History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. In October 1962, the fate of the world hung on the American response to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. That response was informed by hours of discussions between John F Kennedy and his top advisers. This title reveals how conversational practices and dynamics shaped Kennedy's perception of the options available to him. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBTW; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151311
- ISBN
- 9780691151311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Understanding how Kate Middleton can be conceived in the current geopolitical situation Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790365
- ISBN
- 9781782790365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
hardcover. Editor(s): Hoth, David R. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 768 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938813
- ISBN
- 9780813938813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.14
€ 125.14
Hardback. Voigt explores the historical origins of baseball from stick-and-ball games, through the popular players, significant rules changes, and seedy business practices of the final years of the 19th century, years that were crucial to the formation of baseball as it is played today. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833098
- ISBN
- 9780810833098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35
€ 129.35
paperback. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by these very values. But will it always be this way? This title argues for the predominance in any society of one of three broad value systems - that of the merchant; the soldier; and the sage. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955215
- ISBN
- 9780241955215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. This book is an account of murder and politics in Africa, and an historical ethnography of southern Annang communities during the colonial period. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, 45 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 923.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625536
- ISBN
- 9780748625536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardback. Reprints the insightful contributions of more than fifty screenwriters, directors, producers, historians, and critics on diverse films from the earliest years of the film industry through the 1970s. Num Pages: 652 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Includes indexes. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 903.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 652
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824423
- ISBN
- 9780810824423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.50
€ 258.50
Hardback. Chronicles the rise of night baseball. David Pietrusza balances precise research with an eye for intriguing anecdotal material. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833074
- ISBN
- 9780810833074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.88
€ 107.88
Paperback. Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-speaking world. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141013985
- ISBN
- 9780141013985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. The fascinating story of one of England's darkest times. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210. The Persecution of Witches in England. 224 pages, 100 Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5. Dimension: 128 x 199 x 14. Weight: 214.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608617
- ISBN
- 9781445608617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. A collection that not only explores many aspects of the ancient Olympics and the programme of competitive festivals in democratic Athens but also the broader religious, social and political contexts in which sport and festival flourished in ancient Greece. It shows how the values of sport pervaded Greek society. Num Pages: 416 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HBTB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125524
- ISBN
- 9781905125524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. The significance of news and the institutions that produce it to American history Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252074042
- ISBN
- 9780252074042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.90
€ 25.99
€ 23.90
Paperback. Thetis: Submarine Disaster, is the story of loss of HMS Thetis which sank in Liverpool Bay on 1st June 1939 - her maiden dive, with the loss of ninety-nine lives; the worst peacetime submarine tragedy to be suffered by the Royal Navy. A massive rescue operation was mounted, but the operation ended in failure, with only four crew being rescued. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 1QSE; 3JJH; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552711
- ISBN
- 9781781552711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.95
€ 21.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Liverpool Docks: A Short History, traces the birth, growth, strategic importance of the port both in times of peace and war. The book gives a complete timeline from the very earliest days right up to the present-a time when both a new and even larger container dock is being built together with the development of the new cruise liner terminal. Num Pages: 208 pages, 72 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555187
- ISBN
- 9781781555187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.95
€ 21.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. This book explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HPD; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631835
- ISBN
- 9780815631835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. This book explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HPD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631569
- ISBN
- 9780815631569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.21
€ 54.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LNDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537227
- ISBN
- 9781784537227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13€ 125.03
€ 141.13
€ 125.03
Paperback. A study of civil rights in the USA. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination. Series: Heinemann Advanced History. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 4KL; HBJK; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Heinemann Secondary Education
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435327224
- ISBN
- 9780435327224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. 128 pages. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight: 212.
- Publisher
- Carnegie Pub.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874181804
- ISBN
- 9781874181804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
€ 10.99
€ 9.86
Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873403570
- ISBN
- 9781873403570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.14
€ 166.14