History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. Using a transnational approach, this volume surveys the origins of Irish terrorism and its impact on the Anglo-Saxon community during an era of intense imperialism. While at times it posed sharp disagreements between Britain and the United States, their ideological repulsion to terrorism later led to cooperation in counter-terrorism strategies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 359 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230538122
- ISBN
- 9780230538122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.02
€ 120.02
Hardback. How did the Irish tame the Spanish Inquisition? Why did they become one of the most successful foreign groups in early modern Spain? When did they become indispensable foreign brokers for the Spanish kings? Using original inquisitorial trial and conversion sources, this book tells the surprising success story of the Spanish Irish. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465894
- ISBN
- 9781137465894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.07
€ 109.07
Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141021874
- ISBN
- 9780141021874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.38
€ 17.99
€ 13.38
Paperback. This book stretched far beyond dry theory and metallurgy alone; it covers all stages of this essential process from prospecting to distribution and describes the whole cycle of iron production. Clear photographs and line drawings illustrate the text well enough to allow keen readers to reproduce the artefacts for themselves. Num Pages: 159 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HD; KNJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752419008
- ISBN
- 9780752419008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
paperback. In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. This book tells the story of those decades, the moments of inspiration, the rivalries, skulduggery and death threats, and the tireless perseverance of the visionaries who made it all happen. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845952129
- ISBN
- 9781845952129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 17.36
€ 22.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBL. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658162108
- ISBN
- 9783658162108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.31
€ 95.31
Paperback. The most significant conquest of the twentieth century may well have been the triumph of American consumer society over Europe's bourgeois civilization. This book gives an account of how the American standard of living defeated the European way of life and achieved the global cultural hegemony that is both its great strength and its key weakness. Num Pages: 608 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022348
- ISBN
- 9780674022348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.78
€ 41.99
€ 34.78
Hardcover. An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP; JHM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802044
- ISBN
- 9780761802044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.72
€ 80.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212327
- ISBN
- 9780300212327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.49
€ 16.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A sweeping biography of the legendary Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus, brought the Inquisition to Spain, expelled the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, and was mother of the first wife of King Henry VIII. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218978
- ISBN
- 9780812218978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
Paperback. The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445652429
- ISBN
- 9781445652429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. In Newgate Street, in the city of London, stand the meagre ruins of Christ Church. On the same site once stood a royal mausoleum set to rival Westminster Abbey in the fourteenth century. Among the many crowned heads buried there was Isabella of France, Edward II's queen. This title presents her portrait. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578390
- ISBN
- 9780099578390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307742162
- ISBN
- 9780307742162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.17
€ 23.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Responsible for some of the most magnificent industrial architecture in the UK, this is the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Amberley
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848689633
- ISBN
- 9781848689633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Isidore of Seville (560-636) was a crucial figure in the preservation and sharing of classical and early Christian knowledge. Editor(s): Wood, Jamie; Fear, Andy. Series: Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648280
- ISBN
- 9789089648280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.42
€ 153.42
Paperback. Presents an account of the physical universe - the heavens, planets and stars, earth and its physical features, weather and time - played an exceptionally influential role in the assimilation of classical science into the emerging Christian culture of medieval Europe. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382943
- ISBN
- 9781781382943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Paperback. Witt's acclaimed Isis in the Ancient World is now available in paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 71, 71 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAB1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856426
- ISBN
- 9780801856426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
Hardback. Focusing on Indonesia and Malaysia, this book looks at how European colonial and Islamic modernising powers operated in the common and parallel domains of government and politics, law and education in the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRHP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409209
- ISBN
- 9781474409209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.02
€ 148.02
Paperback. For some, the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 was the triumph of a modern, political Islam, heralding Muslim justice and economic prosperity. This book reveals the intellectual and political trajectory of a Muslim thinker and his attempts to reconcile Islam with reform and democracy. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR2; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111342
- ISBN
- 9781845111342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54