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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Disappearing Ninth Legion examines hard evidence for the foundation, development, mysterious disappearance, or possible continuation of Rome's lost Legion. Num Pages: 123 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846945595
ISBN
9781846945595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356295
ISBN
9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Hardcover. This volume presents nineteenth-century diplomacy as both a real world experience and a structural element in international relations. All sixteen essays share an interest in diplomatic culture and its relevance to official and sometimes not so official interstate relations from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of the First World War. Editor(s): Mosslang, Markus; Riotte, Torsten. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199548675
ISBN
9780199548675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.85

Hardcover. The notebooks of bishops of Carlisle reveal a wealth of detail concerning clerical life at the time. Editor(s): Platt, Jane. Series: Publications of the Surtees Society. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 994.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Surtees Society
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854440740
ISBN
9780854440740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.50

Paperback. An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillo s dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republic s capital, Santo Domingo. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 34 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344827
ISBN
9780822344827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084937
ISBN
9781844084937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
[First Edition]
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837053
ISBN
9781843837053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.22

Hardcover. Although extracts from Sonny Ormrod's diary have appeared in various publications over the years, the editors now offer the complete story of his brief period of aerial combat over Malta. His was one of many young lives lost in the effort to safeguard Malta, and he was there when only Hurricanes were available to combat the Luftwaffe's onslaught. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555293
ISBN
9781781555293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making. Editor(s): Latham, Robert. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 6 maps, 2 family trees. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439938
ISBN
9780141439938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551587
ISBN
9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.90

Hardcover. Evelyn was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial book about trees, Sylva, and many pamphlets on assorted subjects. This work is a vivid portrait of the social, personal and political life of a society in ferment by one of its major players. Num Pages: 1050 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1050
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152913
ISBN
9781857152913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608464609
ISBN
9781608464609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
ILR Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780875461687
ISBN
9780875461687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. Ronald Tritton was recruited in 1940 for the position of War Office Publicity Officer by Major-General Beith, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, to transform the dysfunctional department. Editor(s): McGlade, Frederick. Num Pages: 672 pages, 64 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677441
ISBN
9781907677441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Hardcover. The diaries of an MP and Lord Mayor in the eighteenth century shed light on contemporary political life. Editor(s): Eagles, Robin. Series: London Record Society. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
London Record Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900952548
ISBN
9780900952548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.36

Hardback. Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046160
ISBN
9780674046160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Paperback. This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the "Panzer Graf" (Armoured Count). An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leignitz, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004327
ISBN
9781612004327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history actively collaborated with one another. This book tells the story of the pact between Hitler and Stalin, from the motivation for its inception to its dramatic and abrupt end in 1941 as Germany declared war against its former partner. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099571896
ISBN
9780099571896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Hardback. During the unprecedented modernization of Germany's Weimar Republic, motorcycle culture instantiated the new link between consumption and identity. Motorcycles became symbols of masculinity and freedom that exposed the problems and allures of mass-consumption and modern values. Series: Explorations in Mobility. Num Pages: 374 pages, 26 illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331695
ISBN
9781785331695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.29

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