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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. France's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. This book paints a portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168952
ISBN
9780300168952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Tells the story of the 'virtual unwrapping' of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer. Num Pages: 84 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071003
ISBN
9780252071003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Hardcover. In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, Andre Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor> tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact--and violent collision--of East and West in the early modern era. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HRAX; HRCC7; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416680
ISBN
9780674416680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post was Europe. It explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696574
ISBN
9780748696574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.99

paperback. In the 50 years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being a lavishly Catholic country to a Protestant nation. Exploring Morebath, a remote and tiny sheep-farming village on the edge of Exmoor, this work offers a window into a rural world in crisis as the Reformation progressed. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 col pls, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRCC2; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098259
ISBN
9780300098259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 200 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330988
ISBN
9780764330988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.63

Hardback. Traces the development of the space shuttle, describes the political and technological problems the program faced, and looks at future uses of the shuttle. Num Pages: 223 pages, Illustrations, 1map,1plan,ports. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059244
ISBN
9780231059244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.85
€ 75.66

paperback. In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English. Editor(s): Cook, Ramsay. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Nachdruck
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802060006
ISBN
9780802060006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardback. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. Editor(s): Clemens, Raymond. Num Pages: 304 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217230
ISBN
9780300217230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DCF; HBLA1; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601991
ISBN
9780691601991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.93

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
65
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890364
ISBN
9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222292
ISBN
9781905222292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AM; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119182290
ISBN
9781119182290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.06

Paperback. Historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a climax, the Renaissance also had an ending. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097177
ISBN
9780300097177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.73

Paperback. In Spain today the civil war remains 'the past that will not pass away'. The author explores the origins, nature and long-term consequences of this exterminatory war in Spain, charting the resonant forms of political, social and cultural resistance to it and the memory/legacy these have left behind in Europe and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195113
ISBN
9781845195113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224909
ISBN
9781780224909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Presents the story of the war as it unfolded in one small town, New Castle, Indiana through the eyes of the residents of Plum Street as families search for information about the progress of war and the fate of loved ones in the censored accounts in local newspapers. This book captures the war on the home front as lived by some average Americans. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221063
ISBN
9780253221063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Examining the role of McGeorge Bundy and National Security Council, this title demonstrates that policymakers escalated the conflict in Vietnam in the face of internal opposition, external pressures, and a continually failing strategy. It presents the story with 2 themes: acquisition and consolidation of power; and, how that power is exercised. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046320
ISBN
9780674046320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers. This title views the American Revolution from the standpoint of the British government and the British military leaders as they attempted to execute an overseas war of great complexity. Num Pages: 569 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
569
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803281929
ISBN
9780803281929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and accounts of colonial soldiers, this book provides a view of America's struggle for independence in its world context. It recreates the characters and incidents of the period on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, and battle maps. Num Pages: 776 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Illinois Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070600
ISBN
9780252070600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

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