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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, 'why is America so successful?'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021528
- ISBN
- 9781906021528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750964159
- ISBN
- 9780750964159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. A history of the Ottoman participation in colonial expansion in Africa in the last 20 years of the 19th century, this book turns the spotlight onto the Ottoman Empire's experiment in "new imperialism." Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDT; 3JH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 314 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799270
- ISBN
- 9780804799270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.91
€ 29.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011503
- ISBN
- 9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300217926
- ISBN
- 9780300217926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Offers a study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation - laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." This title demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156903
- ISBN
- 9780691156903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.42€ 45.10
€ 56.42
€ 45.10
Paperback. "First paperback printing, 2014"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282209
- ISBN
- 9780520282209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186788
- ISBN
- 9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Editor(s): West, Cornel. Series: King Legacy (Paperback). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807034521
- ISBN
- 9780807034521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.46
€ 21.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. To understand the course of the Vietnam wars, it is essential to explore the connections between events within Vietnam and global geopolitical currents in the decade after WWII. This work examines the various dimensions of the struggle between France and Vietnamese revolutionaries that began in 1945 and reached its climax at Dien Bien Phu. Editor(s): Lawrence, Mark Atwood; Logevall, Fredrik. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023925
- ISBN
- 9780674023925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.27
€ 43.99
€ 37.27
Hardback. Charts the history of Jersey and Guernsey, showing their crucial importance for England in the period. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 4 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837114
- ISBN
- 9781843837114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.83
€ 74.83
Paperback. Suitable for anyone with even a passing interest in one of the 20th century's defining conflicts, this title offers an accounts of 135 men and women that span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910129
- ISBN
- 9780091910129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.67
€ 29.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, BW images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408867648
- ISBN
- 9781408867648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardcover. In the sixteenth century, the city-state of Florence failed. In its place the Medicis created a principality, becoming first dukes of Florence and then grand dukes of Tuscany. This book analyzes the slow transformations that predated and facilitated the institutional shift from republic to principality, from citizen to subject. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724525
- ISBN
- 9780674724525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.06€ 56.83
€ 61.06
€ 56.83
Hardback. In the years preceding World War II, opportunity, proximity of manufacture, and the logistics of supply all told in favour of the Third Reich. In these circumstances the British concluded that their only weapon against German ambitions in Romania were military subversive operations and an attempt to draw Romania out of her alliance with Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137574510
- ISBN
- 9781137574510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.77
€ 105.77
Paperback. Born into poverty in Ballinasloe in 1846, O'Connor Power spent much of his childhood in the workhouse. From here he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Fenian Movement to become a leading member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886981
- ISBN
- 9781845886981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.80
€ 18.99
€ 15.80
Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453381
- ISBN
- 9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.83
€ 162.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673027
- ISBN
- 9780470673027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.13
€ 31.13
Paperback. The twentieth century experienced by over 75% of Britons had little to do with the one we've been taught. The People tells OUR story for the first time. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848548824
- ISBN
- 9781848548824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna; Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241270530
- ISBN
- 9780241270530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A collection of memories that follows a Warwickshire girl as she grows up during an era of huge transformation in Britain. Illustrated with family photographs, it presents a picture of day-to-day life in Nuneaton in the 1920s and '30s, including time spent in school, family holidays and the changes in the town itself. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, facsim., ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJG; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451626
- ISBN
- 9780752451626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new sights - volcanic mountains, vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones - and weaving them into the myths of gods, monsters and heroes that would become the cornerstone of Western civilization: the Odyssey and the Iliad. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140244991
- ISBN
- 9780140244991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728660
- ISBN
- 9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. From 1975 to 1990, different factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies, and create public sympathy for their cause. This book tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which raged on its streets. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations; 65 colour illustrations in plates. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJP; AKLP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845119515
- ISBN
- 9781845119515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.03
€ 33.99
€ 29.03