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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300699
ISBN
9780230300699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Hardback. David M. Robinson explores how grand displays like the royal hunt, archery contests, and the imperial menagerie were presented in literature and art in the early Ming dynasty. He argues these spectacles were highly contested sites where emperors and court ministers staked competing claims about rulership and the role of the military in the polity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073371
ISBN
9780674073371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.42
€ 49.02

Hardback. The Business of News in England, 1760-1820 explores the commerce of the English press during a critical period of press politicization, as the nation confronted foreign wars and revolutions that disrupted domestic governance. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables, 7 graphs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137336385
ISBN
9781137336385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.41

Hardcover. This title serves a source of data for those involved in marine law and insurance, historians of the region and naval warfare specialists. It focuses on the hundreds of merchant vessels which were attacked during the Iran-Iraq war. Series: Library of International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTM; JPS; JWL; LBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640322
ISBN
9781860640322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196189
ISBN
9781845196189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

Paperback. A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Written by arguably the world's leading scholar on the subject. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753801420
ISBN
9780753801420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Hardback. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. This book explores the resulting global trade network located on the peripheries of world empires and shows the illicit ways American colonists met the consumer demand for slaves and East India goods. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282902
ISBN
9780520282902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, Approx 50 colour and b/w images, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473881983
ISBN
9781473881983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRCC2; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481302234
ISBN
9781481302234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.93

Paperback. Offers an account of the developments in the search for Troy. In this title, his wide-ranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records has been includes. It also details the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Mass Market Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780563522652
ISBN
9780563522652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Accessible history of the controversial POW camp run during World War II in northern Ontario. Editor(s): Beaulieu, Michel S.; Ratz, David K. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646736
ISBN
9780888646736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287587
ISBN
9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.29

Paperback. The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Num Pages: 192 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848683549
ISBN
9781848683549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216110
ISBN
9780300216110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637504
ISBN
9781442637504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.26

Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195383140
ISBN
9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000077
ISBN
9780349000077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Loung's family fled their home and were eventually forced to disperse to survive. This is a tragic tale of a girl who was determined to survive despite the odds. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJP; BTP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910948033
ISBN
9781910948033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Based on research of FBI files, this text uncovers the FBI's role in espionage cases of the Cold War years. It shows how secrecy immunized FBI operations from critical scrutiny and enabled FBI officials to mask their counterintelligence failures while promoting a politics of McCarthysim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634205
ISBN
9781566634205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.73

Hardback. The story of Agincourt, one of the most iconic battles in English history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b&w halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199681013
ISBN
9780199681013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. 'Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven't read a better book on Berlin.' Gordon A. Craig Num Pages: 1168 pages, 87 b/w illus, 4 b/w plates (32pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1264.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006376880
ISBN
9780006376880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.45

Hardback. Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785782107
ISBN
9781785782107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.79

Hardback. Born amidst the Black Death, Saint Vincent Ferrer is deemed one of the most famous preachers of medieval Europe. A constant traveler, Ferrer traversed Europe, preaching of the apocalypse's imminence, converting Jews and Muslims to Christianity, and working for moral reform. This study reassesses Ferrer's motives, controversial methods, and impact. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCX7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 619.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137540416
ISBN
9781137540416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.45

Paperback.
Publisher
Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752498591
ISBN
9780752498591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

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