History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp 4x4c. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia Australia
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733637384
- ISBN
- 9780733637384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617586
- ISBN
- 9780700617586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.31
€ 35.31
paperback. The book covers the main themes, events and issues in the history of sport over the last 200 years. Written in an accessible style in short, themed chapters the book covers everything from bare-knuckle boxing to global mega-events like the FIFA World Cup. Num Pages: 800 pages, 8 page black and white plate section.photographs, illustrations and documents. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 56. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Featherstone Education
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472922212
- ISBN
- 9781472922212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608460656
- ISBN
- 9781608460656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.55
€ 17.55
Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 935
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204676
- ISBN
- 9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.65
€ 186.65
Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 785
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204690
- ISBN
- 9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.31
€ 193.31
Hardcover. Demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and report on her correspondence with royalty, viceroys and leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. This book confirms Nightingale as a significant nineteenth-century scholar and illustrate how she integrated her scholarship with political activism. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 992 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1464.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1050
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204713
- ISBN
- 9780889204713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.28
€ 192.28
Hardcover. Shows the shift of focus that occurred during Florence Nightingale's more than forty years of work on public health in India. This book documents concrete proposals for self-government, especially at the municipal level, and the encouragement of leading Indian nationals themselves. It also includes sections on village and town sanitation. Editor(s): Vallee, Gerrard. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204959
- ISBN
- 9780889204959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.27
€ 191.27
Hardcover. Contains two early attempted novels, draft sermons, and a lengthy fictional dialogue featuring St Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, the American evangelical Jacob Abbott, and British agnostic Harriet Martineau (with cameo appearances by Protestant reformer John Calvin and the poet Shelley) against an unnamed 'M.S.'. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 816 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; HP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Number of pages
- 794
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204652
- ISBN
- 9780889204652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.36
€ 189.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493028740
- ISBN
- 9781493028740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.04
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713825
- ISBN
- 9780804713825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Opium has played a dramatic and varied role in human history, inspiring religious veneration, scientific exploration, the bitterest rancor, and the most fanciful ecstasy. In this book, the authors provide a complete, insightful history of opium. It lifts the veil of mystery that has surrounded opium down through the ages. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 B&W photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365407
- ISBN
- 9781626365407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.83
€ 15.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Coch-Y-Bonddu Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899600298
- ISBN
- 9781899600298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Paperback. Broad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history. Num Pages: 432 pages, 75, 66 black & white halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418476
- ISBN
- 9781421418476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.10
€ 45.99
€ 38.10
Hardback. This book, originally published just after World War I, is the definitive reference to United States Naval aviators in World War I. Also included: a history of naval aviation operations in World War I. Num Pages: 304 pages, over 2000 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTM; JWF; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1724. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. In Mylar. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016593
- ISBN
- 9780764302190
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. An enlisted man's story of service in the Army Air Corps from private to master Sgt. Series: Schiffer Military History. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306907
- ISBN
- 9780764306907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.83
€ 30.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like guitars. Suddenly, Gibson turned conventional design upside down, almost literally, by using straight lines and angular body shapes, changing the way electrics could look. This title tells the story of those first peculiar instruments. Num Pages: 160 pages, 450 colour and black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVRL1; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 630. An Odd-Shaped History of Gibson's Weird Electric Guitars. 160 pages, 450 colour and black and white photos. Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like guitars. Suddenly, Gibson turned conventional design upside down, almost literally, by using straight lines and angular body shapes, changing the way electrics could look. This title tells the story of those first peculiar instruments. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVRL1; HBT. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 12. Weight: 624.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617130083
- ISBN
- 9781617130083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. A collection of folk tales from the surrounding areas of the Peak District. Num Pages: 192 pages, 64 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358. 64 Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBTB; WQH. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight: 358.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445601076
- ISBN
- 9781445601076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.25
€ 21.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. This book defines what a folly is and shows that these architectural curiosities are to be found all over Britain. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; AM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806240
- ISBN
- 9780747806240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardback. "Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital inter-regional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, and this book provides more than a traditional business history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBT; KNGT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803289
- ISBN
- 9780875803289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.30
€ 76.30
Paperback. Focusing on pivotal points in Early British History, this book examines the role offolly and fortunein major events in Britain from Caesar's expeditions to the Norman Conquest. By examining the foolishnessin a bygone age, Henshall draws attention to how human behaviour - with all its erraticisms has helped shape history." Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364077
- ISBN
- 9781349364077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.36
€ 55.36
Paperback. Food and feast in Medieval England Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937733
- ISBN
- 9780750937733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Editor(s): McWilliams, Mark. Series: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248403
- ISBN
- 9781909248403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.20
€ 38.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. "Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History." Series: Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441133458
- ISBN
- 9781441133458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.00
€ 47.99
€ 40.00