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Paperback. A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099525622
ISBN
9780099525622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413777898
ISBN
9780413777898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. A ground-breaking account of popular protest in the Middle East and North Africa from the eighteenth century to the present. Num Pages: 525 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JPB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521189422
ISBN
9780521189422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.16

Paperback. In this general introduction to the history of the French Revolution, the author provides a guide to the vast historiography of the French Revolution and tackles the main questions that have preoccupied historians of revolutionary France in the decade after 1789. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199244140
ISBN
9780199244140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215311
ISBN
9780300215311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Hardback. This comprehensive volume demonstrates that the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of current research into German welfare, from the Holy Roman Empire to the present day. Editor(s): Raphael, Lutz. Series: New German Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 326 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333569
ISBN
9781785333569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.20

Paperback. A groundbreaking, comprehensive history of Asian settlement in Britain from 1700 to the present day. 'Fascinating' BBC History Magazine Num Pages: 504 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3J; HBJD1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313733
ISBN
9780745313733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408851104
ISBN
9781408851104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. He has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion Royal Anglians in England's subzero temperatures. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTM0000760
ISBN
9780141040882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY) Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 760.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822265
ISBN
9780753822265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. An imaginative retelling of London's history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuries Series: The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206302
ISBN
9780300206302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Donald Short Run Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904607892
ISBN
9781904607892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. An unprecedented insight into the grim brutality of the Russian revolution and the terror of the Cold War Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596608
ISBN
9780747596608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. As the Battle of Britain approached its conclusion, two new versions of the famous Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf109 arrived on the scene. The RAF could see that the Luftwaffe were stepping down their incursions into British airspace, and went on the offensive. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim; Hector, Gareth. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrated throughout with colour artwork and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472805768
ISBN
9781472805768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.67

Hardback. The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. This book challenges this view. It takes a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 maps, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117450
ISBN
9781845117450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.17
€ 63.70

Hardback. During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. This work weaves this episode into a broader story about the Soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130835
ISBN
9780691130835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Discover the history behind the facts Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647302
ISBN
9781445647302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S Patton called the Garand, The greatest battle implement ever devised. This book deals with this rifle. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 15 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086219
ISBN
9781849086219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . 263pp
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
KCBJ000142
ISBN
9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0220221
ISBN
9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: X-Planes. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819949
ISBN
9781472819949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. From the fourth to the fifteenth century AD the Byzantine Empire flourished as a powerful economic, cultural, and military force, whose influence stretched from Spain to Egypt. Peter Sarris explores the fusion of Greek and Roman civilization at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, and charts its struggle for survival against external challenges. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199236114
ISBN
9780199236114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Hardback. The most incisive and up-to-date analysis of Algeria's recent history in the second 25 years after independence. Editor(s): Crowley, Patrick. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940216
ISBN
9781786940216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.24

Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197242
ISBN
9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Paperback. Paints a picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney's Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and cribbage. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552170659
ISBN
9780552170659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892515
ISBN
9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331756
ISBN
9781785331756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.03

Paperback. A lively and informed account of Egypt's recent history and current situation Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198690
ISBN
9780300198690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Paperback. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223576
ISBN
9780812223576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.08

paperback. Known collectively as the "Great War", for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. This title explores the cause and effects of the conflict, placing it in the context of the evolution of modern warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712607193
ISBN
9780712607193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Hardcover. Most authoritative study ever of the subject, based on thorough and meticulous research. Includes 300 detailed camouflage views in full and accurate colour. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 85 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848322233
ISBN
9781848322233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. The Knights Templar were the most famous and formidable of all the Western Christian military orders, whilst the Mamluks were a slave caste whose fighting prowess had elevated them to the point of holding real political clout. This book tells the story of three key engagements from the Fifth Crusade to the Seventh Crusade. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBWC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472813336
ISBN
9781472813336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Series: Photographic Memories. Num Pages: 96 pages, Historical photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859371923
ISBN
9781859371923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. The award-winning memoir of a white boy growing up in Rhodesia as it went through a bloody transition to majority rule Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; BGA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330450102
ISBN
9780330450102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Y Lolfa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784614102
ISBN
9781784614102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.59

Paperback. The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163415
ISBN
9780552163415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. This book traces how France underwent a veritable crisis of civilization in the early years of the French Republic as traditional attitudes and practices crumbled under the forces of modernization. Num Pages: 632 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710138
ISBN
9780804710138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408843567
ISBN
9781408843567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; AB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924280
ISBN
9781910924280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.78