History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
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€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940742
- ISBN
- 9781403940742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.03
€ 50.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532222
- ISBN
- 9781784532222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.67€ 95.32
€ 112.67
€ 95.32
La Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, The French Pastry Chef, The Fre...
Francois Pierre de La Varenne
Hardcover. Translator(s): Scully, Terence. Num Pages: 655 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1324. The French Cook, the French Pastry Chef, the French Confectioner. 655 pages, 1 black & white illustration. Includes characteristics of medieval cookery, as well as new world ingredients. The watershed from medieval to modern times is crossed in La Varenne's pages. This title presents three important cookery books of the seventeenth century combined in a single volume. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; WBN. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 66. Weight: 1328. Translator(s): Scully, Terence.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Prospect Books (UK)
- Number of pages
- 655
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018415
- ISBN
- 9781903018415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 59.26
€ 65.38
€ 59.26
Paperback. First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32 pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306810695
- ISBN
- 9780306810695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.01
€ 26.99
€ 19.01
Paperback. Preeminent historian Stanley Weintraub's compelling history of perhaps the most remarkable holiday season in twentieth-century history--December 1941 Num Pages: 224 pages, More than 20 photos and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 5HC; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Cambridge, MA
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306821530
- ISBN
- 9780306821530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 50922nd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465016662
- ISBN
- 9780465016662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.13
€ 31.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 354 x 280 x 10. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579129194
- ISBN
- 9781579129194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. A frank, salacious and often shocking portrait of an institution Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848544017
- ISBN
- 9781848544017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Including specially commissioned photography, this book offers a fresh look at every aspect of St John's through its first 100 years including its history, buildings and gardens, its special traditions and unique atmosphere, and its people past and present as well as their myriad of activities. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 257 x 18. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Third Millennium Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903942864
- ISBN
- 9781903942864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.27
€ 46.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141023304
- ISBN
- 9780141023304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Hardback. A history of broadcasting, and of its impact on modern life in Britain, from its origins in the 1920s to the outbreak of World War II. How the BBC emerged as a national service in the public interest, addressing all sectors of society in all parts of the country, is the book's central theme. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; GTC; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175438
- ISBN
- 9780631175438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.22
€ 146.22
Paperback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774829205
- ISBN
- 9780774829205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. This text is an account of an Alpine village that illuminates the history of Switzerland and its rural, local underplanings. It begins with the colonization of the Alps by Romanized Celtic peoples who came from the plain to create a dairy economy that became famous for its cheeses. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804010658
- ISBN
- 9780804010658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour. Editor(s): Findlen, Paula; Roworth, Wendy Wassyng; Sama, Catherine M. Num Pages: 504 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759045
- ISBN
- 9780804759045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Paperback. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 292 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBTV; JFS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076791
- ISBN
- 9780231076791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. As lacrosse continues to evolve, this collection will help us remember and understand its rich and complex history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19, 11 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886294
- ISBN
- 9780801886294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.20
€ 35.20
Paperback. From the early 1960s, though, Liverpool's passenger trade entered a downturn that was unstoppable. Liverpool now has a new landing stage to accommodate visiting cruise ships back in the Mersey. This book tells its story, using the memories of those who sailed in them, of the halcyon days of the passenger liners which sailed from the Mersey. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752449159
- ISBN
- 9780752449159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.37
€ 16.37
Paperback. An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history Editor(s): Sarkar, Sumit; Sarkar, Tanika. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220493
- ISBN
- 9780253220493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Examines the impact of war on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors. Discusses the causes and profits of war, links between war, piracy, slavery and trade and the ideology of warfare in literature and art. Editor(s): Rich, John; Shipley, Graham. Series: Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFFE; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415121668
- ISBN
- 9780415121668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. Collects and examines evidence and references to female clothing, cosmetics and ornament in Roman antiquity, deciphering their meaning and revealing what it meant to be an adorned woman in Roman society. This book argues that Roman women took pleasure in fashioning themselves, enjoying the social status, influence and power that it signified. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 3. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415414760
- ISBN
- 9780415414760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Series: Housing and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415720250
- ISBN
- 9780415720250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 59.48
€ 65.36
€ 59.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481741
- ISBN
- 9780801481741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Filling in a key chapter in communications history, this title offers an examination of the rise of the "global media" between 1860 and 1930. It analyzes the connections between the development of a global communication infrastructure, the creation of national telegraph and wireless systems, and news agencies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 25 illustrations, 13 tables, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTB; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339281
- ISBN
- 9780822339281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81