History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Drawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent, so uncertain and so alien that it sets you apart from the rest of mankind. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523864
- ISBN
- 9780099523864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BTC; HBTM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736661
- ISBN
- 9781613736661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.95
€ 17.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his exquisite refinement of mind. A classic example of the best narrative history Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772105
- ISBN
- 9780552772105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. This title explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet. Num Pages: 640 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFM; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401195
- ISBN
- 9780226401195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.70
€ 26.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; HBTM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855054
- ISBN
- 9780801855054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.70
€ 33.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. Editor(s): Klarer, Mario. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLH; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138640276
- ISBN
- 9781138640276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.79
€ 171.79
Hardcover. Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. This title explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet. Num Pages: 640 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401188
- ISBN
- 9780226401188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.80
€ 43.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926971001
- ISBN
- 9781926971001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 250 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 768 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB; GBCB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740579
- ISBN
- 9780804740579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.09
€ 216.09
Hardback. Eve A. Pollecoff here tells the story of Otto Markus - 'Pioneer Merchant Trader' - who established his East African Trading Company in the wake of growing British interest in East Africa: especially Kenya and Uganda. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 in 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; 3JH; BGH; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859371
- ISBN
- 9781848859371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.95
€ 58.80
€ 53.95
paperback. Compounding history, investigation and travelogue, this outlines one of the bitterest political stories of our age. In 1973, Pinochet overthrew the Chilean democratic socialist government of Allende. In 1998, Spanish efforts to indict him for crimes against humanity revived the ideological divide. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 1KLSH; 3JJP; HBTV; JPS; JPVH; JPWQ; LBBD; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215478
- ISBN
- 9780571215478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Plucked from tropical America, the pineapple was brought to European tables and hothouses before it was conveyed back to the tropics, where it came to dominate US and world markets. This title presents the history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrative career. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QMT; HBG; HBTB; JFCV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265905
- ISBN
- 9780520265905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.71
€ 31.99
€ 22.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 527 color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WCW; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326097
- ISBN
- 9780764326097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.67€ 45.60
€ 64.67
€ 45.60
Hardcover. Hardcover, blue spine. Cover is slightly stained, previous owner's name written in permanent marker on page edges, top edge of pages blackened with marker also. 504pp
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Publisher
- Motor Boating New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KON0819396
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925769
- ISBN
- 9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.60
€ 48.60
Paperback. In 1536, Henry VIII faced risings throughout northern England; these posed the greatest threat to any Tudor monarch. The Pilgrimage of Grace has traditionally been assumed to have been a spontaneous protest against the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but this study aims to reveal the full story. Num Pages: 504 pages, 4 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199259069
- ISBN
- 9780199259069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.87
€ 84.87
Paperback. Outlines the history of pier and pavilion construction, using colour illustrations and photographs to show the development of these attractions from simple wooden structures to complex entertainment venues. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 4. Weight in Grams: 168. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806936
- ISBN
- 9780747806936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. A collection of essays that explore the use and implication of war posters during WWI. It reveals the centrality of visual media, particularly the poster, within the specific national contexts of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States during World War I. Editor(s): James, Pearl. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 416 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBG; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226104
- ISBN
- 9780803226104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.23
€ 34.99
€ 31.23
Hardback. Analyses the photographs that helped strengthen as well as bring down the Eugenics Movement. Concentrating mainly on developments in Britain, the USA and Nazi Germany, this book argues that photography, as the most powerful visual medium of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was vital to the Eugenics Movement's success. Num Pages: 286 pages, 120 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; AJ; HBTB; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192396
- ISBN
- 9781845192396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardback. Referencing literature on every aspect of the piano, this annotated bibliography will cut down on research time for scholars and students, directing them to the most relevant and useful sources. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVRG; GBCR; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840522
- ISBN
- 9780810840522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89
€ 152.89
Paperback. Part exhibition catalogue, part technical and social history of the piano, PIANO 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos presents the Smithsonian's 2000 exhibition's highlights in a lavishly illustrated book that captures the visual excitement of this authoritative survey of one of western culture's most pervasive musical icons. Num Pages: 80 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVRG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929847085
- ISBN
- 9780929847085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. The eighth book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, looking at the beautiful art owned and curated by the Royal College of Physicians. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3J; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706367
- ISBN
- 9781408706367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.42
€ 16.99
€ 12.42
Hardcover. Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene genealogies (phylogenetics) and geography. This book aims to capture the field's conceptual and empirical richness, plus the sense of innovation that phylogeographic perspectives have brought to evolutionary studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 113 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674666382
- ISBN
- 9780674666382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 87.60
€ 98.73
€ 87.60
Paperback. This study traces the history of how images taken during the Nazi Holocaust have been subjected to a perplexing variety of treatments: variously ignored, suppressed, distorted and exploited for propaganda purposes. It asks whether the images can ever be true representations of the events. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AJC; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860645464
- ISBN
- 9781860645464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.06
€ 32.06