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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878006
ISBN
9781848878006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in history. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w plates plus 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857897688
ISBN
9780857897688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443893
ISBN
9780801443893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 3J; HBJM; HBLH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925377323
ISBN
9781925377323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Norman Davies travels back in time to highlight the long-term themes and traditions which have influenced contemporary attitudes. His account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801265
ISBN
9780192801265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the bestselling ELIZABETH'S LONDON. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842127292
ISBN
9781842127292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456831
ISBN
9780801456831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Paperback. Series: Top Drawings. Num Pages: 24 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788364596964
ISBN
9788364596964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. Series: Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862819620
ISBN
9780862819620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.70

Paperback. Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3J; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011367
ISBN
9781847011367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 377 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597397
ISBN
9781137597397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.75

Hardback. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. Editor(s): Clemens, Raymond. Num Pages: 304 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217230
ISBN
9780300217230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYV; HBJD; HBTB; HRQX5; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137372499
ISBN
9781137372499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.12

Paperback. Shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. This work investigates three problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094922
ISBN
9780691094922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.00

Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262508
ISBN
9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0216157
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Hardback in good to very good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Focus
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
KRF0020669
ISBN
9781604330472
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study of Sir Maurice Oldfield's life that portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171625
ISBN
9780552171625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Politicians have traditionally devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and its relationship between bureaucratic and interest group activities. This work presents a study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 line illus., 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070100
ISBN
9780691070100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.57

Paperback. The third volume in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD and brings us up to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935309
ISBN
9780340935309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473875715
ISBN
9781473875715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Wolf by the Ears provides students in American history with an ideal introduction to the Missouri crisis while at the same time offering fresh insights for scholars of the early republic. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6, 2 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416533
ISBN
9781421416533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30-40 ills & diags, approx 15-25 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096313
ISBN
9781911096313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole during the years 1845-1877. Among them was Jim Hand from Bray, Co Wicklow. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BTH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845889456
ISBN
9781845889456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.48

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