History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Mingling fact and fiction, science and personal record, history and anecdote, the author uses his training as an industrial chemist and the terrible years he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; FA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152180
- ISBN
- 9781857152180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.21
€ 44.21
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752484785
- ISBN
- 9780752484785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is internationally renowned for pioneering technology and social change in the Industrial Revolution. This book traces the community's history from its conception as a centre of mass production in 1785 to its present day standing as a World Heritage Site. Series: Edinburgh Classic Editions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 90 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407816
- ISBN
- 9781474407816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.23
€ 31.99
€ 27.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTM; JKSW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499451
- ISBN
- 9780752499451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.08
€ 21.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. Based on declassified wartime reports, this in-depth dossier details the inner workings of the Organisation Todt which not only built the Autobahns, but also Germany's Siegfried Line and Atlantic Wall. Editor(s): Christopher, John. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445638560
- ISBN
- 9781445638560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.66
€ 35.99
€ 25.66
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755312252
- ISBN
- 9780755312252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.62
€ 14.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Reveals why heraldry remains a treasured part of our heritage. Illustrated throughout, with over 575 images especially commissioned from heraldic artists, this guide to the medieval world in which heraldry thrived covers the language it used and the elaborate system of coded messages it conveyed. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 281 x 8. Weight in Grams: 554. The Development of Coats of Arms and Heraldic Symbols, with 575 Illustrations. 128 pages. Reveals why heraldry remains a treasured part of our heritage. Illustrated throughout, with over 575 images especially commissioned from heraldic artists, this guide to the medieval world in which heraldry thrived covers the language it used and the elaborate system of coded messages it conveyed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTG. Dimension: 215 x 281 x 8. Weight: 552.
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780192161
- ISBN
- 9781780192161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
€ 11.99
€ 10.65
Hardback. This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043441
- ISBN
- 9781849043441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
paperback. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Num Pages: 306 pages, 78 b/w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. 306 pages, 130 b&w illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229150
- ISBN
- 9780520229150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.11
€ 48.11
Hardback. Is there a War on Christmas? Historically, there is and always has been. This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190499006
- ISBN
- 9780190499006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.98
€ 33.99
€ 31.98
Paperback. A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood. Series: History of British Intelligence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations, 16 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838876
- ISBN
- 9781843838876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.19
€ 26.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBTB; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Columbia Global Reports
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997126440
- ISBN
- 9780997126440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Hardback. "Bad Girls Throughout History features some of the fiercest women of all time - the famous, the infamous, and the ones you haven't even heard of yet. Explore the notable works, impressive feats, and striking portraits of these wild women from around the globe who challenged the status quo"-- Num Pages: 216 pages, Hardcover, spot gloss, deboss; 100 full colour watercolour portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452153933
- ISBN
- 9781452153933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.43
€ 19.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Arguably the original sailing classic, this beautifully produced edition includes new maps and a foreword by a high-profile sailor. Series: Adlard Coles Maritime Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, New maps and classic black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTM; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472921918
- ISBN
- 9781472921918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. History remembers the Easter Rising as Irish rebel against English soldier, but the truth is more complicated. Thousands of British Army soldiers in the Rising were Irishmen. Forty-one Irishmen in the British Army died in action, 106 were wounded. These men became a forgotten part of their country's history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892149
- ISBN
- 9781848892149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313175
- ISBN
- 9780822313175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Paperback. 99% of all Jewish killings during the Holocaust were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Kuhl offers a new analysis of the integral role that membership of organizations played in facilitating the annihilation of European Jews under the Nazis. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502905
- ISBN
- 9781509502905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.62
€ 28.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTB; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 145
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191191
- ISBN
- 9781845191191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.54
€ 38.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 163 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBTB; JFSL9; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 163
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855757120
- ISBN
- 9780855757120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.87
€ 26.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 6 line illus. 15 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBG; HBJD; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175843
- ISBN
- 9780691175843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186246
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.16
€ 17.99
€ 13.16
paperback. In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This title explores German writers' strange silence about a moment of mass destruction. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JW; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140298000
- ISBN
- 9780140298000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172639
- ISBN
- 9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.89
€ 37.89