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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then this fall was even more so. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349360024
ISBN
9781349360024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Hardcover. Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then this fall was even more so. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542471
ISBN
9780230542471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Paperback. Born on an Australian sheep station, Sheila Chisholm (1895-1969) wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, and died a Russian princess. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743319444
ISBN
9781743319444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Hardback. Explores the idea that the people most important in a flourishing democracy are those who challenge the status quo. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738245
ISBN
9780814738245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. Shows how the interwar exhibitions heralded the arrival of modern America - a new empire of abundance built on old foundations of inequality. Rydell demonstrates how the fairs reached their height of popularity following the crash of 1929 by offering a vision of recovery from the Depression. Num Pages: 280 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732374
ISBN
9780226732374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Paperback. In the wake of the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, the city of San Francisco desperately needed reliable supplies of water and electricity. Its mayor, James Phelan, pressed for the damming of the Tuolumne River, setting off a firestorm of protest. This work tells the epic story of the first major environmental battle of the 20th century. Num Pages: 332 pages, 28 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195313093
ISBN
9780195313093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Num Pages: 200 pages, over 190 color paintings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JWTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 313 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1494.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313202
ISBN
9780764313202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.68
€ 39.78

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b/w illustrations & 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811736008
ISBN
9780811736008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.80

Hardback. By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into one of attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the Allies and the Third Reich's industrial heartland was the city of Aachen, once the ancient seat of Charlemagne's empire and now firmly entrenched within Germany's Siegfried Line fortifications. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 pg insert of 38 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811714822
ISBN
9780811714822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.80

paperback. Editor(s): Johannsen, Robert W. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
150th Anniversary ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195339420
ISBN
9780195339420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.15

Hardcover. An important new interpretation of Daniel Webster's life by an award-winning biographer. Num Pages: 800 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393045529
ISBN
9780393045529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644769
ISBN
9780691644769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.67

Paperback. A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 520 pages, 228 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300185171
ISBN
9780300185171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.96

Hardback. The first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler offers a comprehensive account of a literary and social figure whose importance in twentieth-century Irish culture is increasingly recognised. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. Copy in fine dust wrapper. Newspaper review pasted to inside front cover and some minimal pen scoring. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0013129
ISBN
9780199641567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 90.00

Hardback. At the outset of the Reformation, England was an agrarian society; by the Civil war it was on the way to becoming an urban one as well. The complexity of those developments become especially vivid when we experience them through the lives of ordinary townspeople, which Tittler allows us to do. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line diagrams 1 half-tone 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738682
ISBN
9780804738682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.54

Hardcover. Winner of the Roland Bainton Prize for the best reference work in 2004, A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of scholarship and debates about this period. Editor(s): Tittler, Robert; Jones, Norman. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 187 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631236184
ISBN
9780631236184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.56

Paperback. Winner of the Roland Bainton Prize for the best reference work in 2004, A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of scholarship and debates about this period. Editor(s): Tittler, Robert; Jones, Norman. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405189743
ISBN
9781405189743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.48

Series: MIP Research in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442152
ISBN
9781580442152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Hardback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600997
ISBN
9780230600997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.36

Paperback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230601000
ISBN
9780230601000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.61

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Lyons Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493030590
ISBN
9781493030590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.73

Hardback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356905
ISBN
9780822356905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.40

Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356998
ISBN
9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. The first full-scale, balanced account of President Truman's civil rights policies, tracing how the Missourian outgrew the bigotry of his Jackson County upbringing to become the president who integrated the military and lobbied for key civil rights legislation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619115
ISBN
9780700619115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.14

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