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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. Focuses on the traumatized German war veteran. This work traces how some of the most vulnerable members of society, marginalized and persecuted as 'enemies of the nation,' attempted to regain authority over their own minds and reclaim the authentic memory of the Great War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780859898423
ISBN
9780859898423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Hardcover. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced and disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire "to make the world safe for democracy." Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248593
ISBN
9780812248593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Escape from British Rule: the Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836. 584 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 30 maps. Binckes has adopted a broader approach that studies the impact of the earlier white incursions and migrations-Portuguese, Dutch, French and British-on southern Africa, to create a better understanding of the trek and its causes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion and Company
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908916280
ISBN
9781908916280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.00

Paperback. Major account of the fourteenth-century crisis which saw a series of famines, revolts and epidemics transform the medieval world. Num Pages: 420 pages, 93 colour illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HDP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521144438
ISBN
9780521144438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 460. The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah. 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight: 460.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843540564
ISBN
9781843540564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Through informative case studies, this illuminating book remaps considerations of the Civil War and Reconstruction era by charting the ways in which the needs, interests, and experiences of going to war, fighting it, and making sense of it informed and directed politics, public life, social change, and cultural memory after the war's end. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232031
ISBN
9780823232031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. A history of the largest and longest-lasting people's revolt in the Arab East, which attempted to liberate Syria from French rule in 1925. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 7 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292706804
ISBN
9780292706804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in history Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719562570
ISBN
9780719562570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. This book describes the siege's geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156. .
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781512601169
ISBN
9781512601169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. The Great Siege of Chester Num Pages: 208 pages, 103 b&w illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752423456
ISBN
9780752423456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.46

Paperback. A new non-fiction book recounting the 19th century history of Ireland. The book traces the three causes of the halving of the Irish population in that century: the famine, the Irish emigrations to American and Canada, and the transportation of political activitists to Australia. It is a quest for the author's Irish ancestors. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386047
ISBN
9780749386047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. Provides a history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world This book examines the political, administrative, military, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources. It features images, maps, charts and family trees. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638260
ISBN
9780748638260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.40

paperback. Scotland, in common with the rest of Europe, was troubled from time to time by outbreaks of witchcraft which the authorities sought to contain and then to suppress, and the outbreak of 1658-1662 is generally agreed to represent the high water mark of Scottish persecution. These were peculiar years for Scotland. This work deals with this subject. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tempus United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444253
ISBN
9780752444253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726290
ISBN
9780804726290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 53.00

Hardback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Dilts, James D. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722353
ISBN
9780804722353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 233.27

Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591437895
ISBN
9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most significant European-Native diplomatic negotiations of the colonial period and the resulting treaty. The treaty, it argues, was the culmination of the French colonial strategy of Native alliances and adaptation to Native political customs. Translator(s): Aronoff, Phyllis; Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 156 x 585. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773522190
ISBN
9780773522190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300230321
ISBN
9780300230321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.09

Paperback. Tells the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in 1789. This title also tells the further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140130935
ISBN
9780140130935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. A compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th-century killing twenty-five million people. It was one of the worst human disasters in history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Harper Perennial Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007150700
ISBN
9780007150700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. This account looks at the political and social consequences of the great Irish potato famine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 b&w illustrations, 23 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 792.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750929288
ISBN
9780750929288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333677735
ISBN
9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Paperback. The Great Irish Famine tells of the last great famine in European history. First-hand accounts and writings by four contemporary real people are used to give a complete and personal picture of the historic tragedy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780717160105
ISBN
9780717160105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031433
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 14.00

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