History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. An examination of the Russian security service in the titanic struggle between the regime and those dedicated to the defeat of monarchical absolutism. It looks at the years from 1866 through to 1905, tracing the reaction, expansion and evolution of the security police. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JKSW1; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802435
- ISBN
- 9780875802435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.90
€ 57.90
Paperback. Argues that the current chaos in the Middle East was always the intention of the Bush administration and Israel. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327549
- ISBN
- 9780745327549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.68
€ 33.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. Former Guardian and Observer journalist explores the real reasons behind the Gaza pullout -- arguing demography is the heart of the issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325552
- ISBN
- 9780745325552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.05
€ 35.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. This is the first systematic study of the changing nature of Roman identity in post-Roman North Africa. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 458 pages, 5 b/w illus. 5 maps 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBT; 3F; HBJH; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 320 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107530720
- ISBN
- 9781107530720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
paperback. The last pagans or the first modern Europeans? A consice history of the Vikings Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, family trees. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. The last pagans or the first modern Europeans? A consice history of the Vikings Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, family trees. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Robinson London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024734
- ISBN
- 9781845290764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472137418
- ISBN
- 9781472137418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China? Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light scoring on one page, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014764
- ISBN
- 9781905791057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Founder of China's Yuan dynasty, legendary resident of Xanadu and rebuilder of medieval Beijing Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDM; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849013376
- ISBN
- 9781849013376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Togo Heihachiro (1848-1934) was born into a feudal society that had lived in seclusion for 250 years. Delving beyond Togo's finest hour at the Battle of Tsushima, this title portrays the life of a diffident Japanese sailor in Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598624
- ISBN
- 9781906598624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Paperback. A superb insight into the history of the Samurai Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845299477
- ISBN
- 9781845299477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Hardcover. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) achieved notoriety at the Paris Peace Conference where he sternly resisted Japanese attempts to hold onto seized German colonial territory in mainland China. Koo was China's first representative to the League of Nations, and ended up as acting president of Republican China during the unrest of the period 1926-7. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791699
- ISBN
- 9781905791699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers. They were led by Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), the 'kingmaker' of early 20th-century Japanese politics whose life spanned the arrival of Commodore Perry, the Japanese civil war, the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War and WW I. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791682
- ISBN
- 9781905791682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. The author explains the truth behind odd tales of horses that sweat blood, defaced statues and missing frescoes, and Marco Polo's stories of black gold that seeps from the earth. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909961371
- ISBN
- 9781909961371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Subtitle in pre-publication: how Barack Obama defied his critics and transformed America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062426970
- ISBN
- 9780062426970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.83
€ 29.99
€ 23.83
Hardback. As Castro's democratic reform movement veered off course, a revolution that seemed to signal the death knell of dictatorship in Latin America brought about its tragic opposite. Jonathan C. Brown examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the century's most transformative events. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971981
- ISBN
- 9780674971981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. This title examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 206 x 4. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747810940
- ISBN
- 9780747810940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
Hardback. Victor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. This study offers a life story of one of the engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222977
- ISBN
- 9780520222977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 56.11
€ 72.92
€ 56.11
Paperback. A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from prison. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549975
- ISBN
- 9781848549975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Num Pages: 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1342. 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight: 1338.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714128245
- ISBN
- 9780714128245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292. 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight: 292.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714128269
- ISBN
- 9780714128269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. This magnificent new volume gives you exclusive access to the Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 full colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 292 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museums
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904897491
- ISBN
- 9781904897491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.66
€ 46.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049144
- ISBN
- 9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.69
€ 58.80
€ 45.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Karwansaray BV
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789490258054
- ISBN
- 9789490258054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 24.02
€ 38.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonging to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7. The books shows how they suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843189
- ISBN
- 9781848843189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.22
€ 25.99
€ 23.22