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Paperback. Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Series: Hot Spots in Global Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBTB; HBWS5; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649306
ISBN
9780745649306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.29

Hardback. Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Series: Hot Spots in Global Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649290
ISBN
9780745649290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.43

Paperback. The fascinating story of the Austrian, German and Russian imperial families during the four years of the First World War and the political and personal struggles that brought about their ruin Num Pages: 304 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445650500
ISBN
9781445650500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.12

Paperback. Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out everything you need to know about the Tudors. Series: An Illustrated Introduction. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445641218
ISBN
9781445641218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; HBT; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254356
ISBN
9781781254356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. In the violent maelstrom of early 1970s Belfast many young members of the loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' joined the fledgling paramilitary groups - this is an in-depth account of that dramatic convergence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 270 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383261
ISBN
9781781383261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473854321
ISBN
9781473854321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Meets the requirements of school parties, visitor groups and others at a time of unprecedented interest (Centenary). The book is concise and informative. Offers easy-to-follow tour programme with all necessary historical background and advice. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 B & W images. BIC Classification: HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473821392
ISBN
9781473821392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.66

hardcover. Unique memoir of a British officer in the war in the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 212 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781473886841
ISBN
9781473886841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 8.07

Hardback. Graphic history of the struggle for the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473833951
ISBN
9781473833951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.31

Paperback. Tells the story in which a first time mother-to-be, whose psyche has been scarred by the loss of her pilot father in Vietnam, must break free from anxiety to embrace healing and renewal for the sake of her husband and child. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AN; AVGC9; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 3895 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989396
ISBN
9780295989396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.94

An abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation, this work presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. The author's introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Spalding, Karen. Translator(s): Livermore, Harold V. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208445
ISBN
9780872208445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.09
€ 42.50

Paperback. An abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation, this work presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. The author's introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Spalding, Karen. Translator(s): Livermore, Harold V. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208438
ISBN
9780872208438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.33

paperback. For students of politics, history and peace studies, this classic work is important reading for anyone interested in the history - and future - of peace and war. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JPS; JWMN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780745309477
ISBN
9780745309477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.64

Paperback. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586486457
ISBN
9781586486457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFM; G; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761815204
ISBN
9780761815204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.75

Paperback. In this book the authors examine the the country's power structure, economy, politics and the ways in which various branches of government and the private sector interact, and envision a prosperious South Africa built on the principles of a free market economy and parliamentary compromise. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPA; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817989521
ISBN
9780817989521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.58

Paperback. One of the first evaluations of China's leadership transition with Jiang Zemin's 2002 retirement as Communist Party chief, this book probes the country's related institutional transitions--both those under way and those still needed if China is to remain stable and prosperous in the 21st century. Editor(s): Lin, Gang; Hu, Xiaobo. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749190
ISBN
9780804749190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 1QSP; BGH; HBJM; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9780691057521
ISBN
9780691057521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.04

Paperback. A celebration of the history of the British-Yemeni community with extraordinary archival photography. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; AJC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 8. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531360
ISBN
9781908531360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

hardcover. Tells the history of a tiny country caught up in four major world crises from 1938 to 1989 and how the American print media presented these events to its readers. This book also discusses how American journalists and political cartoons portrayed, and in some cases stereotyped, Czechoslovakia during this period. Editor(s): Ference, Gregory C. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335904
ISBN
9780880335904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Num Pages: 266 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236226
ISBN
9781442236226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto and several hundred armed men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast, from Florida to the Mississippi River. This book investigates the broad cultural and literary aspects of the resulting social and demographic collapse or radical transformation of many Native societies. Editor(s): Galloway, Patricia Kay. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803271227
ISBN
9780803271227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.35

Paperback. Includes essays which celebrate 21 years of research by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in Oxford. This book brings together the reflections of leading scholars from around the world on the life and work of the Oxford Centre. It records how the pioneering studies carried out by the Centre have become a bench-mark for researchers. Editor(s): Galligan, D. J. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HBTB; J; LAF; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196815
ISBN
9780631196815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.84

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