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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. A devoted chronicle..of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 384 pages, photos, maps, boat plans. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780924486524
- ISBN
- 9780924486524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.46
€ 17.46
Hardback. Sealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814713
- ISBN
- 9780774814713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. This book reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. Num Pages: 512 pages, 45 colour illustrations + 4 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184310
- ISBN
- 9780300184310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962148
- ISBN
- 9780750962148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.48
€ 29.99
€ 25.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394729
- ISBN
- 9780888394729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681800
- ISBN
- 9781781681800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.23
€ 33.23
This first systematic study of how the United States responded to "Barbary Captivityshows how public reaction to international events shaped America domestically and its evolving place in the world during the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891397
- ISBN
- 9780801891397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.33
€ 68.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853825
- ISBN
- 9780807853825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Paperback. Cardiff Remembered Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752407180
- ISBN
- 9780752407180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Cardiff has a long and momentous maritime history. This title delves into the maritime past of Cardiff and Penarth, providing an account from the first stirrings of seaborne trade and the cargoes of wool, hides and butter, to the threat of piracy, and from the rapid development linked to the export of iron and the later trade in coal. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; HBTM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752435688
- ISBN
- 9780752435688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Hardcover. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645063
- ISBN
- 9780226645063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.08€ 85.33
€ 104.08
€ 85.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199378586
- ISBN
- 9780199378586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.70
€ 48.70
Hardback. "This collection interweaves the voices of students' descendants, poets, and activists with cutting edge research by Native and non-Native scholars to reveal the complex history and enduring legacies of the school that spearheaded the federal campaign for Indian assimilation."--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Fear-Segal, Jacqueline; Rose, Susan D. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 440 pages, 29 photographs, 2 maps, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803278912
- ISBN
- 9780803278912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.80
€ 81.80
paperback. Series: Signature. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714506951
- ISBN
- 9780714506951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.22
€ 9.22
Paperback. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Reconstruction-era Klan, focusing especially on Major Merrill and the Seventh Cavalry's efforts to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan to the light of day. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550780
- ISBN
- 9780742550780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.29
€ 46.99
€ 44.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Carta,The Israel Map & Publishing Company Ltd,Israel
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652208392
- ISBN
- 9789652208392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
hardcover. A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration into the most glorious and world-changing maps ever made. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 336 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2200. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Third printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRA0003166
- ISBN
- 9780316997669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226073057
- ISBN
- 9780226073057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.88
€ 50.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. A study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history. It explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation. It opens with speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth-century text on homosexuality. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 281 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251656
- ISBN
- 9780520251656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.83
€ 38.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 124. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472534
- ISBN
- 9780801472534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.08
€ 26.99
€ 25.08