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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046986
ISBN
9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Series: Bampton Lectures in America S. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC; HBWC; HRAX; HRC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146258
ISBN
9780231146258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Hardback. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 23 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBH; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890291
ISBN
9780801890291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. Collects the foremost aticles written about Jews and the Civil War in a single accessible volume Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D. Num Pages: 445 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771136
ISBN
9780814771136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Why is the world orderly, and how does order occur? Humans inhabit many systems - natural, social, political, economic, cognitive, and others - with seemingly obscure origins. In this book, the authors trace the versatile language of self-organization in the eighteenth-century West. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752051
ISBN
9780226752051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.99

Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150323
ISBN
9780231150323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150330
ISBN
9780231150330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. A biography that penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810712
ISBN
9780753810712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138643482
ISBN
9781138643482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. The definitive study of the wars in Afghanistan by the veteran reporter who has had exclusive access to all the key players over the last 30 years there from Gorbachev to WikiLeaks. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846274312
ISBN
9781846274312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. Num Pages: 600 pages, 16pp black & white plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 45. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642427
ISBN
9780199642427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.83

Paperback. This second volume on the Hundred Years War traces Edward III's increasing domination of France, from the fall of Calais in 1347 up to 1369. The period is dominated by a succession of crises in French affairs of state; crises that brought it to the verge of ruin. Num Pages: 704 pages, 50pp integrated b&w maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 906.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
691
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571207374
ISBN
9780571207374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful. This title examines the roots of the heresy. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571200023
ISBN
9780571200023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 567 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRAX; HRCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Hiddenspring
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587680250
ISBN
9781587680250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.18

Paperback. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse and a partial conquest by a foreign power. This book tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274567
ISBN
9780571274567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. Details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1328, this book follows the Hundred Years War up to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Num Pages: 672 pages, 38 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571200955
ISBN
9780571200955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848843356
ISBN
9781848843356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, Jonathan Swainger considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807920
ISBN
9780774807920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, Jonathan Swainger considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807937
ISBN
9780774807937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848318427
ISBN
9781848318427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Sovereignty and Struggle: Africa and Africans in the Era of the Cold War, 1945-1994 provides students with a deeper insight into African history during the period of decolonization and the Cold War. Series: African World Histories. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199915125
ISBN
9780199915125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

Paperback. Drawing on first-hand accounts from veterans and civilians, as well as previously unpublished source material, Death on the Don tells the story of one of the greatest military disasters of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750979467
ISBN
9780750979467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. By the end of WWII there were soldiers of more than 30 different nationalities in the Waffen-SS, & Reich Germans themselves were in the minority. This text presents an examination of one of the least well known of these non-German divisions - the SS Langemarck - recruited entirely from the Flemish lands of northern Belgium. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752467306
ISBN
9780752467306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Thousands of Scandinavians were recruited by Germany from 1940 onwards and fought with distinction on the Russian Front. Here, Jonathan Trigg details the battles these men fought and what inspired them to join the Waffen-SS, based in part on interviews with surviving veterans. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752467290
ISBN
9780752467290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

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