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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Though they yearned for liberation, the French in Normandy nonetheless had to steel themselves for war, knowing that their homes and land and fellow citizens would have to bear the brunt of the attack. In this book, the author turns the usual stories of D-Day around, taking readers across the Channel to view the invasion anew. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136998
ISBN
9780226136998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.15

hardcover. Mary Louise Gill presents a bold new explanation of the fact that the dialogue which Plato promised to write on the Philosopher, complementing the Sophist and the Statesman, is missing. Gill argues that he left it unwritten in order to stimulate his readers and encourage them to work out, for themselves, the portrait it would have contained. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HP; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034557
ISBN
9780199606184
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women. Num Pages: 710 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 942. Good copy 8vo. .Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304439
ISBN
9780306806582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Take a magical journey back in time in this historically rich and visually appealing coffee table book. Burlington's past comes alive displayed in over 240 precious views of hand-tinted and sepia-toned postcards, spanning the late 1800s through the 1940s. The Lake Champlain waterfront is spectacular. Num Pages: 128 pages, 244 postcard images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; WCS; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326325
ISBN
9780764326325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. Interprets postwar civil rights as a Cold War feature. This book argues that the Cold War helped facilitate key social reforms, including desegregation. It discusses the way the Cold War figures into civil rights history. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152431
ISBN
9780691152431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.36

Hardcover. This biography chronicles the life of the flamboyant showman, respected statesman, and devout Dominican priest Father Hartke. It tells of his experiences and achievements and offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in Washington DC from the 1930s through the 1980s. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JJ; AN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813210827
ISBN
9780813210827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Paperback. The modern age is not the only one in which Romans and visitors to Rome have been fascinated with the city's striking juxtapositions of past and present. This title shows how one writer explored the relationship between events in Roman history, the landscape in which they occurred, and the monuments that commemorated them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033614
ISBN
9780472033614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.47

Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232116
ISBN
9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.86

Paperback. History's most notorious dynasty brought vividly to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069447
ISBN
9781782069447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. This book advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893666
ISBN
9781861893666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.77

Hardback. The communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany is, for many people, epitomized by the Berlin Wall; Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi, appear to be central. But is this really all there is to the GDR's history? Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454357
ISBN
9781845454357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.01

Hardback. An innovative study of the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dictatorships of Nazism and then Communism that succeeded them. Num Pages: 528 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199287208
ISBN
9780199287208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199679256
ISBN
9780199679256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333665794
ISBN
9780333665794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.70

Hardcover. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 808. Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age. 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260686
ISBN
9780226260686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. Stepping beyond traditional histories that have emphasized armed conflict from the view of victors, this work focuses on Morisco women. It argues that these women's lives offer insights on the experiences of Moriscos in general, and on how the politics of religion both empowers and oppresses. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAF; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130545
ISBN
9780691130545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.40

paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New and Revised New Afterw
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163710
ISBN
9780691163710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465049905
ISBN
9780465049905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. Drawing on the author's firsthand experience of the Iranian Revolution in 1978-1979 and subsequent trips between 2003 and 2008, this book presents a historical and ethnographic study of local-level politics, connections with national-level politics and revolution, and the changing political dynamics in Iran. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 611. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804775687
ISBN
9780804775687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. A radical new perspective revealing the truth behind the making of modern Ireland from economic rebirth to entering the EEC. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781316509319
ISBN
9781316509319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

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