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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The author grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World War, in peacetime he lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory began to fail, he embarked on a quest to unravel his story once and for all. In this book, he tells his story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ; VFJB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 239 x 43. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784703158
ISBN
9781784703158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A study of the development of the hospital as a economic, medical and voluntary institution in the second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933310
ISBN
9780861933310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814798690
ISBN
9780814798690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Why did early modern nobilities remain so powerful? In this volume, the author argues that in spite of the changes brought about by the Reformation, by the recovery of crown authority and by the regal union between England and Scotland, the huge power exercised by the nobility remained fundamentally unaltered. Num Pages: 344 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664665
ISBN
9780748664665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.67

Paperback. Examines the relationship between national history, identity, and politics in twentieth-century Macedonia. This work focuses on the reverberating power of events surrounding an armed uprising in August 1903, when a revolutionary organization challenged the forces of the Ottoman Empire by seizing control of the mountain town of Krusevo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691099958
ISBN
9780691099958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Presenting evidence from an array of archival and original resources, this book chronicles the development and derailment of sectarian tensions in the city of Liverpool. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383179
ISBN
9781781383179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. A study of the Yorkist king Edward IV, a crucial figure in the Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554166
ISBN
9781781554166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. By its presentation of contemporary and near contemporary sources, this book enables the reader to get behind the mythology and gain a more realistic picture of the king. An invaluable collection of the primary sources presented clearly and concisely, it demonstrates just why Richard has remained an enigma for so long. Num Pages: 176 pages, 32 colour and B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553138
ISBN
9781781553138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. Charts the development of the Viking longship, tracing its evolution from the one-man canoe of the Scandinavian Stone Age, through the "clinker" or wood-built ships of 200BC into the recognisable longboats of the 4th century AD. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 54 b&w and colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3B; 3D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTM; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 5. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763491
ISBN
9781841763491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850365399
ISBN
9780850365399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.20

hardcover. The development of independent working-class radical education and politics in England from the year of revolutions, 1848, to the passage of the 1870 Education Act is examined in this chronological analysis of the Chartist movement. Series: Chartist Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850365443
ISBN
9780850365443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.30

Hardcover.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752493367
ISBN
9780752493367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226519623
ISBN
9780226519623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.08

Hardcover. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226519609
ISBN
9780226519609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.75
€ 44.41

Hardcover.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791767
ISBN
9781905791767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408834329
ISBN
9781408834329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.00

paperback. In the last days of July 1943, British and American planes dropped 9,000 tons of bombs with the intention of erasing the German city from the map. The resultant firestorm burned for a month and left 40,000 civilians dead. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964248
ISBN
9780241964248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil war, rape and murder were rife in the days, months and years after hostilities ended. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141034515
ISBN
9780141034515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069500
ISBN
9780226069500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. The author of this text challeges the the conventional view of the Scottish nobility as violent, unlearned and backward, with the aim of demonstrating that the nobility were as steeped in contemporary European debates and movements as they were rooted in local society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612994
ISBN
9780748612994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491486
ISBN
9780752491486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white plates, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953658
ISBN
9780750953658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518025
ISBN
9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.46

paperback. Two cultures collided in Tipu, Belize in the 1600s: that of the native Maya and of the Spanish missionaries. Combining historical documentation with archaeological finds, the author provides an account of the meshing of these cultures and the Tipu's assimilation of Catholic practices. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; HRAF; HRCC7; HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024175
ISBN
9780817310257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

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