History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BT; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007597833
- ISBN
- 9780007597833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. In Jew Town in India's Cochin, two small communities descended from 'a lost tribe of Israel' are living side by side, on the brink of extinction. When their last two members of child-bearing age refuse to marry, their fate is sealed. This book presents their story. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books London
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846270994
- ISBN
- 9781846270994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Hardback. The Last King in India tells the story of a much-maligned king who had the misfortune to be on the throne when the East India Company usurped power. Wajid Ali Shah led a fascinating life that included marrying over 350 women, building a fantasy palace in Lucknow, writing poetry that is still acclaimed today, and surviving the 1857 Mutiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044080
- ISBN
- 9781849044080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.97
€ 43.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512218
- ISBN
- 9781905512218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.22
€ 10.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783160099
- ISBN
- 9781783160099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.71
€ 29.71
Paperback. The extraordinary story of John Kirk, the Scottish botanist who single-handedly ended the East African slave trade. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780336572
- ISBN
- 9781780336572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Tells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Paper Back
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036892
- ISBN
- 9780141036892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.81
€ 25.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801493652
- ISBN
- 9780801493652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Part of the 'Seminar Studies in History' series, this is a valuable introduction to the League of Nations and the birth of 'international relations' in the inter-war period. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBT; HBWN; JPHV; JPSD; JPSN; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408228241
- ISBN
- 9781408228241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Nagel chronicles seven generations of the Lee family, from founder Richard Lee to General Robert E. Lee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195305609
- ISBN
- 9780195305609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. The common perception is that Christianity in Africa was responsible for many injustices and harm to the culture and society of the continent, but Islam fitted well in Africa, and eschewed slavery. Azumah shows that Islam enslaved and forcibly converted as many African people as Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTS; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851682737
- ISBN
- 9781851682737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.45
€ 33.99
€ 32.45
Paperback. On the morning of April 26, 1986, a Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl (near Kiev) exploded, pouring radioactivity into the environment and setting off the worst disaster in the history of nuclear energy. Now a former Soviet scientist gives a comprehensive account of the catastrophe. Photographs. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPN; HBT; MBNH2; RNQ; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 108 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248035
- ISBN
- 9780851248035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.30
€ 26.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. Not long after Six Day War, three Palestinian men ventured into the town of Ramla in Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes. One cousin had the door slammed in his face, one found that his house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir, was met at the door by a woman named Dalia, who invited him in. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552155144
- ISBN
- 9780552155144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Drawing on a wide range of diverse source material this important new book discusses the lives of lesbians from the late eighteenth century to the 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415114851
- ISBN
- 9780415114851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628533
- ISBN
- 9781442628533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.23
€ 32.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Based on the analysis of community records in a Peruvian village, The Lettered Mountain tells how Andean peasants thought to be illiterate appropriated the Roman alphabet long ago. Num Pages: 392 pages, 72 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; CFC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350446
- ISBN
- 9780822350446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801415753
- ISBN
- 9780801415753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.07
€ 125.07
Paperback. The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007174546
- ISBN
- 9780007174546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844678617
- ISBN
- 9781844678617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.21
€ 19.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 684 pages, 40 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365537
- ISBN
- 9781626365537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.82
€ 16.82
Hardcover. The story of Lowys life and thought, as told in his own words and those of other survivors, is also a part of a larger story, the story of social work history, Jewish history, and the meaning of the Holocaust in the development of the social work profession. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609650
- ISBN
- 9780815609650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.25
€ 25.99
€ 24.25
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486406619
- ISBN
- 9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.76
€ 8.99
€ 7.76
Hardback. Presents a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Comanche oral histories given by Francis Joseph "Joe A" Attocknie. Kavanagh's introduction adds context to the personal narratives by discussing the process of transmission. Editor(s): Kavanagh, Thomas W. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285507
- ISBN
- 9780803285507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
Paperback. This gripping and vivid book is, amazingly, the first comprehensive world history of the most important transport innovation of the modern age. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: HBTB; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848877078
- ISBN
- 9781848877078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39