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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. James K Polk is described as a spoilsman who appointed officers based upon their party affiliation rather than their qualifications. This book asserts that Polk followed an existing pattern of nomination that dated back to the beginning of the republic, in which the chief executives looked to qualifications first and loyalty to the party second. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761834502
- ISBN
- 9780761834502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.87
€ 102.87
Hardcover. The Pathfinder Companion, launched to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Pathfinder Force in 1942, highlights the raids and the losses, the successes and failures, the terror and the turmoil these men endured, as well as the inevitable humour in the face of tremendous adversity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908117342
- ISBN
- 9781908117342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.80
€ 43.99
€ 38.80
Hardback. In 1914 the country was firmly determined to stay clear of Europe's war. By 1917, it was ready to jump into the fray. What happened in between? Acclaimed historian Michael S. Neiberg examines America's entry into World War One, shedding light on the dilemmas and crises the country faced from 1914 to 1917. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b&w insert. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 381 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190464967
- ISBN
- 9780190464967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.82
€ 36.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAX; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830840984
- ISBN
- 9780830840984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.72
€ 69.72
paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Norman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BJ; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538379
- ISBN
- 9780199538379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Pasteur's success depended upon a whole network of forces, including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession and colonial interests. It is the operation of these forces, in combination with the talent of Pasteur, that Latour sets out as a prime example of science in action. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan; Law, John. Num Pages: 292 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JHM; MBN; P. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Paberback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674657618
- ISBN
- 9780674657618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 45.80
€ 49.99
€ 45.80
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€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. The claim that India uniquely lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. The author, distinguished scholar of ancient India, provides a panoramic survey of historical traditions in North India. Num Pages: 736 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 48. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725232
- ISBN
- 9780674725232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.64€ 66.26
€ 71.64
€ 66.26
The Past as History: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in...
Berger, Stefan, Conrad, Christoph
Hardcover. The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe, in particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 583 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500099
- ISBN
- 9780230500099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 26. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553299922
- ISBN
- 9780553299922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. A study of Communism and a history of the myth of Communism as perpetuated by its admirers. This book illuminates how the support for Communism and its embodiment, the Soviet Union, became virtually synonymous with "anti-Fascism" and how this strategic arrangement reverberated through the West. Translator(s): Furet, Deborah. Num Pages: 600 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273419
- ISBN
- 9780226273419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Paperback. Provides a perspective on Kennedy's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint, and penetrates deep into what it was like for him to assume a position of such power at a time of national crisis. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847922953
- ISBN
- 9781847922953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.04
€ 40.99
€ 27.04
paperback. A history of the Polish Partitions - a subject which is as much concerned with the diplomatic history of late 18th-century Europe as a whole as the fate of an individual country. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582292741
- ISBN
- 9780582292741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969828
- ISBN
- 9781403969828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. Drawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in Stalin's policy toward Korea for answers about the division of Korea in 1945 and the failure of reunification between 1945 and 1948. Lee argues that the trusteeship decision is key to the division's origins and permanency. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531509
- ISBN
- 9781349531509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
hardcover. An account of the partition of India at independence in 1947. Series: New Approaches to Asian History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 48.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521856614
- ISBN
- 9780521856614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.71
€ 98.71
Paperback. Looks at how natural phenomena shaped the stories of Exodus, the Sojourn in the Wilderness, and the Israelite conquest of Canaan. This title demonstrates that the Exodus was in fact two separate exoduses both triggered by volcanic eruptions - and provides scientific explanations for the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. 3 line illus. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDH; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150215
- ISBN
- 9780691150215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.76
€ 36.99
€ 27.76
paperback. The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? This work tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AMN; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846683497
- ISBN
- 9781846683497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.54
€ 19.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. The Parthenon is one of the worlds most iconic buildings: today, its silhouette symbolizes Greece. This title takes the reader through the dramatic story of the conception and creation of the Parthenon, setting it against a turbule nt historical background and rooting the building firmly in the real and mythological landscape of Athens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AMN; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122847
- ISBN
- 9780714122847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.54
€ 14.99
€ 14.54
Hardback. A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 288 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1290. Henry VII. 1489-1504. 442 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Horrox, Rosemary. A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Dimension: 225 x 288 x 32. Weight: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837992
- ISBN
- 9781843837992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.16
€ 191.16