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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. When Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, what state was admitted as a free state? President James Buchanan and one member of his cabinet were considered "doughfaces." What does this term mean? The Battle of Honey Springs was unusual in that it did not take place in either a state or an organized territory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345802
ISBN
9781612345802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Hardback. American foreign policy since World War II has actively sought to reshape both domestic and international orders, hoping to hasten the coming of the "end of history" in a peaceful democratic utopia. While the end of the Cold War heightened optimism that this goal was near, American foreign policymakers still face dramatic challenges. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345390
ISBN
9781612345390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.55

Hardback. The magisterial "collaboration" over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling volume Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 B notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341972
ISBN
9781612341972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

hardcover. "A Free Man of Color and His Hotel" weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post-Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states' desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597978330
ISBN
9781597978330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

hardcover. Takes the reader on a journey from Iraq's troubled history through the country's invasion and chaotic collapse of governance to the fragile state of political development. This book explains the social, cultural and political roots of violent conflict and political confrontation among Iraq's numerous factions. Num Pages: 332 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597973007
ISBN
9781597973007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

hardcover. Since the conclusion of World War II, the Korean people and the international community have contemplated a unified peninsula, but a divided Korea remains one of the last visible vestiges of the Cold War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 maps; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972796
ISBN
9781597972796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.34

hardcover. Born into a Quaker family, Nathanael Greene had nothing in his background that pointed to a military career. His total military training before mid-1775, when he abandoned pacifism, consisted of serving as a private in the Rhode Island militia for a few hours each week. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889123
ISBN
9781574889123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.73

hardcover. Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574884449
ISBN
9781574884449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.79

hardcover. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776912
ISBN
9780804776912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.73

Paperback. Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating episode in seventeenth-century history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199575718
ISBN
9780199575718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199732029
ISBN
9780199732029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.62

paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tulika Book India
Edition
4th ed.
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381341
ISBN
9789382381341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. A biographical study of a man whose political legacy has been fought over by his heirs and followers. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853311376
ISBN
9781853311376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.68

hardcover. After World War I, Hungarian society became focused on revising the terms of the Peace Treaty of Trianon. This title examines the thinking behind the renegotiation of post-treaty boundaries. Editor(s): Szechenyi, Agnes. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336154
ISBN
9780880336154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335454
ISBN
9780880335454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their 'interests' in the Middle East. Including the 9/11 and the Iraq war, this book argues that US foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 426 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244993
ISBN
9780520244993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. An expert's analysis of the Arab Spring and the challenges faced by Egypt today. Dr Wafik Moustafa traces the roots of the uprising in Egypt and shows why it was doomed to failure from the start. With a foreword by Michael Binyon - former Diplomatic Editor of The Times, currently a Leader Writer at The Times. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLW; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531414
ISBN
9781908531414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.03

paperback. The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered hideouts to bandits and cowboys. This book presents the history of the lives and exploits of the outlaws of the Northwest. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Third Printing
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803277786
ISBN
9780803277786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.18

paperback. The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260092
ISBN
9780803260092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Hardcover. Ayii Tendulkar, a young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra, traveled to Germany to pursue a doctorate in statistics. In Berlin, Ayii became a well-known journalist, and he met and fell in love with the renowned filmmaker Thea von Harbou, the writer of the classic films "Metropolis" and "M" and former wife of legendary director Fritz Lang. Series: Zubaan Books. Num Pages: 250 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FKA; BK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017661
ISBN
9789381017661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.08

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531230
ISBN
9781908531230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Interlink Publishing
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531131
ISBN
9781908531131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Hardcover. Brings to light the profound social, legal, and cultural changes that attended the growth of the erotica sector. This title includes readings of government and industry records, oral histories, and erotica industry's products uncover the roots of sexual marketplace and reveal the indelible ways in which sexual expression have become intertwined. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226325217
ISBN
9780226325217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 43.81

Hardcover. In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. Translator(s): Jinpa, Thupten; Lopez, Donald S. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091976
ISBN
9780226091976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.86

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