History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. This book explores the role of sound, noise and listening in 100,000 years of human history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 402
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250907
- ISBN
- 9781781250907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.61
€ 17.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. The Black Death is considered by many to be the great watershed in medieval history, as it ravaged a continent, killed millions and decimated economies. The author sees in this catastrophe the birth of technologically advanced societies, struggling to create labour-saving devices. Editor(s): Cohn Jr., Samuel K. Series: European history series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; MBN; MBX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674076136
- ISBN
- 9780674076136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.33
€ 26.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 B&W Pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBT; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834354
- ISBN
- 9781473834354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
Hardback. With unprecedented access to their hitherto sealed records, this is the first volume of a remarkable official history of ASIO - a revealing and authoritative account of the early years of Australia's national security intelligence service. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743319666
- ISBN
- 9781743319666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 49.51
€ 54.99
€ 49.51
Paperback. How the island eventually fell in love with ships and the sea Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM; WGG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841197920
- ISBN
- 9781841197920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardback. When the 'unsinkable' White Star liner, RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic on 14 April 1912, she sank with the loss of 1,503 lives; 705 survived the disaster. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour & b/w. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 114
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750948456
- ISBN
- 9780750948456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 hts. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498757
- ISBN
- 9780190498757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 489 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 489
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822307723
- ISBN
- 9780822307723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HRC; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611300
- ISBN
- 9780748611300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.63
€ 41.99
€ 34.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444777
- ISBN
- 9780801444777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783160099
- ISBN
- 9781783160099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.71
€ 29.71
Paperback. Covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the US. Series: Discover the Great Plains. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 illustrations, 8 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269620
- ISBN
- 9780803269620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.34
€ 17.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 150 color + 150 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; ACQB; AMV; AMX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 241. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300222012
- ISBN
- 9780300222012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
€ 54.99
€ 45.72
Paperback. Traces the development of the omnibus through the horse-drawn era to that of mechanical propulsion, when, after experiments with steam and electric battery units, the petrol engine reigned supreme until just before the Second World War. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806509
- ISBN
- 9780747806509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Explores and develops some of the principal themes one may investigate for the region of Northwest Jordan, but which often apply to the Near East as a whole. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715635674
- ISBN
- 9780715635674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. A study of the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man. This book analyses three broad aspects of twentieth-century political development: constitutional progress towards self-government, elections and public policy and the changing role of the state in Manx society. Series: Centre for Manx Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; 3JJ; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237877
- ISBN
- 9780853237877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.69
€ 54.69
Paperback. A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution. This book is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011000
- ISBN
- 9781906011000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Explores the history of British bricks and brick makers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTK; TNTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445659121
- ISBN
- 9781445659121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401980
- ISBN
- 9781421401980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.35
€ 43.99
€ 36.35