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History: specific events & topics
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306817922
- ISBN
- 9780306817922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.76
€ 19.99
€ 18.76
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. .
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843446040
- ISBN
- 9781843446040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. A concise but revealing history of the bicycle over 200 years Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: HBTB; WGC; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648828
- ISBN
- 9781445648828
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.00
€ 17.99
€ 14.00
Hardback. Award-winning photographer Carol Peachee takes readers on an unforgettable tour of lost distilleries as well as facilities undergoing renewal. This beautiful book also includes spaces that well-known brands, including Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, Four Roses, and Buffalo Trace, have preserved as a homage to their rich histories. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBTK; KNDF; TDCT1; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813165547
- ISBN
- 9780813165547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Paperback. Translator(s): Burchell, Graham. Series: Michel Foucault: Lectures at the College De France. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986559
- ISBN
- 9781403986559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.26
€ 33.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752432373
- ISBN
- 9780752432373
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307338785
- ISBN
- 9780307338785
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.17
€ 19.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270095
- ISBN
- 9781783270095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Bibliography: p124-133. - Includes index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810820302
- ISBN
- 9780810820302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.11
€ 146.11
Hardback. The Big Show looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the War, and contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897587
- ISBN
- 9780859897587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Paperback. When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626, he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters. This book presents the story of this city. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477594
- ISBN
- 9780099477594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTP; RNA; RNR. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610760
- ISBN
- 9780190610760
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Condition: New
€ 57.41
€ 57.41
Paperback. The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBTB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007107100
- ISBN
- 9780007107100
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.24
€ 14.99
€ 11.24
Hardback. On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 48 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCPC; HBT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147383
- ISBN
- 9780691147383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.79
€ 49.99
€ 35.79
Paperback. For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind's very claim to civilisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459479
- ISBN
- 9780752459479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.22
€ 26.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. Celebrating 200 years of the humble bicycles, in stunning photographs Num Pages: 144 pages, 104 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: AJC; HBT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 170. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750980050
- ISBN
- 9780750980050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. In this title, the author shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare. Num Pages: 1056 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034645
- ISBN
- 9780141034645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.02
€ 25.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. A collection of Kipper Williams' favourite and most memorable cartoons Num Pages: 96 pages, 92. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445662879
- ISBN
- 9781445662879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.77
€ 18.77
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752486376
- ISBN
- 9780752486376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. A comprehensive overview of the Berber-speaking peoples. From the first appearance of humans in the Maghreb, through the rise of the formidable Berber kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, the book traces the origins of the distinct characteristics of these disparate and segmented people. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HB; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207672
- ISBN
- 9780631207672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.20
€ 54.20
hardcover. Leikin draws on his own translations of trial transcripts (found in the personal library of his father, who served as chief rabbi in the town of Kazan, Russia) to chronicle a 1911 trial in Kiev that was trumped up to launch a vicious anti-Jewish campaign. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Editor(s): Leikin, Ezekiel. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780876681794
- ISBN
- 9780876681794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Paperback. Incorporating up-to-date archaeological evidence, and current methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of Rome's beginnings and rise in a comprehensive text that will be the standard work on the subject. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415015967
- ISBN
- 9780415015967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.75
€ 40.99
€ 40.75
Paperback. From autobiographical writings, this book reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. It expands the historical contexts of these accounts and, in the process, brings to life the customs, perceptions and character of an age on the threshold of modernity. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 418 pages, 26 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226473246
- ISBN
- 9780226473246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.51
€ 31.99
€ 24.51