History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Hardcover. An exploration of the health, sanitation, and cleanliness of one of England's most important medieval and early modern cities. Num Pages: 276 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153604
- ISBN
- 9781903153604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460373
- ISBN
- 9781349460373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New in paperback
- SKU
- V9780719069758
- ISBN
- 9780719069758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Hardcover. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This title also explores how, during the First World War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation as a community, and at the same time attempted to exclude certain groups from that nation. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665785
- ISBN
- 9780748665785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.27
€ 169.27
Paperback. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This book broadens the discussion of nationalism to include both ideological and biological factors. It explores the social, demographic, psychological and medical impact of the Great War on the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695898
- ISBN
- 9780748695898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.58
€ 40.99
€ 35.58
Hardback. Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785782107
- ISBN
- 9781785782107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.89
€ 17.99
€ 12.89
paperback. Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781350011090
- ISBN
- 9781350011090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.99€ 43.59
€ 59.99
€ 43.59
Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238503
- ISBN
- 9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.36
€ 83.45
€ 65.36
Paperback. When England made a peace treaty with the French in 1360, during a pause in the Hundred Years War, John Hawkwood, instead of going home, travelled south to Avignon, where the papacy was based during its exile from Rome. He and his fellow mercenaries held the pope to ransom and were paid off. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571219094
- ISBN
- 9780571219094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Series: Middle East @ War. Num Pages: 72 pages, 113 b/w photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 341 x 6. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911096252
- ISBN
- 9781911096252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.27
€ 26.99
€ 20.27
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
Hardcover. This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021528
- ISBN
- 9781906021528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816652754
- ISBN
- 9780816652754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. The story of Saladin's recapture of the Holy City of Jerusalem from the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. A pivotal battle in the history of the Crusades - and in the subsequent history of the Middle East and the Muslim world. Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 b&w halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBWC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199646951
- ISBN
- 9780199646951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.50
€ 30.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. A history of Hastings at War 1939-45 Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860776472
- ISBN
- 9781860776472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.80
€ 21.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Under the Nazis, a blend of German nationalism, anti-Semitism, and racist notions about the Slavs produced a reign of terror and genocide. This book offers a portrait of life in the Third Reich's largest colony. Num Pages: 480 pages, 21 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027183
- ISBN
- 9780674027183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
Hardback. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 106 includes "A Picnic, a Tomb, and a Crow: Hesiod's Cult in the Works and Days"; "Sapphica"; "A New Manuscript of Classical Authors in Spain"; "The Dates of the Dramatists of the Fabula Togata"; "The Coroebus Episode in Virgil's Aeneid"; "Herod's Last Days"; and other essays. Editor(s): Coleman, Kathleen M. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072015
- ISBN
- 9780674072015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Explores the man behind the legend, revealing his development as a ruler of an empire that was shaken to the core by religious and social revolt. This book presents a tale of war, culture and political intrigue during the reign of the legendary Harun al-Rashid from "The Thousand and One Nights". Translator(s): Howe, John. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy with slight shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000360
- ISBN
- 9780863565502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Harold Drinkwater was not supposed to go to war. He was told he was half an inch too short. But, determined to fight for king and country, he found a battalion that would take him and was soon on his way to trenches of the Somme. This book offers a moving testament to one man's struggle to keep his humanity in the face of unimaginable violence. Editor(s): Cooksey, Jon. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957223
- ISBN
- 9780091957223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77