History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306825033
- ISBN
- 9780306825033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Cover is faded, contains ring punch holes. 64pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Royal Yachting Association Hampshire
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 5th Revised edition
- SKU
- KON0819489
- ISBN
- 9780901501349
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners. This title demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 569 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 569
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520216594
- ISBN
- 9780520216594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.38
€ 38.99
€ 28.38
Hardback. The book analyzes the official and popular celebrations on the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity to elucidate elite and popular understandings of the imperial state in the capital city. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785266
- ISBN
- 9780804785266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107972
- ISBN
- 9780143107972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Pool of London Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910860144
- ISBN
- 9781910860144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Hardback. Exhuming the stories of the notable and not-so-famous figures who distilled the American spirit, the founders of Kings County Distillery now offer a rich history of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TDCT1; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419720215
- ISBN
- 9781419720215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.14
€ 30.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. The astonishing true Cold War story of how the CIA, MI6 and a Soviet agent saved the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (black and white), map (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849839297
- ISBN
- 9781849839297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't take it with you. Friedman's enlightening social history of the law of succession reveals how inheritance reflects changes values and priorities in American families and society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; LNUT; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762090
- ISBN
- 9780804762090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
paperback. A funny yet thought-provoking play about identity politics. Cast of 4 men and 1 woman. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DD; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Talonbooks Canada
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889226630
- ISBN
- 9780889226630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.17
€ 18.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Deadwood, South Dakota was a microcosm of the American frontier and the gold rush town. Presenting the history of Deadwood, this work emphasizes its most volatile period, 1875-1925. It aims to recreate the town that assimilated all that its geography, gold, natural disasters, and the extremes of human behaviour could throw in its way. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803287020
- ISBN
- 9780803287020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.80
€ 23.99
€ 21.80
Paperback. Key presentations from the Deaf People in Hitler's Europe, 1933-1945 Conference have been integrated with additional important work into three crucial parts: Racial Hygiene, the German Experience and the Jewish Deaf experience. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563681325
- ISBN
- 9781563681325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.95
€ 30.99
€ 23.95
Paperback. To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. This title asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. Editor(s): Bragg, Lois. Num Pages: 430 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFFG; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798539
- ISBN
- 9780814798539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardback. Translator(s): Vincz, Jason. Num Pages: 562 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019394
- ISBN
- 9780253019394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.65
€ 73.65
Paperback. Deals with the secret lives of women across Afghanistan and allows them to tell their stories in their own words: from the child bride given as payment to end a family feud; to a life spent in a dark, dusty room weaving carpets; to a young girl brought up as a boy; to life as a widow shunned by society. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BT; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542186
- ISBN
- 9780099542186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Toynbee includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings. Num Pages: 336 pages, 91, 91 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMN; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRKP; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855078
- ISBN
- 9780801855078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.85
€ 38.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415331586
- ISBN
- 9780415331586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardcover. As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of design.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 tables & figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380139
- ISBN
- 9781782380139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Paperback. But the Famine did take place, and the ways Irish journalists found to tell the story of unprecedented horror conditioned the evolution of journalism, not alone in Ireland, but abroad. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468653
- ISBN
- 9780990468653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725270
- ISBN
- 9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
paperback. Takes a look at Victorian America, and explores the minds of Victorians by examining some of their most distinctive and fascinating creations. The five essays in the book discuss specific pieces - hallstands, sideboards, embroidered mottoes, parlor organs, and seating furniture - within the context of broader cultural issues and concerns. Series: American Civilization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 195 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; J; WJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 17. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393331
- ISBN
- 9781566393331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.28
€ 45.99
€ 45.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487880
- ISBN
- 9780801487880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AJ; APFR; HBAH; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579874
- ISBN
- 9781137579874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074493
- ISBN
- 9780719074493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.58
€ 24.99
€ 24.58