Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Crossing many conceptual and disciplinary boundaries, this book will cause much exciting controversy. The author draws upon a wide range of fascinating sources. The text is enhanced with the use of photographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745607818
- ISBN
- 9780745607818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594037351
- ISBN
- 9781594037351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.33
€ 27.99
€ 25.33
Hardback. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508. The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller's 340th Bomb Group in World War II. 288 pages, illustrated throughout. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001036
- ISBN
- 9781612001036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.87
€ 34.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Explains the structure of the feudal society, describes the rise of economic life and tells of the impact of Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Bibliographical notes. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804705257
- ISBN
- 9780804705257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.62
€ 51.99
€ 45.62
Hardback. More thrilling tales of adventure and derring-do from the author of the bestselling Shooting Leave. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484. Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game. 340 pages. Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of central Asia - from the Caucasus to Kabul. This title tells the story of British soldiers, missionaries and mercenaries, horse traders and opportunists who travelled to make their name in the Great Game. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849016674
- ISBN
- 9781849016674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843545910
- ISBN
- 9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0280919
- ISBN
- 9780571270088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Shows that without effective church leadership under Pius XII, Catholics acted ambiguously during the Holocaust--some saving Jews, others helping Hitler murder them, the majority simply standing by Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214713
- ISBN
- 9780253214713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Hardback. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804723244
- ISBN
- 9780804723244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Hardcover. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732984
- ISBN
- 9780814732984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardback. Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration is an intensive study of the constitutional and political arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson in Washington's cabinet. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107109056
- ISBN
- 9781107109056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.39
€ 91.39
Paperback. The story of Greece's resistance to European domination past and present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; HBTV; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785353987
- ISBN
- 9781785353987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.88
€ 20.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. This book also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 43 b/w illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768908
- ISBN
- 9781841768908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.33
€ 13.99
€ 12.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849087902
- ISBN
- 9781849087902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.18
€ 18.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Based on letters, diaries and oral histories, this title explores the impact of the 'war to end all wars' on the male body. It argues that military experiences led to a greater sharing of gender identities between men of different classes and ages. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890351
- ISBN
- 9781861890351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.26
€ 35.26
Paperback. This work combines history, anthropology and sociology to answer two questions: why did Ethiopia remain independent under European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized?; and why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its diversity? Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475615
- ISBN
- 9780226475615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.63
€ 36.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521021265
- ISBN
- 9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.83
€ 46.99
€ 46.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762763511
- ISBN
- 9780762763511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.19
€ 26.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. A history of the US M3 halftrack, one of the most successful infantry vehicles in the history of armoured warfare, which came to symbolize the Allied armed forces of World War II, which also saw service in the post-war era. The book describes its development and combat history since the 1960s. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, b&w photographs, colour illustrations, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 249 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855324671
- ISBN
- 9781855324671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.94
€ 16.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. This book supersedes all other accounts of modern Irish history". Num Pages: 704 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 486. 688pp. Reprint
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140132502
- ISBN
- 9780140132502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 13.83
€ 21.99
€ 13.83