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Paperback. As 'Wartime' did for the 1940s, this book will grasp the broad spectrum of events in the 1930s in the words of contemporary witnesses drawn from metropolitan and provincial letters and diaries, newspapers, periodicals, books and the range of rich material available in the British Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 59. Weight in Grams: 656.
Edition
Later Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007314539
ISBN
9780007314539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Reveals the origins, significance, and consequences of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the first great, and catastrophic, pan-European conflict. This book also provides a brief history of the War and a discussion of its causes. It includes maps and a chronology, an index, a select bibliography, and several examples of 17th-century artwork. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209398
ISBN
9780872209398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. Seeking to identify the central issues of the conflict which devastated Europe between 1618 and 1648, this book emphasizes the religious and constitutional struggle in the Holy Roman Empire. War finance and other tensions are also analyzed as decisive factors in international and domestic disputes. Series: European History in Perspective. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7; HRCC9; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333626955
ISBN
9780333626955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.76

Paperback. A study of the Thirty Years' War, a conflict of key importance in the history of the development of warfare. It offers a behind-the-scenes view of the men who really made the decisions in the fighting - Olivares, Mazarin and Cardinal Richelieu - and discusses the long-term effects of the war. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition Uk Pbk
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763781
ISBN
9781841763781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Hardback. A celebration of Englishness in the sixteenth century. Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture, presenting a view of 'Tudor England' and offering a firmer historical background to evaluating the English Renaissance. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084423
ISBN
9780719084423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.74

Hardback. First printed edition, with facsimile and studies, of a significant manuscript from medieval England. Editor(s): Rollason, Lynda. Num Pages: 387 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 279 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Facsimile
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270101
ISBN
9781783270101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.56

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Ludwig Freund. xiii,151 p. 19 cm. Rebound in modern cloth. A good copy. Library marked internally."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
SKU
KEX0121163
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855579
ISBN
9781611855579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.91

Hardback. Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebrated its three-hundred-year anniversary in 2015. Num Pages: 496 pages, 149 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASZP; AVGC8; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272099
ISBN
9781783272099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.57

Paperback. As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe's three most powerful states. This book offers an account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2x16 insets. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019987
ISBN
9780141019987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534. Might, Money, and Minds. 384 pages, illustrations. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254428
ISBN
9780520254428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a fresh perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520249516
ISBN
9780520249516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. This volume asserts that the three Kentucky Presidents - Lincoln, Taylor, and Davis - were shaped both personally and politically by their experiences in Kentucky, poised as it was on the border between North and South, the East and the Western frontier. Num Pages: 96 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190532
ISBN
9780813190532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.79

paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, A. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167725
ISBN
9780226167725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.79

Paperback. In this study, an audit of British compliance with international human rights standards is carried out. It provides an up-to-date description of law and practice with respect of freedom of information, looking at both the political and legal aspects of political freedom in the UK. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPA; JPHV; JPVH; LNDA; LNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415096423
ISBN
9780415096423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.53

Hardback. In 1666, King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire, showing how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214934
ISBN
9780520214934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.02
€ 49.59

Hardcover. Among the many contentious frontier zones in nineteenth-century North America, Florida was an early and important borderland where the United States worked out how it would colonize new territories. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248364
ISBN
9780812248364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. * A book that will change the course of modern history, and specifically our attitudes to China. * Three of the top four China scholars in America have said this is the most important book on China published in decades. Editor(s): Nathan, Andrew J.; Link, Perry; Zhang, Liang. Num Pages: 736 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH; JPVR; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Abacus Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114699
ISBN
9780349114699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Tuttle, Gray; Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 752 pages, 3 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144698
ISBN
9780231144698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. * A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. * Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225744
ISBN
9780631225744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

paperback. Presents the prototype of the etymological thesaurus that has been the goal of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus project (STEDT) since 1987. This book provides nearly 170 Proto-Tibeto-Burman etymologies in the semantic area of the reproductive system, along with discussions of possible Chinese cognates. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098718
ISBN
9780520098718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Hardback. This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081033
ISBN
9780719081033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.18

Paperback. The famed German panzers of World War II in profile format including photographs, color schemes, and drawings. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w photographs, color profiles, drawings. BIC Classification: HB; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 123 x 3. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887409257
ISBN
9780887409257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Hardback. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764321016
ISBN
9780764321016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.52

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