History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. This book introduces the tales of exotic animals in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 bw integrated, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530846
- ISBN
- 9781784530846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Hardcover. Stuyvesant Bound is an innovative, compelling reassessment of the last Director-General of New Netherland. Donna Merwick employs a multidisciplinary approach to examine the layers of culture within which Peter Stuyvesant forged his career and performed his identity. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812245035
- ISBN
- 9780812245035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.36
€ 80.36
Paperback. Discusses areas in which the colonial impact has generally been overlooked. This book contains essays, which form an exploration of the ways in which the British discovery, collection, and codification of information about Indian society contributed to colonial cultural hegemony and political control. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000435
- ISBN
- 9780691000435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Taste 5,000 years of brewing history as a time-travelling home-brewer rediscovers and re-creates the great beers of the past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 295 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351996
- ISBN
- 9780393351996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.11
€ 16.11
Paperback. Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. This book tells how they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, and share their own stories, dreams with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; HBTV; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241246238
- ISBN
- 9780241246238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. After The Second World War, the author was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In this book, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation. Translator(s): Leach, Catherine S. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUF; BGLA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392288
- ISBN
- 9780141392288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Hardback. This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. Editor(s): Smout, T. C. Num Pages: 288 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBT; PST; RGBL; RGC; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617005
- ISBN
- 9780748617005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.52€ 140.18
€ 146.52
€ 140.18
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.73
€ 17.99
€ 12.73
Paperback. A study of the Holocaust, evaluating accepted views of its history and meaning. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He also examines topics such as the relationship between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093001
- ISBN
- 9780300093001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Hardcover. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 6 charts and 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812711
- ISBN
- 9781571812711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.76
€ 147.76
Paperback. Set against the backdrop of women's work experiences, friendships, and communities during World War I, this title draws on a substantial body of new archival material to expose the roadblocks still present in current practices and imagine new alternatives. It clarifies the ethical value and political purpose of identity history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001616
- ISBN
- 9780226001616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM. Dimension: 153 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838206660
- ISBN
- 9783838206660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.47
€ 30.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. This compelling history explores the conflict that defined world politics for decades. Focusing on European actors and events, Gilbert emphasizes the Cold War's central role in the postwar development of the continent. Fast-paced and readable, this political, intellectual, and social history illuminates a conflict that continues to resonate. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442219854
- ISBN
- 9781442219854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.22
€ 69.22
Paperback. Separates myth from truth and describes the development of the society from its origins amongst the masons working upon the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845296780
- ISBN
- 9781845296780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.00
€ 10.99
€ 6.00
Paperback. Features selections of photographs and tribal stories recorded and preserved by the author in his 20-volume masterpiece, "The North American Indian", offering the reader a bridge through time to the last generation of Indians from the Buffalo Days of pre-reservation life. Editor(s): Hausman, Gerald; Kapoun, Robert W.; Crow, Joe Medicine. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316703
- ISBN
- 9781933316703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.39
€ 26.99
€ 24.39
Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival resources, this book brings to life the educational, medical, and social reformists who lived and worked in Victorian Bloomsbury and who led crusades for education, emancipation, and health for all. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154474
- ISBN
- 9780300154474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.60
€ 53.60
Paperback. Mining in Cornwall and Devon is an economic history of mines, mineral ownership, and mine management in the South West of England. The work brings together material from a variety of hard-to-find sources on the thousands of mines that operated in Cornwall and Devon from the late 1790s to the present day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 1DBKEWD; HBJD1; HBTK; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898898
- ISBN
- 9780859898898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.07
€ 58.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064906
- ISBN
- 9780252064906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.05
€ 29.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.40
€ 14.99
€ 11.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; Dobrenko, Evgeny. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 36+ images. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843313106
- ISBN
- 9781843313106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.62
€ 127.62