History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
paperback. Tells the history of the Blitz in the Second World War. This book examines the well-known parts of the campaign, and the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (and discovered material on the more familiar 'Blitz' on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141003214
- ISBN
- 9780141003214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.13
€ 19.99
€ 17.13
paperback. The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released "Rock Around the Clock", rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War. This book captures Britain in a decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32 pp b/w/ inset. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141004099
- ISBN
- 9780141004099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 16.68
€ 26.99
€ 16.68
paperback. Part of the trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, this final book shows how Germany rushed headlong into destroying itself, shattering an entire continent. It is a history that conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict - tracing events from the invasion of Poland to Hitler's plans for genocide and his eventual suicide. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015484
- ISBN
- 9780141015484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141026916
- ISBN
- 9780141026916
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success was the humble redcoat soldier who showed heroism in battle and stoicism in peace, despite appalling treatment. This book tells their story: of brutal discipline and inedible food, of loyalty and low pay, and of barracks and battlefield. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 pages colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141027937
- ISBN
- 9780141027937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. This title presents the event with an account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. Series: Penguin Magnum Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141041865
- ISBN
- 9780141041865
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Tells the story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. This book presents a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784700041
- ISBN
- 9781784700041
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844673681
- ISBN
- 9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341982
- ISBN
- 9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.28
€ 23.99
€ 20.28
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617575
- ISBN
- 9780230617575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.68
€ 21.99
€ 18.68
The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nine...
The Life Of An Unknown The Redi
hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118408
- ISBN
- 9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.20
€ 86.20
paperback. Features an account of the 19th century conquests of the highest and most imposing of Pacific Northwest mountains, Mt. Rainier. This is the history of organized mountaineering in the Northwest as well as of Mt. Rainier and those who accepted its challenge. It carries those stories when Mt. Rainier achieved the status of a national park. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295978475
- ISBN
- 9780295978475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986500
- ISBN
- 9780295986500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.74
€ 45.74
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307475213
- ISBN
- 9780307475213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.55
€ 19.99
€ 17.55
hardcover. The first academic study of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary organisation, which was formed in 1913 by Ulster Unionists opposed to the Third Home Rule Bill. The Ulster Volunteer Force provided the basis of the 36th (Ulster) Division formed in 1914 and was reactivated in 1920 to counter the I.R.A. threat to the new Northern Ireland state. Num Pages: 256 pages, Line drawings, unspecified|Maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073717
- ISBN
- 9780719073717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.80
€ 157.80
hardcover. Presents an examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, from the 1900s to the 1960s. This study explores a wide range of women's experiences from those involved in prostitution and suspected of having VD, to the anxieties generated by the behaviour of girls and young women in general. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076640
- ISBN
- 9780719076640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.88
€ 157.88
hardcover. Drawing on a range of sources from the papers of landed families this book provides fresh insight into the place of women in the Irish wealthy landed class. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077982
- ISBN
- 9780719077982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.44
€ 158.44
Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAisérghe and the Fascist...
Architects Of The Resurrection
hardcover. Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtiri na hAiseirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light of ultra-right extremism in the postwar world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719079733
- ISBN
- 9780719079733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.52
€ 147.52
hardcover. This book deals with a sequence of lively and often bizarre episodes within San Francisco's Russian community set in motion in early 1888 by the arrival in San Francisco of a new Russian Orthodox bishop--and his entourage, which included some twenty clergymen and eleven boys. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC8; JFFE; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727679
- ISBN
- 9780804727679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.01
€ 88.01
Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England
Rosenthal, Mark; Tauber, Carol; Uhlir, Edward
hardcover. This study contends that, contrary to popular belief, there was no single structure or paradigm of family that embraced all men and women in the late Middle Ages. It demonstrates how individuals lived simultaneously within the patriarchal structure, the nuclear family and networks of kin. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812230727
- ISBN
- 9780812230727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02
€ 107.02
Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History of Lenin, Trotsky,...
Three Who Made A Revolution
paperback. This monumental triple biography weaves together the personal and public lives of the triumvirate behind the 1917 Russian Revolution. Num Pages: 680 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411772
- ISBN
- 9780815411772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Ballpoint: A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Inventio...
Ballpoint Tale Genius Grit Perilous P
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Europe Books
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982578117
- ISBN
- 9780982578117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.18
€ 16.99
€ 16.18
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press Canada
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550028676
- ISBN
- 9781550028676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.74
€ 43.99
€ 36.74
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illustrions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cumberland House Publishing
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581825879
- ISBN
- 9781581825879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.22
€ 29.99
€ 26.22