History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
A biography of Zephaniah Kingsley Jr., merchant, African slave trader, ship captain, plantation owner, slave master, miscegenist, polygamist, and, later, partial supporter of abolition and founder of a colony in Haiti for free persons of color. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044620
- ISBN
- 9780813044620
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956253
- ISBN
- 9780750956253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.24
€ 23.99
€ 21.24
Hardback. Minute by minute detail on one of the first Zeppelin raids, the first aerial bombardment of Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834194
- ISBN
- 9781473834194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.88
€ 26.99
€ 19.88
Hardback. Charles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0degree longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088818
- ISBN
- 9780674088818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.34
€ 45.99
€ 38.34
Paperback. "The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian "Young Marshall"--a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, the author helps to shed light on 20th-century China."-- Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJF; HBL; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326785
- ISBN
- 9781349326785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian 'Young Marshall' - a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, Aron Shai helps to shed light on 20th-century China. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279063
- ISBN
- 9780230279063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. The former editor of Russia's eminent Mir publishing house provides reminiscences of a former employee who has risen to become Boris Yeltsin's chief political rival. This work is both a biography of a powerful politician and an analysis of Russia's current social and moral breakdown. Num Pages: 198 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102100
- ISBN
- 9780231102100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21€ 55.91
€ 72.21
€ 55.91
Paperback. Among the least-chronicled aspects of post-World War II European intellectual and cultural history is the story of the Russian intelligentsia after Stalin. Young Soviet veterans had returned from the heroic struggle to defeat Hitler only to confront the repression of Stalinist society. Num Pages: 464 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062320
- ISBN
- 9780674062320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily censored in China. This work offers a portrait of the real Zhou, a man who lived his life at the heart of Chinese politics for fifty years, who survived both the Long March and the Cultural Revolution - no thanks to ideological or personal purity - but because he was artful, crafty and politically supple. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586486457
- ISBN
- 9781586486457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608764860
- ISBN
- 9781608764860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.70€ 115.23
€ 167.70
€ 115.23
Paperback. Few battles attract such interest as does the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle - the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943 - has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history of warfare. This title focuses on this German operation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457161
- ISBN
- 9780752457161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
paperback. The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. This title looks at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015699
- ISBN
- 9780141015699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.60
€ 19.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, maps, plan, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 65. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330445931
- ISBN
- 9780330445931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.25
€ 21.99
€ 16.25
Hardcover. This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. It contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides and additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, in museums, the battlefields, and the lonely graves of the fallen. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 510 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1312. Then and Now. Series: After the Battle S. 280 pages, 510 illustrations. This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. It contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides and additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, in museums, the battlefields, and the lonely graves of the fallen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLL; JWL. Dimension: 271 x 217 x 26. Weight: 1322.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913754
- ISBN
- 9780900913754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.55
€ 33.99
€ 27.55
Paperback. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. She was executed on 19 May 1536. This title tells the story of Anne's fall. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712640176
- ISBN
- 9780712640176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. This volume examines the study and reconstruction of medieval and early modern fight-books and related subjects. The subjects covered range from manuscript studies to philology, from Aristotelian physics to martial musicality, from medieval textuality to women and warfare. Editor(s): Mondschein, Ken. Series: Insights from Reconstruction, Reenactment, and Re-Creation. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- FreeLance Academy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937439132
- ISBN
- 9781937439132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.69
€ 30.69
Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056022
- ISBN
- 9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.34
€ 53.99
€ 45.34
Paperback. A deeply researched and gracefully written history of Boko Haram's cultural and religious hinterland in northern Nigeria Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045582
- ISBN
- 9781849045582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.73
€ 25.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457259
- ISBN
- 9781845457259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Paperback. Perhaps the most profound cultural change in modern Irish history has been the replacement of Irish by English as the main vernacular of the general population in the centuries since the conquest of Ireland in the sixteenth century. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468677
- ISBN
- 9780990468677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.31
€ 13.99
€ 11.31
Paperback. Whilst Jersey island's role in the Second World War is well documented, a generation earlier another devastating war had struck Jersey, jeopardising the lives and liberties of its people. This title tells the story of Jersey in the First World War. It is suitable for those who are interested in the island's extraordinary past. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451459
- ISBN
- 9780752451459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.24
€ 23.99
€ 21.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Cook, Professor David, (Ag (Rice University). Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRAX; HRHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Annotated, Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424103
- ISBN
- 9781474424103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.29€ 116.98
€ 122.29
€ 116.98
Hardback. Presents Scotland as a case study for a fresh interpretation of Archbishop William Laud, his career and his working partnership with Charles I. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272198
- ISBN
- 9781783272198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.94
€ 84.94
Paperback. An investigation into the teaching of classics in the colonial education of West Africa in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Classical Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- NIPPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472584090
- ISBN
- 9781472584090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.64
€ 56.64