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Regional & national history

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFR; DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157490
ISBN
9780231157490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Paperback. Tells the story of the epic clash between Senator John F Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M Nixon. This book imbues America's presidential election process. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061900600
ISBN
9780061900600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653983
ISBN
9780691653983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.68

Hardback. An original interpretive history of the origins, rise, and eventual fall of the New Odessa Jewish commune formed by members of Am Olam and an analysis of the process of their transformation from Russian revolutionary intelligentsia who rejected any outward forms of Judaism to Americans who in large measure came to terms with their Jewishness. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618113818
ISBN
9781618113818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.65

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691604015
ISBN
9780691604015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.90
€ 45.40

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633220
ISBN
9780691633220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601496
ISBN
9780691601496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.30

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632223
ISBN
9780691632223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.59

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602776
ISBN
9780691602776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.24

Paperback. Based on a deep knowledge of Indonesia, its language, and its leaders, Friendtraces the history of this nation over the last 50 years, from its liberationfrom Dutch rule in 1949 to the present. Over 100 illustrations. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 color illustrations, 50 halftones, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018341
ISBN
9780674018341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Paperback. Takes a look at the writings from the earliest times to 1600; the origins of Korean culture and political structures, up through the Choson dynasty; and developments in early and medieval Japan. This book includes readings in the areas of history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion. Editor(s): De Bary, Wm. Theodore. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 936 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
936
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143059
ISBN
9780231143059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.15

Hardback. The collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields, to shed new light on the history of scholarship on Canada's Aboriginal past. Editor(s): Binnema, Theodore; Neylan, Susan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 4 tables, est. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
2005. 2nd Printing ed.
SKU
V9780774814133
ISBN
9780774814133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Ens, Gerhard J.; Binnema, Theodore; Macleod, Roderick. Num Pages: 294 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DQ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643636
ISBN
9780888643636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. Analyzes six hundred essays written by workers, soldiers, farmers, clerks, young people, and anti-Semites about why they joined the Nazi party. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JPFQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674952003
ISBN
9780674952003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; HBJD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449451
ISBN
9780801449451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.81

Hardback. A psychoanalytically informed analysis of the rhetorical and conceptual mechanisms with which postwar Germans most often denied responsibility for the Nazi past. It provides important perspectives on postwar German political culture, on the dynamics of collective memory, and on Adorno's intellectual legacies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HPS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036031
ISBN
9780674036031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.67

Paperback. What took place in Auschwitz revokes what Adorno termed the "Western legacy of positivity", the innermost substance of traditional philosophy. This text anatomizes the range of Adorno's concerns, including sections such as "Art, Memory of Suffering", and "Damaged Life". Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Livingstone, Rodney. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731447
ISBN
9780804731447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Paperback. Combines an encyclopaedic history of the war in Lebanon with a sociological analysis. Tracing the war to its origins, this title shows that it has been primarily a surrogate war over Palestine which escalated into a conflict between the diverse Lebanese communities each afraid of being the player left standing in a macabre game of musical chairs. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 44. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857155
ISBN
9781848857155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.36

Hardcover. With the help of the Bodleian Libraries' magnificent collection of Armenian manuscripts and early printed books, this volume tells the story of the region through the medium of its cultural output. Num Pages: 276 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 253 x 319. Weight in Grams: 1726.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244393
ISBN
9781851244393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.30

Paperback. With the help of the Bodleian Libraries' magnificent collection of Armenian manuscripts and early printed books, this volume tells the story of the region through the medium of its cultural output. Num Pages: 276 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 289 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1462.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244409
ISBN
9781851244409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Hardback. Battles of the Nachtjagd traces the parallel developments in RAF night-bombing and night-fighting in the Luftwaffe, from the pioneering efforts on both sides in this new form of airwar up to the climax of the strategic bombing offensive in 1945 and the simultaneous introduction of the Me 262 jet in the German night fighter army. Num Pages: 348 pages, over 420 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 226 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1952. The Night Airwar Over Europe 1939-1945. 348 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Dimension: 284 x 226 x 40. Weight: 1952.
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
SKU
V9780764325243
ISBN
9780764325243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.77

Hardback. Obama's 2008 victory, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But he quickly faced skepticism from supporters and fierce opposition from Republicans. What happened? Skocpol surveys the political landscape to help us to understand Obama's triumphs and setbacks and see where we might be headed next. Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPF; JPH; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065970
ISBN
9780674065970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.97

Paperback. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; JPA; JPFM; JPL. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190633660
ISBN
9780190633660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. This book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twenty-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 halftones & maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195307542
ISBN
9780195307542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147439
ISBN
9780231147439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147422
ISBN
9780231147422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763543040
ISBN
9788763543040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. The war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called "the Soviet Union's Vietnam War", a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, Afghan guerilla force. In this work, the Russian general staff takes a close critical look at the Soviet military's performance in that war. Editor(s): Grau, Lester W.; Gress, Michael A. Translator(s): Grau, Lester W.; Gress, Michael A. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages, 32 maps, 19photos. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611867
ISBN
9780700611867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902419978
ISBN
9781902419978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

Hardback. The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359487
ISBN
9780822359487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.18

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Military Gallery. Series: Commemorative Collection. Num Pages: 128 pages, paintings of the Military Gallery. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 302 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Military Gallery
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954997038
ISBN
9780954997038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.71

hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118408
ISBN
9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.37

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
556
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
30th anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305685
ISBN
9780195305685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AMKH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888572
ISBN
9781845888572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 19.69

Paperback. Tells the story of Greece and the Greek people from the founding of Constantinople to the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197941
ISBN
9780571197941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. As the threat of conflict again overshadowed Britain in the 1930s, the nation began to take measures to prepare itself for the possibility of war. This title offers a glimpse into the general public's experience of wartime Britain. Series: Old House. Num Pages: 36 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 122 x 3. Weight in Grams: 40.
Publisher
Old House Books
Number of pages
36
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402158
ISBN
9781908402158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.51

Hardcover. The dramatic story of Richard III, England's last medieval king, captured the world's attention when an archaeological team led by the University of Leicester identified his remains in February 2013. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLC1; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118783146
ISBN
9781118783146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Offers a chronicle of Chinese civilization that furnishes general readers and scholars alike with an authoritative overview of Chinese history, art and culture, from the pre-historic era to the early twentieth century, touching upon recurring themes and developments and synthesizing more than five thousand years of evolution and transition. Num Pages: 832 pages, 3 illustrations, 178 photos, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629371401
ISBN
9789629371401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Paperback. The follow-up to the international bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, this book moves the story into the 1920s, and focuses on the remarkable American heiress who came to reign at Highclere Castle. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 x black and white inset sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444762129
ISBN
9781444762129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

hardcover. In 1942 the United States War Department distributed a handbook to American Servicemen advising them on the peculiarities of the 'British, their country, and their ways'. By turns hilarious and poignant, many observations remain quaintly relevant today. Reproduced in a style reminiscent of the era, this is a wonderfully evocative war-time memento. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 218 x 9. Weight in Grams: 70.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781851240852
ISBN
9781851240852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.55