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Paperback. The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water -- the Atlantic. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSA; HBG; RBKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007341399
- ISBN
- 9780007341399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.98
€ 23.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280395
- ISBN
- 9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. * Fascinating explanations of causes of death in the past * Covers prevalent diseases and accidents * Describes how to investigate your ancestor's cause of death * Insight into the way our ancestors died and the treatments available to them * Guide to interpreting death certificates and other records Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590386
- ISBN
- 9781781590386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210606
- ISBN
- 9780805210606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.79
€ 19.99
€ 16.79
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752486376
- ISBN
- 9780752486376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804739634
- ISBN
- 9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Hardcover. Authoritative account of the history of villages in the western parts of Oxfordshire, including Kelmscott, famous for its pre-Raphaelite associations. Editor(s): Townley, Simon. Series: Victoria County History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 91, 16 colour, 54 black and white, 21 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1526. Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Brampton Hundred. Series: Victoria County History. 328 pages, 91, 16 colour, 54 black and white, 21 line drawing. Editor(s): Townley, Simon. Authoritative account of the history of villages in the western parts of Oxfordshire, including Kelmscott, famous for its pre-Raphaelite associations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1. Dimension: 307 x 216 x 27. Weight: 1526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Victoria County History
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356400
- ISBN
- 9781904356400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Hardcover. Henley-on-Thames and Its Environs: Binfield Hundred. Series: Victoria County History. 398 pages, 96, 17 colour, 59 black and white, 20 line drawing. Editor(s): Townley, Simon. Authoritative account of the history of Henley-on-Thames and its neighbouring parishes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1. Dimension: 312 x 209 x 33. Weight: 1726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Victoria County History
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356387
- ISBN
- 9781904356387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. Simon Taylor looks at the history of nuclear power in Britain, charting the decline following it's initial introduction through to the renaissance we're currently seeing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; KNBN; RNQ; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- UIT Cambridge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906860318
- ISBN
- 9781906860318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.82
€ 31.99
€ 22.82
Hardback. Age was a critical factor in shaping imperial experience, yet it has not received any sustained scholarly attention. This pioneering interdisciplinary collection is the first to investigate the lives of children and young people and the construction of modes of childhood and youth within the British world. Editor(s): Robinson, Shirleene; Sleight, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489401
- ISBN
- 9781137489401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
paperback. From the beginning of July 1637, battles raged on for 200 years - both at home and abroad, on sea and on land, up and down the length of burgeoning Britain, across Europe, America and India. This book explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847920133
- ISBN
- 9781847920133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 24.29
€ 34.99
€ 24.29
Hardcover. Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC TV series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition In the age of the hasty glance and the selfie, Simon Schama has built from the nation's portraits a collective picture of Britain, our past and our present. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACX; AGHF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Viking
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670922291
- ISBN
- 9780670922291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.38
€ 17.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679781240
- ISBN
- 9780679781240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.54
€ 31.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141017273
- ISBN
- 9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Spanning the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford, this is a story of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 plate sections. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099546689
- ISBN
- 9780099546689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
€ 14.99
€ 12.37
paperback. This is the book that made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1536.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006861362
- ISBN
- 9780006861362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 25.61
€ 46.99
€ 25.61
Paperback. The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained.. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32pp colour plates, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1624.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006863489
- ISBN
- 9780006863489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 29.36
€ 46.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. What makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance and why? And where do the boundaries of our community lie - in our hearth and home, our village or city, tribe or faith? What is Britain - one country or many? This book delivers these themes. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847920126
- ISBN
- 9781847920126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.77
€ 40.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and covering topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom, this book explores the forces that shaped British culture and character from 1776 to 2000. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847920140
- ISBN
- 9781847920140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.88
€ 40.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Num Pages: 768 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 50. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006861560
- ISBN
- 9780006861560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.42
€ 25.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Focuses on issues facing Americans - the projection of power ('American war'); race, immigration and the problematic promise of e pluribus unum ('American skin'); the intensity of religious conviction in public life ('American fervour'); and the mystique of American land ('American Space'). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Edit
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520399
- ISBN
- 9780099520399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.57
€ 23.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Presents the story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. This title follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099536079
- ISBN
- 9780099536079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.22
€ 25.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087324
- ISBN
- 9781847087324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.00
€ 23.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. This book examines the impact of the pre-war emphasis on worldwide garrison, occupation and policing duties for the Empire's defence of the mindset of the Army's leadership and its lack of preparation for a continental war. Series: Military History and Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415407786
- ISBN
- 9780415407786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.29
€ 65.29