Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.56
€ 51.78
€ 40.56
Paperback. The first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It studies the relationship between sport and national identity, how sport influences policy-making in modern states, and the ways in which sport has been colonized by the media. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784517
- ISBN
- 9780198784517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Hardcover. An evocative, realistic and people-based experience of how ordinary people come to terms with a country at war, an unseen enemy at their door, reaching to own and control their future. Through acts of conviction, commitment, courage and selflessness, people unite, and with odds stacked against them, discover new ways on the path to victory. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554586
- ISBN
- 9781781554586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.48
€ 28.48
Paperback. When Christine Cuss (nee Pierce) was born in 1934, her doting father began a journal addressed to her. This book shows another side to the Second World War. It shows how the father chose his family, not least his only daughter, Christine. Editor(s): Cuss, Christine. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455549
- ISBN
- 9780752455549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in the period of German history through key questions such as how was Germany governed, what was the extent of social and cultural change, and how effective was opposition? Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354680
- ISBN
- 9780198354680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.22
€ 53.22
Paperback. Some of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume. Editor(s): Trewin, Ion. Num Pages: 784 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826737
- ISBN
- 9780753826737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 page black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026138
- ISBN
- 9780141026138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.96
€ 16.99
€ 12.96
Sheet map. In Scotland, the spirit of industry that swept through the nineteenth century was strongest in Glasgow - but Edinburgh emerged as a cultural capital, becoming known as the Athens of the North. This title captures Edinburgh as her reputation as a centre of finance and the arts was flourishing. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402189
- ISBN
- 9781908402189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.98
€ 10.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267088
- ISBN
- 9781905267088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.07
€ 8.07
Paperback. Shows how some rural communities tenaciously held on to the lifeline opium production offered, flouting the bans imposed by the Taliban and, later, the regulations imposed by the international community Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; JFSF; JKVG; JPH; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045681
- ISBN
- 9781849045681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.43
€ 41.43
Hardback. A history of the Ottoman participation in colonial expansion in Africa in the last 20 years of the 19th century, this book turns the spotlight onto the Ottoman Empire's experiment in "new imperialism." Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDT; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804795142
- ISBN
- 9780804795142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846033322
- ISBN
- 9781846033322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. The lives of six women on the home front 1939-1945: the true history of what our grandmothers did in the war. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Six Women's Lives in the Second World War. 420 pages. Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, the author brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six ordinary women made extraordinary by the demands of war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017145
- ISBN
- 9781849017145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.98
€ 11.99
€ 9.98
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107036628
- ISBN
- 9781107036628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.80
€ 52.99
€ 52.80
Paperback. a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of "new imperialism" - until the era of decolonisation Num Pages: 464 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QD; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415196161
- ISBN
- 9780415196161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445098
- ISBN
- 9781904445098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.89
€ 20.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HRCC92. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 4. Weight in Grams: 79.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433551895
- ISBN
- 9781433551895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.87
€ 16.99
€ 15.87
Hardback. An impressive tribute and engaging history of aerial exploits throughout operation 'Market Garden'. Relays the exploits of the men engaged in the conflict and vividly describes some of the most iconic scenes and events that came to characterise 'Market Garden' - the airborne drops and dramatic parachute and glider assaults. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 images. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781591178
- ISBN
- 9781781591178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.19
€ 36.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Series: Methuen biography. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413771483
- ISBN
- 9780413771483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.11
€ 10.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140166675
- ISBN
- 9780140166675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 18.21
€ 23.00
€ 18.21
Hardback. Isabella d'Este, the marchioness of Mantua, was a collector of antiquities and one of the most vivid personalities of the Italian Renaissance. Her artistic relationship with Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is charted through the letters that they exchanged over the course of about six years. This book explores the story of their relationship. Num Pages: 240 pages, 60 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300121247
- ISBN
- 9780300121247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.66€ 42.64
€ 54.66
€ 42.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JPHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750955577
- ISBN
- 9780750955577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.37
€ 16.37
Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699940
- ISBN
- 9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
Paperback. Retelling the story of the decades across the United States in New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, this book reveals how the War on Poverty cultivated black self-determination politics and demonstrates that federal, state, and local funds during this period bolstered economic, social, and educational institutions for black control. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292116
- ISBN
- 9780520292116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94