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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Goes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. This title also takes a broader perspective, creating a detailed and evocative portrait of a way of life that is fast disappearing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849901529
ISBN
9781849901529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. Offering a portrait of eighteenth-century London as the capital of America, this title recreates the famous city's heyday as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178135
ISBN
9780300178135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.88

Hardback. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, the author makes the case for a less intrusive international presence with a long-term timeframe for reconstruction in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041645
ISBN
9781849041645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Hardback. This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644981
ISBN
9780745644981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. The Occupation of Paris told in a new light; the effects on its citizens as well as on the city itself. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547391
ISBN
9781848547391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Women defending the home front. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856598
ISBN
9780807856598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.02

Paperback. 'When Slavery Was Called Freedom' dissects the evangelical defence of slavery at the heart of the 19th century's sectional crisis. John Patrick Daly uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190938
ISBN
9780813190938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.81

Paperback. We know about the leaders of the 1916 Rising. But what about the men and women who fought on the streets of Dublin? What did they go through during those brutal days after the clock struck on 24 April 1916? For them, the conflict was a mix of bloody fighting and energy-sapping waiting. These are their stories. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892132
ISBN
9781848892132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. The author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual elan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593430
ISBN
9780099593430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165181
ISBN
9780231165181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

Paperback. 6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president's plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates. This book sheds light on this incident. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552775335
ISBN
9780552775335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. Presents a surprising, immediate, sometimes humbling, sometimes uplifting insight into what British society was reading about, and thinking, during the Great War. Editor(s): Fountain, Nigel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550. Dustwrapper torn otherwise aVery good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0270438
ISBN
9781783350414
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. This title goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time, and where it was all leading. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221370
ISBN
9780571221370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.06

Paperback. Referring to a situation in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, which was home to many survivors of the Holocaust in the 1970s, and where American Nazi sympathizers wished to demonstrate, the author of this book argues that freedom of speech must be defended even in the most abhorrent of circumstances. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFQ; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609413
ISBN
9780700609413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 46 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; CBWJ; HBJK; HBLW; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Edition
50th Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589798953
ISBN
9781589798953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. The fascinating and heartwarming true story of two young children evacuated from Newcastle to the remote Lake District village of Bampton during the Second World War. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W integrated pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751561395
ISBN
9780751561395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. In the twenty years since "When Titans Clashed" was published significant new sources of information on the Soviet-Nazi war have come to light and are now incorporated into this new and expanded edition. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 51. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Expanded, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621217
ISBN
9780700621217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72

Paperback. Tells what it was like to be a Green Beret in the jungle in Vietnam Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264809
ISBN
9780803264809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780807000762
ISBN
9780807000762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. 400 pages, maps. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 389.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873025
ISBN
9781848873025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. The Crimean Peninsula was the setting for the destruction of a number of armies in World War II, both Soviet and German, and this study, now available in paperback, will reveal the pattern of conquest in the region. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472816788
ISBN
9781472816788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Annamaboe - largest slave trading port on the Gold Coast - was home to African merchants whose partnerships with Europeans made the town an integral part of Atlantic webs of exchange. The author recreates the outpost's feverish bustle and brutality, tracing the entrepreneurs, black and white, who thrived on a lucrative traffic in human beings. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724877
ISBN
9780674724877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPHL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453618
ISBN
9780801453618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473401
ISBN
9780801473401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

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