History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. By the mid-nineteenth century, the most prominent British and French liberal thinkers vigorously supported the conquest of non-European people. This work explains that this reflected a rise in civilizational self-confidence, as theories of human progress became more triumphalist, less nuanced, and less tolerant of cultural difference. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTQ; HBTR; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127910
- ISBN
- 9780691127910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the manual used by the Land Girls during the Second World War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. A Manual for Volunteers in the Women's Land Army. 160 pages, 80 photographs. A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the manual used by the Land Girls during the Second World War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; WQN. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight: 168.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Amberley Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445602790
- ISBN
- 9781445602790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409139010
- ISBN
- 9781409139010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This book is about reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Num Pages: 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366. Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings. 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This is an illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight: 366.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714119762
- ISBN
- 9780714119762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780221021
- ISBN
- 9781780221021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023205
- ISBN
- 9780141023205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 20 b/w; 47 col. BIC Classification: HB; HBTM; HBWQ; JW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472818102
- ISBN
- 9781472818102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Yard to the Mile. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 209 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24. Liverpool Sheet 20. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Yard to the Mile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 134 x 212 x 1. Weight: 24.
- Publisher
- Alan Godfrey Maps
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847841094
- ISBN
- 9781847841094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.07
€ 7.07
Hardback. The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 316 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780274003
- ISBN
- 9781780274003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.85
€ 46.99
€ 46.85
Paperback. "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama."--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062439666
- ISBN
- 9780062439666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. The author and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events brought her close to the old people of the village and they began to tell her their stories. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549420
- ISBN
- 9780099549420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 130. . Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with some nicks and tears.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1953
- SKU
- KTG0001600
- ISBN
- 9780708300824
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Hitler and the Final Solution". Translator(s): Porter, James. Num Pages: 219 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520060227
- ISBN
- 9780520060227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.75
€ 36.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212269
- ISBN
- 9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686160
- ISBN
- 9781846686160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. An overview of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from its sixteenth century beginnings until its final absolution in the nineteenth century. It covers the main countries involved and explains the inner workings of the trade and the developments that made it easier and more profitable as the centuries passed. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807087
- ISBN
- 9780747807087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038995
- ISBN
- 9780141038995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. * A riveting account of the passions behind the fight for female suffrage: both a story of social and sexual revolutionary upheaval and a fascinating battle of ideals that continues apace today. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349116600
- ISBN
- 9780349116600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 550
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155053399
- ISBN
- 9786155053399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 53.16
€ 54.99
€ 53.16
Paperback. Reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history in evolutionary terms. This book explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024486
- ISBN
- 9780141024486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08