History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873403570
- ISBN
- 9781873403570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.84
€ 168.84
Paperback. Awide-ranging history of swordsmanship through the ages, written with passion and artistry by a former Olympic fencer. Num Pages: 560 pages, 77 b-w integrated photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; HBW; WSTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cohen, Richard
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847396709
- ISBN
- 9781847396709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Based on interviews with the survivors of the disaster, this book records the facts as they were known, together with several maps, diagrams, drawings and photographs (including a picture of the actual iceberg that sank the Titanic). Num Pages: 224 pages, 50. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886318
- ISBN
- 9781845886318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Hardcover. An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP; JHM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802044
- ISBN
- 9780761802044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.00
€ 82.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752471228
- ISBN
- 9780752471228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.67
€ 21.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors - the only officer to do so. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752469966
- ISBN
- 9780752469966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Belfast built ships Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752465395
- ISBN
- 9780752465395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring the Titanic's distress calls. This book offers an evidence which prompted the British Government to re-open the case surrounding Captain Lord and the Californian and proved that the captain and his ship could not have been the ship seen from the decks of the Titanic. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442785
- ISBN
- 9780752442785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Gloucestershire
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442167
- ISBN
- 9780752442167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.60
€ 24.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. This work presents a biography of the artist Marc Chagall in dialogue with events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses different aspects of his life (1889-1985) including his roots in folk culture, his personal relationships and his inerests. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 201 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742139
- ISBN
- 9780804742139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.15
€ 105.15
Hardcover. DIASPORA Knights Across the Atlantic tells the story of the Knights of Labor, one of the great social movements of American history, in Britain and Ireland. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781383186
- ISBN
- 9781781383186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.31
€ 44.99
€ 44.31
Paperback. Examines the grim reality of southern Africa's contemporary post-'liberation' plight, with up-to-date analysis of the ANC and social movements. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745334790
- ISBN
- 9780745334790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.25
€ 30.99
€ 24.25
Hardcover. Provides an illustrated account of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording war on water. An introduction discusses the major themes with regard to naval warfare, navigation, and chart-making. The first chapter covers the period from earliest recorded history to the fifteenth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF; TRLN; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Conway
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844860319
- ISBN
- 9781844860319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 8.87
€ 23.99
€ 8.87
Paperback. The history of the British-Spanish Society, an example of 'soft' or cultural diplomacy between countries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781382752
- ISBN
- 9781781382752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC9; AVH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199655267
- ISBN
- 9780199655267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.12
€ 13.99
€ 6.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346760
- ISBN
- 9780822346760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Hardback. Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the threat of war. This book will be the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTK; JKSR; JWKW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205420
- ISBN
- 9780230205420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Paperback. The real story behind the Industrial Revolution Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTK; TGBN1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845295530
- ISBN
- 9781845295530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Furious and bloody: 400 years of shipboard rebellion Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JWXT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841197371
- ISBN
- 9781841197371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Presents the British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. This book includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, as well as an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841195513
- ISBN
- 9781841195513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
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
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. Surveying irreverent and controversial representations of the Holocaust -from Sylvia Plath and the Sex Pistols to Quentin Tarantino and Holocaust comedy -Matthew Boswell considers how theymight play an important role in shaping our understanding of the Nazi genocide and what it means to be human." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; DS; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349312320
- ISBN
- 9781349312320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443850582
- ISBN
- 9781443850582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.82
€ 52.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Explores the historical developments that shaped Irish identity and linked it so closely to Catholicism Editor(s): Rafferty, Oliver P. Num Pages: 398 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719097317
- ISBN
- 9780719097317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 46.89
€ 69.99
€ 46.89