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Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824853587
ISBN
9780824853587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.56

Paperback. The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president's intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781574887006
ISBN
9781574887006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Paperback. Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 332 pages, illustrations geneal. table, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415214643
ISBN
9780415214643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

Paperback. In this rigorously researched biography Jurgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider the reputation of the Roman Emperor Nero. * Focuses on the growing tension between Nero's artistic tendencies and his role as emperor. * Steers readers through the diverse interpretations of Nero that have arisen through the ages. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121781
ISBN
9781405121781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Hardcover. Renowned historian Craig L. Symonds details the incredible naval operation that allowed D-Day to succeed: Operation Neptune. Tracing its history from inception in 1941 to the storming of the beaches in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Neptune is a brilliant account of the largest seaborne assault in human history. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199986118
ISBN
9780199986118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. Strategies, tactics, decisions, personalities and controversies that turned America's audacious gamble in the South Pacific into its first successful offensive of WWII, written with the storytelling drive that made Hornfischer's first 2 books award winners and word-of-mouth favourites. An indispensable work of narrative history. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 16-page b&w inserts, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618. The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. 544 pages, 2 16-page b&w inserts, 9 maps. Strategies, tactics, decisions, personalities and controversies that turned America's audacious gamble in the South Pacific into its first successful offensive of WWII, written with the storytelling drive that made Hornfischer's first 2 books award winners and word-of-mouth favourites. An indispensable work of narrative history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bantam
Edition
2.5.2012
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553385120
ISBN
9780553385120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.44

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies (Hardcover). Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933122
ISBN
9780813933122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.03

Paperback. A companion volume to his bestselling 'Armageddon', Max Hastings' account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007219810
ISBN
9780007219810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750970037
ISBN
9780750970037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Hardcover. Describes the history of the Duchy of Bronte, the Sicilian estate given to Admiral Lord Nelson by the Neopolitan Bourbons in 1799. Containing maps and photographs, this book describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in Eastern Sicily during the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages, 70 b&w photos 3 maps bibliography index. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862273269
ISBN
9781862273269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.07

Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780753519349
ISBN
9780753519349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of a practioner of Britain's naval command, to understand how the greatest warrior transformed the art of conflict, and enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and international isolation. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571212279
ISBN
9780571212279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. A narrative of the changing experiences of ordinary people during war, and thoughts on the aftermath of war and whether 'peace' really meant peace, for everyone. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp b & w pics. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680748
ISBN
9781846680748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Hardcover. Andras Gero contextualizes the racialist, misogynist, and anti-Semitic ideas that influenced public discourse among the Austrian faction of the Dual Monarchy.

Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336697
ISBN
9780880336697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.58

Paperback. Neither Wolf Nor Dog explores the experiences of three groups-Northern Utes, Hupas, and Tohono O'odhams-with settled reservation and allotted agriculture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195117943
ISBN
9780195117943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.48
€ 69.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 x b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716532613
ISBN
9780716532613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.28

Paperback. "We want neither gods nor emperors", went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. This book offers a carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211612
ISBN
9780520211612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.78

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; HBJM; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315933
ISBN
9780822315933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783783397
ISBN
9781783783397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.78

Paperback. In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores how Cuban raperos (black-identified rappers) in Havana craft notions of black Cuban identity and racial citizenship in the face of continuing racism and marginalization during an era in which the Cuban economy, society, and nationhood have been under constant flux. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGR; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822358855
ISBN
9780822358855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

paperback. William Wells Brown's book is a military history of African Americans, assailing those whose hatred and ignorance inclined them to keep blacks oppressed. In his introduction John David Smith places it in context, and analyses its aims and its interpretation of black masculinity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 458. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821415283
ISBN
9780821415283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479876396
ISBN
9781479876396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. Japan's modern international history began in 1858 with the signing of the "unequal" commercial treaty with the United States. Over the next fifteen years, Japanese diplomacy was reshaped to respond to the Western imperialist challenge. This book explains the emergence of modern Japan through this early period of treaty relations. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line illustration, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022270
ISBN
9780674022270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.77

Hardback. Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of 'dynastic urbanisms'. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035614
ISBN
9780674035614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Hardback. Internal crises and external conflict made stability a rare feature of city life in the northern Italian communities of the Renaissance. Negotiating Survival follows the many twists and turns of strategy and vision that enabled the republic to emerge transformed but intact from the enormous strains created by the Great Schism. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472332
ISBN
9781611472332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801485213
ISBN
9780801485213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; 2BMH; 2BMU; CFF; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178303
ISBN
9780231178303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.30

Hardback. Students and Lecturers in Irish and British medical and social history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 black & white tables, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719075032
ISBN
9780719075032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526000
ISBN
9780816526000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Hardback. A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 712 pages, 42 b&w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPS; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826433
ISBN
9780774826433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Hardcover. Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the powers of the state and of local elites, Lee shows that state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417144
ISBN
9780674417144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947075
ISBN
9781933947075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.83

Paperback. These essays, drawn from the author's work since 1964, address three themes in American history in the century preceding the 1760s: authority in colonial British America; the political and constitutional development of these colonial entities; and shifting constitutional tensions within the empire. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915173
ISBN
9780813915173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Bulhak, Wladyslaw; Friis, Thomas Wegener. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 249 x 21. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776748531
ISBN
9788776748531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.39

Paperback. A vivid historical narrative of how London has dealt with its dead from pagan burial rites through the Black Death to the Blitz and the death of Diana. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416502487
ISBN
9781416502487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BG; DNJ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Seren
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Softback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854114761
ISBN
9781854114761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.54

Paperback. Argues that the meaning of citizenship in the United States during the nineteenth century was bound to - and even dependent on - death. Deploying an impressive range of literary and cultural texts, this title interrogates an American public sphere that fetishised death as a crucial point of political identification. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBZ; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327721
ISBN
9780822327721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585369
ISBN
9781568585369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Offers an analysis of both visual and textual representations of the commodity and the ritual that was tea in nineteenth-century England. This book demonstrates how tea functions within the literature as an arbiter of taste and middle-class respectability, aiding in the determination of class status and moral position. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418291
ISBN
9780821418291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. New edition of the state's history, including updated chapters on the current social, economic, and political climate of Nebraska and new illustrations. Series: Great Plains Photography Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280427
ISBN
9780803280427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.87