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Paperback. A powerful tale of destruction, heroism and survival by the bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 B&W illustrated maps and 2x 8pp B&W picture sections - integrated onto text paper for s. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340837870
- ISBN
- 9780340837870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Presents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War. The author examines the festival's institutional organization, negotiations among its various actors, and its reception in Poland. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 b/w, 3 music ex, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGC6; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 271 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292543
- ISBN
- 9780520292543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 51.06
€ 65.36
€ 51.06
Paperback. A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of derring-do and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220888
- ISBN
- 9781780220888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b/w, 36 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1311. dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTK0099404
- ISBN
- 9780300109948
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Bibliography: p. 267-275. Commissioning organisation: [by] David Thomson. Issued under the auspices of the Royal institute of international affairs. 283 p. 19 cm. Dust wrapper. A good copy. Dw chipped. Dulled at the edges.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0050266
- ISBN
- 9780192850362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'His book is timely and a triumph. Roberts manages to convey all the reader needs to know about two men to whom battalions of biographies have been devoted' EVENING STANDARD Num Pages: 304 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817780
- ISBN
- 9780753817780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799553
- ISBN
- 9780804799553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Paperback. Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? This book describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media. Num Pages: 381 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291294
- ISBN
- 9780520291294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. The lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of Wales Num Pages: 232 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445646657
- ISBN
- 9781445646657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This book provides the answers. At once a history and a guide, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the fabulously rich families of the Popes: the Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese, Borghese, Barberini and others. Num Pages: 432 pages, app 100 integrated maps and drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844134090
- ISBN
- 9781844134090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w photo. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 62987th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207517
- ISBN
- 9780253207517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AJRK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 276. Weight in Grams: 1575.
- Publisher
- Historic England Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848022980
- ISBN
- 9781848022980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.65
€ 72.65
Paperback. A study of the ways that knowledge of the slave revolt in Haiti was denied/repressed/disavowed within the network of slave-owning states and plantation societies of the New World, and the effects and meaning of this disavowal Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332909
- ISBN
- 9780822332909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497642
- ISBN
- 9781137497642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471125706
- ISBN
- 9781471125706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. World War II. Tells the epic story of the 475th Fighter Group from combat reports, offical American, Australian, and Japanese documents, and from interviews and conversations with the veterans themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 700 b/w and color photos, color profiles. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887405181
- ISBN
- 9780887405181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.32
€ 53.99
€ 35.32
Hardback. This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider Asian-Pacific region and the world. This interconnectedness is examined in the volume through the themes of empire, migration, and social movements. Editor(s): Iacobelli, Pedro; Leary, Danton; Takahashi, Shinnosuke. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBTQ; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137568779
- ISBN
- 9781137568779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.19
€ 135.19
The Origins of the Angolan Civil War: Foreign Intervention and Domesti...
Fernando Andresen Guimaraes
Paperback. An investigation into the origins of the Angolan civil war of 1975-76. By looking at the interaction between internal and external factors, this book reveals the domestic roots of the conflict and the impact of foreign intervention on the civil war. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333914809
- ISBN
- 9780333914809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Paperback. This selection of Cicero's letters not merely documents in detail Cicero's career but simultaneously provides a month-by-month record of the collapse of the republic and its replacement by a tyranny. It provides a vivid picture of daily life and politics in Rome, the assassination of Caesar, and Cicero's vain resistance to the rise of Mark Antony. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DB; DNF; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199214204
- ISBN
- 9780199214204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Mangum, Teresa. Series: The Cultural Histories Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 47 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 245 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350009813
- ISBN
- 9781350009813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.75
€ 40.99
€ 33.75