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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? This is a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973714
ISBN
9780241973714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter from the wastepaper bin of the German military attache in Paris. Torn to pieces but stuck back together by French intelligence, this document contained French military secrets. This title discusses a moment in French history. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014777
ISBN
9780141014777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Hardback. This is a history of the Olmsted Case. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910925
ISBN
9781575910925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473142
ISBN
9780801473142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardcover. On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501086
ISBN
9780226501086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. "The book .. will find a broad audience. It would work well in the classroom.. Effectively combating the nonspecialist's view of the Middle Ages as a monolithic and static society, it will encourage more subtle thinking about gender identities in the past and in the present.-American Historical Review Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218343
ISBN
9780812218343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. A "Common Woman" in medieval England was a prostitute, distinguished as such less for taking money for sex than for belonging to all men in common. Karras's book tells the story of these women, their experiences, relations, and treatment under the law, and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval understanding of feminity. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195124989
ISBN
9780195124989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Paperback. Traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Alternative forms of union could make lives precarious but also provided a degree of flexibility. The study draws on a wide geographical and chronological range of examples in order to illustrate local difference while bringing out broad patterns. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812222982
ISBN
9780812222982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FHP; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
ILR Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875461830
ISBN
9780875461830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
396
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056022
ISBN
9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. This text reinterprets the roots of 20th-century American labour law and politics, claiming that Republicans developed the fundamental principles, not New Deal Democrats. It demonstrates the establishment of procedural rights of workers in Republican-formulated labour legislation of the 1920s. Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227637
ISBN
9780807847374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth; Seaward, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages, 180, 180 colour. BIC Classification: HBLL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1266. 416 pages, 180, 180 colour. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth; Seaward, Paul. The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLL; JPQ. Dimension: 249 x 189 x 29. Weight: 1272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835769
ISBN
9781843835769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556228940
ISBN
9781556228940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.27

paperback. Robespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of him. Robespierre and the Revolution were inseparable: a single inflexible tyrant. But what turned a shy young lawyer into the living embodiment of the Terror at its most violent? Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458982
ISBN
9780099458982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardback. This book, a product of collaboration and cooperation between two non-Masonic historians and the Grand Lodge of Virginia, is an objective, comprehensive study of the history of Freemasonry in the state of Virginia. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 939.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761811305
ISBN
9780761811305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.18

Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235212
ISBN
9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284609
ISBN
9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215785
ISBN
9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.29

Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048550
ISBN
9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. Presents an appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I. Packed with technical specifications, revealing illustrations and exhaustive research, this book deals with the Aegean arms race. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472806192
ISBN
9781472806192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

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