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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Event and its Terrors undertakes a critical reimagining of one of the major events of Irish history-the Great Famine of the 1840s-and of its subsequent legacies. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804744409
ISBN
9780804744409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Montgomery, James. Translator(s): Savant, Sarah Bowen. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479809578
ISBN
9781479809578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 x 16-page color insert. BIC Classification: HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408858769
ISBN
9781408858769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Rood, Tim. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555987
ISBN
9780199555987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardback. Provides a key focus for the ongoing debate regarding Scotland's future. This book is drawn from research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality. It features debates on the possibilities of Scottish independence. Num Pages: 784 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
784
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718193201
ISBN
9780241394526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.14

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 252 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719075049
ISBN
9780719075049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.35

Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402833
ISBN
9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.88
€ 58.69

Paperback. The Expressiveness of the Body meditates on the contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299892
ISBN
9780942299892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition, Second Impression
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261485
ISBN
9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.41

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677656
ISBN
9781907677656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.92
€ 54.37

Paperback. The money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; A; HBJD; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059434
ISBN
9780300059434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 62. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 261 x 39. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801484735
ISBN
9780801484735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023956
ISBN
9780674023956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Examines the role of white women in perpetuating racism after the American Revolution. The author examines the lives and writings of three women of the period - Mercy Otis Warren, Abigall Smith Adams, and Judith Sargent Murray.This book sheds light on a previously unknown chapter in race and gender relations in the early American Republic. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814797624
ISBN
9780814797624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195465
ISBN
9781845195465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

paperback. Frantz Schmidt is an executioner, torturer and, most unusually for his times, diarist. Following in his father's footsteps, Frantz entered the executioner's trade as an Apprentice. 394 executions and forty-five years later, he retired to focus his attentions on running the large medical practice that he had always viewed as his true vocation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572664
ISBN
9780099572664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Not only sustains a bold thesis about Americanization but also affords the reader one of the freshest and most comprehensive histories of the seventh century New England mind and society. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard Divinity School
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019591
ISBN
9780674019591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3B; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Messianic ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304366422
ISBN
9780304366422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Stacey, Mark; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 b/w; 20 col. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780962610
ISBN
9781780962610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. "The Fall of English France 1449-53". Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086165
ISBN
9781849086165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book examines how and why successive generations have understood this period differently. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192807281
ISBN
9780192807281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 480 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499845
ISBN
9780801499845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This meticulous and authoritative review of the collapse of the GDR uses first-hand interview material with a number of the leading figures to provide a detailed account and analysis of the collapse of East Germany. Suitable for 2nd and 3rd year students of German politics, contemporary history and the Cold War.


Series: Themes in Modern German History S. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582315693
ISBN
9780582315693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.76

Hardcover. First history of influential international banking family. Num Pages: 256 pages, 46 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531768
ISBN
9781784531768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 49.51

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