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History: earliest times to present day

paperback. Unpublished letters and diaries by eyewitnesses, interviews with decedents, an intimate knowledge of the country enrich this narrative of the heroic Nez Perce Indian War waged in 1877 against relocation. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295740096
ISBN
9780295740096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.60

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

€ 41.47

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

€ 46.61

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

€ 22.91

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

€ 55.94

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

€ 122.08

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

€ 128.44
€ 121.20

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

€ 24.99
€ 18.05

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
V9780990468677
ISBN
9780990468677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

Hardback. The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457259
ISBN
9781845457259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.15

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

€ 25.99
€ 23.37

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

€ 67.47

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
€ 29.58

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

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

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

€ 21.99
€ 16.11

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: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141015699
ISBN
9780141015699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608764860
ISBN
9781608764860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.13
€ 113.53

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

€ 25.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. A biography on Zhou Enlai, one of the most important and yet debatable political figures in the Chinese Communist Party. This work provides an analysis on the complex personality and controversial actions of Zhou, both as a person and a leader of the CCP. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629962807
ISBN
9789629962807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Hardback. Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0degree longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088818
ISBN
9780674088818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.74

Hardback. Minute by minute detail on one of the first Zeppelin raids, the first aerial bombardment of Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473834194
ISBN
9781473834194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956253
ISBN
9780750956253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.08

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715638538
ISBN
9780715638538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. Quandt, Robert Hunter, James Thomson, Patrick Vaughan, Marin Strmecki, James Mann, David Ignatius, Adam Garfinkle, Stephen F. Szabo, Francis Fukuyama, Charles Gati Editor(s): Gati, Charles. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409764
ISBN
9781421409764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.84

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650876
ISBN
9780691650876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.93

Paperback. Zamumo's Gifts traces the evolution of Indian-European exchange, from gift giving as a diplomatic tool to the trade of commodities that bound colonists and Natives in commercial relations. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222234
ISBN
9780812222234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393623
ISBN
9780888393623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Argues that the disintegration of Yugoslavia was the result of many factors, not of a single one, but the primary one was commitment of the Yugoslav political elite to the Marxist ideology of "withering away of the state." This book reconstructs the elite's motives and reasons for the actions that led to state collapse. Series: Central European Studies. Num Pages: 489 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534958
ISBN
9781557534958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

paperback. Cvijeto Job witnessed his country's history as a committed partisan in World War II, a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party and a career ambassador. This book combines analysis and memoir to offer the perspective of an informed insider who lived through Yugoslavia's demise. Series: Eastern European Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517844
ISBN
9780742517844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.86

Hardback. Cvijeto Job witnessed his country's history as a committed partisan in World War II, a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party and a career ambassador. This book combines analysis and memoir to offer the perspective of an informed insider who lived through Yugoslavia's demise. Series: Eastern European Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517837
ISBN
9780742517837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. New York
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459224
ISBN
9780853459224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Paperback. Charts the author's experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. This title describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before. It explains the bewildering pace of technological change as weapons such as gas and hand grenades entered the fray. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455792
ISBN
9780752455792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Introducing a trilogy of books on the Battle of Ypres 1914, the last great battle of the massive clashes on the Western Front in the first, fateful months of the Great War. Num Pages: 176 pages, 125 black & white pics and maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781592007
ISBN
9781781592007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Hardcover. Addresses evidence for childhood and youth from the sixth century to the sixteenth, but with particular emphasis on later medieval England. This work features contents such as the idea of childhood in the writing of Gregory of Tours, skaldic verse narratives and their implications for the understanding of kingship, and more. Editor(s): Goldberg, P.J.P.; Riddy, Felicity. Num Pages: 152 pages, Cloth over boards. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBT; JFC; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153130
ISBN
9781903153130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.80

Hardback. Presenting the history of German youth in the First World War, this book investigates the dawn of the era of mobilizing teenagers and schoolchildren for experiments in state building and the political movements like fascism and communism. It explores how German teachers could be legendary for their sarcasm and harsh methods. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 halftones, 3 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049833
ISBN
9780674049833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.92

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780324623
ISBN
9781780324623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.40

Paperback. A revealing account of the revolution that kick-started the Arab Spring, utilizing first-person testimony from those on the ground. Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780324616
ISBN
9781780324616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.31

Paperback. In this book one of the most esteemed contemporary historians of the Middle Ages presents a concise examination of the problem that usury posed for the medieval Church, which had long denounced the lending of money for interest. Translator(s): Ranum, Patricia. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLC; HRA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books – MIT
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299151
ISBN
9780942299151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; HBWJ; JM; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171328
ISBN
9780231171328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.17

Paperback. Paul and Marie Pireaud, a young peasant couple from southwest France, were newlyweds when World War I erupted. With Paul in the army from 1914 to 1919, they were forced to conduct their marriage by correspondence. This book draws upon the hundreds of letters they wrote and tells their moving story and reveals a personal perspective on war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030510
ISBN
9780674030510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.47

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