History
Results 5089 - 5112 of 40297
History
Paperback. Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPX; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181845
- ISBN
- 9780300181845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.61
€ 16.99
€ 13.61
Paperback. The definitive word on Boris Johnson, the UK's most colourful politician who led the country to Brexit but missed out on becoming PM Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 209 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471162343
- ISBN
- 9781471162343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times. Editor(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Translator(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393283068
- ISBN
- 9780393283068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.49
€ 26.99
€ 25.49
paperback. Films and books have explored the appalling circumstances of the 120,000 Japanese immigrants and their families, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, incarcerated in ten camps situated in eight western states from 1942 until 1946. This work constructs a personal testimony from hundreds of interviews with those who lived in the wartime camps. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, appendixes, notes, bibliog., index, LC 2001027170. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSL; JPW; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981420
- ISBN
- 9780295981420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.76
€ 26.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718741
- ISBN
- 9780198718741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
€ 19.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. An oral history of the Japanese American saga. It details the lives of first- and second-generation Japanese Americans before World War II with images drawn from interviews, songs, novels and newspaper articles. The heart of the story is the tragedy that followed the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518520
- ISBN
- 9780742518520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.65
€ 78.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BTM; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617754692
- ISBN
- 9781617754692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.59
€ 17.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. This is a personal account of the Cultural Revolution. As a student, the author was caught up in dramatic events as, with jeers and chants, students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies. The interplay between the perceptions of father and son offer an additional, unusual, perspective. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713696
- ISBN
- 9780804713696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.75
€ 40.99
€ 33.75
Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894176
- ISBN
- 9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.50
€ 83.50
Paperback. Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405803
- ISBN
- 9781421405803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.16
€ 38.99
€ 33.16
Paperback. An incredible, inspirational story of resilience, resourcefulness, and maternal courage, set against the background of the holocaust. Num Pages: 400 pages, Integrated throughout. BIC Classification: BGH; BK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751557411
- ISBN
- 9780751557411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback. The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. This title covers the events of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812 in its entirety, with the set-piece battle of Borodino proving the focal point of the book. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086967
- ISBN
- 9781849086967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.59
€ 21.99
€ 15.59
Hardcover. The minutes of the Corporation provide fascinating detail of the social and economic life of the town. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910653029
- ISBN
- 9781910653029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.87
€ 52.99
€ 50.87
Hardback. A critical revaluation of humanism, this book makes a case for the 20th-century as the "anticolonial century" by returning to the scientific Enlightenment and following a neglected intellectual tradition that led to what we today call Marxism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788328
- ISBN
- 9780804788328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
Paperback. * As with Hattersley's THE EDWARDIANS, this is a brilliant, masterly and richly detailed reassessment of the social and political landscape of a pivotal period - the interwar years Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 16, b/w pix. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118949
- ISBN
- 9780349118949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Modern travel memoir spans history in trailing the ghost of Archduke Ferdinand's assassin and WWI's primary catalyst, Gavrilo Princip. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645197
- ISBN
- 9780888645197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.78
€ 35.99
€ 25.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336093
- ISBN
- 9780880336093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Hardcover. In 1992 David Owen was appointed the EU Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, working alongside the UN's Co-Chairman, Cyrus Vance. The papers collected here provide a fascinating insider's account of the intense international political activity at that time, which culminated in the Vance-Owen Peace Plan. Editor(s): Owen, David. Num Pages: 462 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTJ; HBJD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318245
- ISBN
- 9781846318245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.44
€ 141.44
Paperback. "The Carter Peace Initiative, Croatia reclaims Western Slavonia, the fall of the Krajina Serbs." Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752465951
- ISBN
- 9780752465951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.64
€ 26.99
€ 24.64
This work examines the "political bosses" or powerful men who were the urban "New South" counterparts to the rural "Old South" planter elite. Although villified by the media, these powerful individuals often cared deeply about their cities, and sought to improve the lives of their citizens. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121505
- ISBN
- 9780813121505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.29
€ 43.29
Paperback. BIC Classification: HB. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- THE HISTORY PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738500874
- ISBN
- 9780738500874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.00€ 21.78
€ 24.00
€ 21.78
Paperback. Experience Boston, Massachusetts, as it was and as it is today, through over 300 vintage postcards and current photographs of one of Americas favorite tourist cities. See The Old State House and the new, vibrant skyline; the old Public Garden and the new Num Pages: 136 pages, 215 colour & 99 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330582
- ISBN
- 9780764330582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.26
€ 31.99
€ 21.26
Paperback. The historic battle upon which the future of England, as we know it, swung Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549081
- ISBN
- 9781848549081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49