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Paperback. The USS Indianapolis was the last ship sunk during World War II. Savaged by torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, the warship sank in a matter of minutes. One thousand two hundred men went into the water, and only 321 were to survive. This is their story. Num Pages: 432 pages, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 27. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Transworld Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553813609
- ISBN
- 9780553813609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Published to tie-in with the new series of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme, IN OUR TIME guides us through the most significant moments in our history. Num Pages: 608 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977521
- ISBN
- 9780340977521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Presents the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 BC, when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age, to 1167 AD, when a Norman invasion brought the country under control of the English crown for the first time. This book also looks at contemporary Ireland's connection with its past. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635257
- ISBN
- 9781566635257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.79
€ 18.99
€ 14.79
Hardback. An examination of an intriguing figure in the religious life of the ancient Mediterranean world, the Phrygian Mother Goddess, known to the Greeks and Romans as Cybele or Magna Mater, the Great Mother. The text presents and analyzes literary, historiographic and archaeological data. Num Pages: 400 pages, 76 b/w photographs, 2 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HDD; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210240
- ISBN
- 9780520210240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 64.13
€ 82.89
€ 64.13
Paperback. Asks questions such as: what is civilization? Did it mean the same to the Chinese, the Indians and the Greeks? What can the values of the ancient cultures teach us today? And, do the ideals of the West - a latecomer to civilization - really have universal validity? This title explores these ancient cultures, looking for their essential character. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Mass Market Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522669
- ISBN
- 9780563522669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; HBG; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888183
- ISBN
- 9781845888183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780061671722
- ISBN
- 9780061671722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.81
€ 59.21
€ 46.81
Paperback. Intends to cover the history of contemporary Mexico during the twentieth century. This book focuses on the Mexican Revolution, the gradual consolidation of institutions, the Cardenas regime, the "Mexican economic miracle" and its subsequent collapse, and the transition toward a new historical period. Translator(s): Fierro, Luis Alberto. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292704510
- ISBN
- 9780292704510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229792
- ISBN
- 9780803229792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Cunliffe, Tom. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472936004
- ISBN
- 9781472936004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. The Center for International Affairs (CFIA) was founded in 1958. This book documents the maturation of this academic institution. It traces the institutional and intellectual development of a research center that facilitates innovative scholarships. It explores the connection between knowledge and politics.s Series: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027770
- ISBN
- 9780674027770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735124
- ISBN
- 9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
hardcover. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780866566100
- ISBN
- 9780866566100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.43
€ 259.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645008
- ISBN
- 9780816645008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Essays by historians on information, media and power from ancient times to the present day. They are all based on papers read at the Irish Conference of Historians meeting at Cork in 1999. Editor(s): Morgan, Hiram. Series: Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRS0004699
- ISBN
- 9781900621625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is the story of the destruction of a talented Jewish family, and of the survival against all the odds of two young sisters. It is one of the most moving stories to emerge from the Second World War. Anita and her elder sister Renate were saved by their exceptional courage, determination and ingenuity. Num Pages: 184 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357012
- ISBN
- 9781900357012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. From Bletchley Park to cyber-attacks in the twenty-first century, this is the untold story of computers and spies: past, present and future Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPSH; UB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227849
- ISBN
- 9781780227849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
"This book examines the historical interactions of the West and non-Western world, and investigates whether or not the exclusive adoption of Western-oriented 'international norms' is the prerequisite for the construction of international order"-- Editor(s): Quirk, Joel; Suzuki, Shogo; Zhang, Yongjin. Series: New International Relations. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBLH; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415626286
- ISBN
- 9780415626286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.37
€ 186.37
Paperback. A variety of methods have developed to study pre-Quaternary climates. This text offers an exploration of these methods. It focuses on description and analysis of palaeoclimate indicators, offering explanations of biotic and lithological indicators in marine and terrestrial realms. Series: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology. Num Pages: 348 pages, 161 illus. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102070
- ISBN
- 9780231102070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70