History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Hardcover, green spine. A rare book, small amount of staining on page edges. 178pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- McCorquodale & Co., Ltd Glasgow
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1923
- SKU
- KON0819213
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 275.00
€ 275.00
Paperback. In 1913 the shipyards of Britain were responsible for building half of all the world's ships; at the Clyde in Scotland at this time a new ship was launched every eighteen hours. This book looks at the subject's long history, from the Middle Ages through to the heyday of steam, providing a comprehensive guide to a transformed industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807292
- ISBN
- 9780747807292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Traces the history of early ships and seamanship from pre-dynastic Egypt to the Roman empire. The book describes the ships themselves as well as the crews, weaponry, cargo storage, methods of navigation and harbour facilities. Num Pages: 592 pages, 197 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTM; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851308
- ISBN
- 9780801851308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.15
€ 43.99
€ 36.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638348
- ISBN
- 9780691638348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 313.96
€ 313.96
Hardcover. Hardcover, cream spine. 240pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hart-Davis, MacGibbon London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KON0819862
- ISBN
- 9780246109187
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The drama and tragedy behind history's most infamous shipwrecks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848664333
- ISBN
- 9781848664333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen. Num Pages: 148 pages, 60 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648389
- ISBN
- 9789089648389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 47.95
€ 50.99
€ 47.95
Paperback. The Egyptian sector of the Red Sea provides scuba divers with their finest opportunity to explore the most outstanding collection of shipwrecks found anywhere in the world. This edition explores nineteen of the most important and diveable shipwrecks. It also includes details about many of the minor wrecks and a list of more than 250 sunken ships. Illustrator(s): Oldfield, Rico. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Ashgrove Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853981531
- ISBN
- 9781853981531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.04
€ 19.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. The result is a portrait of the battle between men and the sea. In many cases it was the sea that won. It is also a tribute to those of the lifeboat service who risked their lives so that others in distress might be saved. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTM; WGG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752417202
- ISBN
- 9780752417202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460109
- ISBN
- 9780752460109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Hardback. Shipwrecks of the P&O Line Num Pages: 180 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 248. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962926
- ISBN
- 9780750962926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Translator(s): Nur, E.N.D-.; Herman, Lisa; Nur, Eliyah Nike De-. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gateways Books & Tapes,US United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895561138
- ISBN
- 9780895561138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445626
- ISBN
- 9780140445626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Covers more than 150 years of Denver's rich history. The book recounts the takeover of Native American lands, the founding of small towns on the South Platte River at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and the creation of a city, which by 1890 was among the nation's major western urban centres. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781943859191
- ISBN
- 9781943859191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Translated by Carl Ipsen. This short book provides a succinct and masterly overview of the history of migration, from the earliest movements of human beings out of Africa into Asia and Europe to the present day, exploring along the way those factors that contribute to the successes and failures of migratory groups. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661865
- ISBN
- 9780745661865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Paperback. Presents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027982
- ISBN
- 9780141027982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884066
- ISBN
- 9788772884066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.62
€ 12.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873384452
- ISBN
- 9780873384452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.74
€ 51.99
€ 51.74
Paperback. Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was "Alice in Wonderland" a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? This book tells the story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227716
- ISBN
- 9780571227716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Now in paperback, with new recipes to capture a fresh, new audience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 color photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581573886
- ISBN
- 9781581573886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.66
€ 26.99
€ 23.66