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paperback. Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success was the humble redcoat soldier who showed heroism in battle and stoicism in peace, despite appalling treatment. This book tells their story: of brutal discipline and inedible food, of loyalty and low pay, and of barracks and battlefield. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 pages colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141027937
- ISBN
- 9780141027937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470185490
- ISBN
- 9780470185490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.57
€ 25.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. These officers, he explains, were operating within a command structure unwilling to grant them the autonomy necessary to effect significant reform, which proved disastrous for the army and-ultimately-the empire. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32, 28 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895456
- ISBN
- 9780801895456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.83
€ 76.83
Hardback. Editor(s): Ahituv, Shmuel; Gruber, Mayer I; Lehmann, Gunnar; Talshir, Zipora. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; HD; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525543788
- ISBN
- 9783525543788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.66€ 149.05
€ 198.66
€ 149.05
Paperback. Examining the decades from the Civil War to World War I, this text explores a neglected chapter in the history of American utopian and communal experiments. Countering the view that utopianism declined dramatically after the 1840s, it studies utopian experiments across the USA from 1860 to 1914. Num Pages: 314 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105207
- ISBN
- 9780739105207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.33
€ 87.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479873258
- ISBN
- 9781479873258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. This critical institutional history marks the University of Alberta's centennial. Num Pages: 392 pages, 130+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 187 x 33. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644442
- ISBN
- 9780888644442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.14€ 40.81
€ 51.14
€ 40.81
Hardback. The material lives of rural upcountry women improved dramatically by midcentury-yet in becoming middle class, Walker concludes, the women found their experiences both broadened and circumscribed. Series: Revisiting Rural America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863189
- ISBN
- 9780801863189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.01
€ 74.01
Hardback. A lively look at magazine ads during World War II and their roles in sustaining morale and promoting home-front support of the war, with lots of illustrations Num Pages: 340 pages, 70 illus. (10 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584657682
- ISBN
- 9781584657682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Ancient travellers called the Caucasus the mountain of languages. Its history is a tragic one - for centuries it has been ravaged by virtually continuous war. The conflict to sweep across the area began when Vladimir Putin invaded Chechnya in 1999. This title tells the story of the conflict between this nation of mountain tribes. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Tauris Parke Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850439790
- ISBN
- 9781850439790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
hardcover. This book deals with a sequence of lively and often bizarre episodes within San Francisco's Russian community set in motion in early 1888 by the arrival in San Francisco of a new Russian Orthodox bishop--and his entourage, which included some twenty clergymen and eleven boys. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC8; JFFE; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727679
- ISBN
- 9780804727679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.96
€ 86.96
Hardback. As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes's Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation. Num Pages: 601 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967854
- ISBN
- 9780674967854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. A reissue of the classic guide to the origins, purpose and identity of the great castles of England and Wales, built after the arrival of the Normans. Num Pages: 231 pages, 44 black and white, 30 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3J; AMKL; HBJD1; HBLC; HD; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843830696
- ISBN
- 9781843830696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.11
€ 33.99
€ 29.11
Allied Power examines the mobilization of Canadian hydro-electricity during the war and the impact of that wartime expansion on Canada's power systems, rivers, and politics. Num Pages: 290 pages, 25, 4 figures, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; RNFY. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648500
- ISBN
- 9781442648500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. Based on interviews with some of the few surviving members of E715 Auschwitz, this book charts the British captives' true story: from arriving on cattle trucks through to their eventual departure on foot. Num Pages: 96 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. The Untold Story of British POWs Held Captive in the Nazis' Most Infamous Death Camp. 96 pages, 15 halftones. Based on interviews with some of the few surviving members of E715 Auschwitz, this book charts the British captives' true story: from arriving on cattle trucks through to their eventual departure on foot. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570218
- ISBN
- 9781905570218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. Stressing the importance of interallied power relations, the book offers a typology of alliances and illustrates the main theoretical propositions of each type with historical case-studies from 18th-century Europe. Translator(s): Barr, Patrick. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762953
- ISBN
- 9780804762953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3H; HBJH; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648644
- ISBN
- 9780691648644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.84
€ 110.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333494
- ISBN
- 9780822333494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, 39 colour/B/W figures and 25 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3B; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Wessex Archaeology
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911137047
- ISBN
- 9781911137047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.72
€ 27.72
Paperback. Offers a methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. This title identifies the social epistemologies that guided perception and practice, revealing the problematic racial ontologies of that confused epistemic space. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJM; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146362
- ISBN
- 9780691146362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44