It is suitable for those who are interested in the island's extraordinary past. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451459
ISBN
9780752451459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.43

Paperback. Perhaps the most profound cultural change in modern Irish history has been the replacement of Irish by English as the main vernacular of the general population in the centuries since the conquest of Ireland in the sixteenth century. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468677
ISBN
9780990468677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.31

Paperback. A deeply researched and gracefully written history of Boko Haram's cultural and religious hinterland in northern Nigeria Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045582
ISBN
9781849045582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.95

Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
396
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056022
ISBN
9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.37

Paperback. This volume examines the study and reconstruction of medieval and early modern fight-books and related subjects. The subjects covered range from manuscript studies to philology, from Aristotelian physics to martial musicality, from medieval textuality to women and warfare. Editor(s): Mondschein, Ken. Series: Insights from Reconstruction, Reenactment, and Re-Creation. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
FreeLance Academy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937439132
ISBN
9781937439132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. She was executed on 19 May 1536. This title tells the story of Anne's fall. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712640176
ISBN
9780712640176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.52

Hardcover. This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. It contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides and additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, in museums, the battlefields, and the lonely graves of the fallen. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 510 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1312. Then and Now. Series: After the Battle S. 280 pages, 510 illustrations. This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. It contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides and additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, in museums, the battlefields, and the lonely graves of the fallen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLL; JWL. Dimension: 271 x 217 x 26. Weight: 1322.
Publisher
After the Battle
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913754
ISBN
9780900913754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.72

Paperback. A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, maps, plan, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 65. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330445931
ISBN
9780330445931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. This title looks at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015699
ISBN
9780141015699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Few battles attract such interest as does the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle - the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943 - has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history of warfare. This title focuses on this German operation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457161
ISBN
9780752457161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586486457
ISBN
9781586486457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Among the least-chronicled aspects of post-World War II European intellectual and cultural history is the story of the Russian intelligentsia after Stalin. Young Soviet veterans had returned from the heroic struggle to defeat Hitler only to confront the repression of Stalinist society. Num Pages: 464 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062320
ISBN
9780674062320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.58

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