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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Quintessentially British, this book collects the holiday journals of John Freeman, who travelled Britain with his brothers during the 1870s. It contains records of their trips, much of which, may resonate with the modern traveller, from the eccentricities of fellow passengers and locals to the tender mercies of the British climate. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; WGF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 224 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847947444
ISBN
9781847947444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. On March 28, 1979 the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. This is the comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. It captures the high human drama surrounding the accident. Num Pages: 314 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; RNP; RNQ; THK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239401
ISBN
9780520239401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.76

Paperback. Traveling in Europe in August 1938, David Kurtz, captured three minutes of ordinary life in Poland on a 16 mm Kodachrome colour film. Three Minutes in Poland traces Glenn Kurtz's remarkable four year journey to identify the people in his grandfather's haunting images. Glenn creates an exploration of memory, loss, and improbable survival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 black and white illustrations, map, notes. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374535797
ISBN
9780374535797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bantam Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000306
ISBN
9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.63

Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bantam Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000307
ISBN
9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664724
ISBN
9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.54
€ 40.53

Hardback. Greil Marcus delves into three distinct episodes in the history of American commonplace song and shows how each one manages to convey the uncanny sense that it was written by no one. In these seemingly anonymous productions, we discover three different ways of talking about the United States, and three separate nations within its borders. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 119 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674187085
ISBN
9780674187085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.11

Hardback. Three to Ride chronicles the events leading to the actions taken by British colonists in America against British troops, ultimately concluding in independence for the colonies. This book presents the courage of singular individuals and groups during a momentous period. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761858546
ISBN
9780761858546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.23

Paperback. Tells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. Num Pages: 832 pages, Integrated b/w pictures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140289848
ISBN
9780140289848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096153
ISBN
9781911096153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.13

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

€ 27.37

Paperback. Arguably the most important event of the twentieth century, the Russian Revolution changed forever the course of modern history. Due to the Soviet clampdown on archives regarding the Revolution, many aspects of the event have been shrouded in mystery for over seventy years. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Pimlico
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712673624
ISBN
9780712673624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677137
ISBN
9781907677137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845400651
ISBN
9781845400651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848842489
ISBN
9781848842489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.64

Hardback. With background information and commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood, meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. Editor(s): Greenwood, Adrian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654560
ISBN
9781445654560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.14

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848847545
ISBN
9781848847545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.65

paperback. Num Pages: 311 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFML; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Merlin Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366549
ISBN
9780850366549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Series: Ancients in Action. Num Pages: 104 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBA; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472523990
ISBN
9781472523990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Stahl's classic book on Thucydides is one of the most profound and widely respected modern studies of the Athenian historian. Published in German in 1966 as Thukydides: Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, it has not been available in English until now. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125326
ISBN
9781905125326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Offers a reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. This title reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating with his readers and involving them in the complexity and suffering of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691102399
ISBN
9780691102399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process. It also includes a careful examination of the usefulness and efficacy of the interdisciplinary approach to political order in the ancient world and proposes new paths for the future study.

Editor(s): Thauer, Christian R.; Wendt, Christian; Baltrusch, Ernst. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349578993
ISBN
9781349578993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.75

paperback. Understanding the history of Athens in the second half of the fifth century BC is largely dependent on the legacy of the historian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydides' account as infallible. This book challenges that received wisdom, advancing several controversial views. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415165525
ISBN
9780415165525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HPCA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453168
ISBN
9780801453168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

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