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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ever purpose-built aircraft carrier. This book tells the story of the small, but resilient, carriers and the crucial role they played in the British war effort. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849080798
ISBN
9781849080798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. During the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This book traces the development of the Spanish galleon, and outlines the constructional methods, the ordnance and the crewing needed to produce and maintain these stately vessels. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841766379
ISBN
9781841766379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, first introduced during the American Civil War. Its profile has made it one of the most easily recognized warships of all time. This title covers the design, development and operational history of the Union's Monitor fleet. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 47 b&w and colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 193 x 4. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763064
ISBN
9781841763064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Ultimately, he was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August-two years to the day after Britain's declaration of war in 1914. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847172648
ISBN
9781847172648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. This book re-examines 'everyday resistance', gender and power through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. Moving away from educated and outstanding figures and drawing on a range of unconventional sources, it unearths a narrative of deep and enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives." Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349363179
ISBN
9781349363179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.20

Hardback. In the late 1980s, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, short story writer, and Academy Chicago Press. At stake was not only a collection of short stories, but also the definition of intellectual property. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690763
ISBN
9780847690763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.40

Hardcover. Ever since the Third Partition in 1795 brought Polish independence to an end, nationalists had sought the restoration of their country, and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 did indeed produce the modern Polish state. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791705
ISBN
9781905791705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. This is the rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating African American woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, and free-spirited provocateur, Anita Reynolds was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an American Cocktail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073050
ISBN
9780674073050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. This work traces the history of attitudes toward power and the use of armed force within the Zionist movement from an early period in which most leaders espoused an ideal of peaceful settlement in Palestine, to the acceptance of force as a legitimate tool for achieving a sovereign Jewish state. Translator(s): Templer, William. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3J; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737760
ISBN
9780804737760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. A study of the colonial state's imposition of regimes of sexuality, as seen through archives of law, literature and pornography. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBG; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345336
ISBN
9780822345336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408866474
ISBN
9781408866474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
New York Review Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322813
ISBN
9780940322813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.13

Paperback. The picture encyclopedia in question was a popular work invented by preacher-turned-publisher Johann Siegmund Stoy in 18th century Germany. This study of an individual object provides an unusual perspective on the German bourgeois enlightenment Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GBA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322872
ISBN
9780226322872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638126
ISBN
9780691638126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.08

Paperback. An updated edition of a landmark book in the history of women's political activism and in the history of women and religion in America. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQM2; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215024
ISBN
9780253215024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836698
ISBN
9781843836698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455280
ISBN
9780752455280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. Recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the context of several wider histories that span the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. This title is published to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Fort Dearborn. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 halftones, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226428963
ISBN
9780226428963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

paperback. Explores the boundaries of this paternalistic order by investigating workers' strategies of conformity and resistance and by tracing the disciplinary practices of managers during the period from the turn of the century to a massive reorganisation of the mills in the late 1950s. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 8 tables, 4 maps, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324973
ISBN
9780822324973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

Paperback. Offers a methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. This title identifies the social epistemologies that guided perception and practice, revealing the problematic racial ontologies of that confused epistemic space. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJM; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146362
ISBN
9780691146362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. In this volume, scholars from three continents trace the role of dreams in the cultural transitions of the early modern Atlantic world, illustrating how both indigenous and European methods of understanding dream phenomena became central to contests over religious and political power. Editor(s): Plane, Ann Marie; Tuttle, Leslie. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; HBJD; HBJK; HBLC; HBLH; HRQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812245042
ISBN
9780812245042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483639
ISBN
9780801483639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardcover. KERRY Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Anne; Sheehan, John. Series: Archaeology/medieval studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 206 x 0. Weight in Grams: 2060. 461pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780902561847
ISBN
9780902561847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 45.48

Paperback. Martin finds that objects not only reflect culture, they are the means to create it. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50, 4 black & white line drawings, 34 black & white halftones, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898266
ISBN
9780801898266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

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