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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Readers will be delighted by the broad array of comic talent spotlighted in this book, and for those interested in comedy with substance, it will offer an alternative punchline. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ASZB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414294
ISBN
9781421414294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.60

Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Honey, Michael K. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807086001
ISBN
9780807086001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.74

A collection of studies of the ways in which the younger members of All Souls engaged with the wider worlds of politics, public administration, the law, diplomacy, running the British empire, formulating foreign policy, banking, journalism, and the 'republic of letters', covering the era from the First World War to the Suez crisis. Editor(s): Green, S. J. D.; Horden, Peregrine. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199593705
ISBN
9780199593705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.01

Paperback. Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844676446
ISBN
9781844676446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.01

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

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

€ 24.99
€ 22.16

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

€ 71.98

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

€ 196.69
€ 146.68

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

€ 81.80

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
€ 33.47

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

€ 50.64
€ 40.52

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

€ 69.35

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
€ 40.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610113
ISBN
9780815610113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.19

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

€ 81.53

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
€ 33.40

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
€ 28.54

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

€ 79.09

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
€ 11.64

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

€ 76.79

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