History
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History
Hardcover. This is a lively, narrative history of the world's great weather tragedies - the greatest storms in history - and the epic quest by pioneering scientists to figure out how to accurately predict the weather. It tells the story of the development of meterology from the time of Aristotle up to current-day breakthroughs in weather prediction. Num Pages: 252 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBT; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471381082
- ISBN
- 9780471381082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.53
€ 37.99
€ 30.53
Hardcover. A study of how narratives of travel through the antebellum South helped construct an American national identity during the years between the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars. The author makes his case on the basis of a broad range of texts including slave narratives, domestic literature, soldiers' diaries, and traditional forms of travel writing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327655
- ISBN
- 9780820327655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 407 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108370
- ISBN
- 9780230108370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.10€ 81.88
€ 97.10
€ 81.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; JPHL; JPP; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021038
- ISBN
- 9780253021038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Hardback. A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QSB; HBJD1; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839477
- ISBN
- 9781843839477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.68
€ 114.68
Hardback. Narrates the seismic events of this dramatic decade of warfare that recast the map of the ancient world. Shows how wars raging from India to North Africa were interconnected. Puts Roman expansion in wider context Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848848252
- ISBN
- 9781848848252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
€ 26.99
€ 20.15
Hardcover. Three battles for the control of the key fortress-city of Gaza took place in 1917 between the 'British' force and the Turks. The Allies were repulsed twice but on their third attempt captured southern Palestine and, as instructed by Lloyd George, took Jerusalem in time for Christmas. This book talks about the Battle of Palestine in 1947. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832638
- ISBN
- 9781843832638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Hardcover. Britain and Bonaparte 1801-1803. 234 pages, black & white illustrations. A study of the hardening of British public opinion against Bonaparte and an examination of the events that caused it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843830412
- ISBN
- 9781843830412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.66
€ 133.66
Hardback. Relates how the British, aided by Arab insurgents and the French, defeated the Turks, although not without difficulty, and captured northern Palestine and most of Syria. Num Pages: 270 pages, 22, 16 black and white, 6 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838036
- ISBN
- 9781843838036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.77
€ 45.99
€ 38.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781591543
- ISBN
- 9781781591543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.02
€ 37.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349028276
- ISBN
- 9781349028276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.95
€ 60.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Langlois, John D. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615134
- ISBN
- 9780691615134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.55€ 67.72
€ 87.55
€ 67.72
Hardback. Focusing on a century of Canadian initiatives in Shanghai, this book offers unprecedented insight into early Sino-Canadian relations. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; HBJF; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774820370
- ISBN
- 9780774820370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894865050
- ISBN
- 9781894865050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.18€ 40.73
€ 50.18
€ 40.73
Hardback. One of three independent but coordinated studies on Brazilian regionalism, this book examines the complex dynamics of state-level and political structures in the politically important state of Minas Gerais. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709323
- ISBN
- 9780804709323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.20
€ 95.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972803
- ISBN
- 9780865972803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.19
€ 27.99
€ 21.19
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. . 187pp
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KCBK000024
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 14.00
€ 28.00
€ 14.00
Paperback. First edition. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- SKU
- KOC0020254
- ISBN
- 9780904651911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0057299
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 28.00€ 11.00
€ 28.00
€ 11.00
Paperback. Drawing on the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program, and on memoirs and interviews, this is an account of the performance of US Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War. It examines their motivations and methods, and the effect on their personal lives. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814781104
- ISBN
- 9780814781104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53