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paperback. In 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Robinson
Condition
New
SKU
9781472137418
ISBN
9781472137418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

unknown_binding. October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780748696307
ISBN
9780748696307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. Tells the history of the facsimile machine. The author recounts the multigenerational, multinational history of that device from its origins to its workplace glory days, in the process revealing how it helped create the accelerated communications, information flow, and vibrant visual culture that characterize our contemporary world. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; KJP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415918
ISBN
9781421415918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349448982
ISBN
9781349448982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485541
ISBN
9780801485541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. This text focuses on what it means to be Jewish in America and the different positions held within the Jewish community on past and present church-state issues - whether Orthodox Jews in the military should wear yarmulkes while in uniform - and if Jewish prisoners have a right to Kosher food. Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Dalin, David G. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268016562
ISBN
9780268016562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. An original interpretation of the wars that ravaged Russia for decades after the toppling of the Romanovs. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV4; HBWN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047210
ISBN
9781849047210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807855539
ISBN
9780807855539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.48

Paperback. Recounts the opposition to British and French rule practised both by Africans living on the continent and by European anticolonialists and members of the Black Diaspora. This book covers campaigns waged by an early incarnation of the ANC and other groups in South Africa who fought against legal and other aspects of white minority rule. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659365
ISBN
9781850659365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.53

Hardcover. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403984333
ISBN
9781403984333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WH; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472944375
ISBN
9781472944375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. Final Voyage: The World's Worst Maritime Disasters tells the stories of the deadliest and most often forgotten maritime tragedies in the history of seafaring. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442221673
ISBN
9781442221673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.97

Hardback. Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England teases out the double helix of the pathological and the economic in two seemingly disparate spheres of early modern textual production: drama and mercantilist writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237733
ISBN
9780812237733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. From Jonathan Glancey, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography, comes his new bestseller telling the incredible story of the last days of the great steam locomotives. BIC Classification: HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843547730
ISBN
9781843547730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462650
ISBN
9781349462650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Hardcover. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334237
ISBN
9781137334237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardcover. Examines the role of the masses in the collapse of the East German regime and state in 1989 in the northern district of Schwerin. The study shows the extent to which citizens of the GDR dictatorship were instrumental in their state's demise. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333800980
ISBN
9780333800980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.09

paperback. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
SKU
V9781349420902
ISBN
9781349420902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176704
ISBN
9780300176704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. The phrase "Cold War" was coined by George Orwell in 1945 to describe the impact of the atomic bomb on world politics. Far more than merely a straightforward history of the Cold War, this book presents an account of politics and decision making at the highest levels of Soviet power. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188196
ISBN
9780300188196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. The first major regional study of poverty and its relief in the seventeenth century: the first century of welfare. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 335 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839569
ISBN
9781843839569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. This volume offers an overview of Britain's development since the end of World War II. The book draws together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators, and provides a useful introduction for students of contemporary British history, politics and society. Editor(s): Hollowell, Jonathan. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209683
ISBN
9780631209683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.60

Paperback. This text is a history of the Auschwitz memorial site in the years of the Polish People's Republic. Since 1945, Auschwitz has functioned as a memorial and museum. Its monuments, exhibitions and public spaces have attracted politicians, pilgrims and public demonstrations and commemorative events. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821415078
ISBN
9780821415078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 888 pages, 15 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169712
ISBN
9780691169712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.76

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