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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726290
ISBN
9780804726290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 53.00

paperback. Scotland, in common with the rest of Europe, was troubled from time to time by outbreaks of witchcraft which the authorities sought to contain and then to suppress, and the outbreak of 1658-1662 is generally agreed to represent the high water mark of Scottish persecution. These were peculiar years for Scotland. This work deals with this subject. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tempus United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444253
ISBN
9780752444253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Provides a history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world This book examines the political, administrative, military, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources. It features images, maps, charts and family trees. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638260
ISBN
9780748638260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.40

Paperback. A new non-fiction book recounting the 19th century history of Ireland. The book traces the three causes of the halving of the Irish population in that century: the famine, the Irish emigrations to American and Canada, and the transportation of political activitists to Australia. It is a quest for the author's Irish ancestors. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386047
ISBN
9780749386047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. The Great Siege of Chester Num Pages: 208 pages, 103 b&w illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752423456
ISBN
9780752423456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.46

Paperback. In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. This book describes the siege's geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156. .
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781512601169
ISBN
9781512601169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in history Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719562570
ISBN
9780719562570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. A history of the largest and longest-lasting people's revolt in the Arab East, which attempted to liberate Syria from French rule in 1925. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 7 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292706804
ISBN
9780292706804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Through informative case studies, this illuminating book remaps considerations of the Civil War and Reconstruction era by charting the ways in which the needs, interests, and experiences of going to war, fighting it, and making sense of it informed and directed politics, public life, social change, and cultural memory after the war's end. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232031
ISBN
9780823232031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 460. The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah. 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight: 460.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843540564
ISBN
9781843540564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Major account of the fourteenth-century crisis which saw a series of famines, revolts and epidemics transform the medieval world. Num Pages: 420 pages, 93 colour illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HDP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521144438
ISBN
9780521144438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Escape from British Rule: the Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836. 584 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 30 maps. Binckes has adopted a broader approach that studies the impact of the earlier white incursions and migrations-Portuguese, Dutch, French and British-on southern Africa, to create a better understanding of the trek and its causes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion and Company
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908916280
ISBN
9781908916280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.00

Hardcover. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced and disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire "to make the world safe for democracy." Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248593
ISBN
9780812248593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

hardcover. Focuses on the traumatized German war veteran. This work traces how some of the most vulnerable members of society, marginalized and persecuted as 'enemies of the nation,' attempted to regain authority over their own minds and reclaim the authentic memory of the Great War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780859898423
ISBN
9780859898423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199971954
ISBN
9780199971954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Hardback. After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known. Editor(s): Eichenberg, Julia; Newman, John Paul. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBW; JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137281616
ISBN
9781137281616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.29
€ 113.89

Paperback. Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 936.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150086
ISBN
9781841150086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 18.20

Hardback. A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300173772
ISBN
9780300173772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. This detailed case study of a part of London shows how both the survivors and the bereaved sought to come to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933273
ISBN
9780861933273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682476
ISBN
9781846682476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Hardcover. The opening photograph is of the gun that fired the first shot of the war. The final photograph is of an audio recording showing the arrival of silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. This book offers a chronology of events and a historical summary, together with detailed captions for every picture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 296 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3254.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224096553
ISBN
9780224096553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.33

Paperback. Using postcards and photographs, this book tells the story of one newspaper editor's vision and the men and women who brought the idea to fruition in Herbert Park. Series: Images of Ireland. Num Pages: 128 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845885809
ISBN
9781845885809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362130
ISBN
9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.92
€ 64.53

Paperback. One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099552222
ISBN
9780099552222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

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