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Paperback. The swashbuckling English sea captains of the Elizabethan era were a particular breed of adventurer, combining maritime and military skill with a seemingly insatiable appetite for Spanish treasure. Angus Konstam describes these characters, including such sea dogs as Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Martin Frobisher. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus; McBride, Angus. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 249 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841760155
ISBN
9781841760155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

hardcover. Number 18 in this scholarly publication devoted exclusively to medieval and Renaissance studies. Each article makes a contribution to its own specialized field, but is presented so that its significance may be appreciated by non-specialists as well. Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with small tear to top edge and showing light shelf wear and age. Internally as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032049
ISBN
9780847677054
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

hardcover. * Shuns the heroics portrayed by Hollywood * Fussell concentrates on the human factor in World War II * Examines the everyday life British and American people experienced on the home and battle fronts Num Pages: 350 pages, halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing v. light shelf wear, otherwise very good-like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032031
ISBN
9780195037975
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

paperback. This is a one-volume history of the city of London from Roman times to the late-20th century. London grew from a backwater in the Classical age into an important medieval city, a significant Renaissance urban centre and a modern colossus. Series: A "New York Times" notable book 1995. Num Pages: 448 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Text and illustrations are crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031945
ISBN
9780674538399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

hardcover. The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the 1500s & would not be dissolved until 1975. This book looks at how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between these representations and the meanings attached to the notion of race. Translator(s): Ayton, Mark. Series: European Anthropology in Translation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 ills & tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; HBJD; HBTS; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538. Fine in fine illustrated covers. Remains of a price sticker on front cover, remains like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031939
ISBN
9780857457622
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.49

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784287139
ISBN
9781784287139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 8.29

hardcover. This book is a 'home front' study of Ireland during the Crimean War, which analyses how the various strands of Irish society responded to the conflict's events, issues and impacts and how they memorialised it as part of the British Empire. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781382547
ISBN
9781781382547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.29

hardcover. A study of the activities of violent republicans in Britain during the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, 1919-1923, including gunrunning and their campaign of violence, as well as the reaction of the authorities. Num Pages: 385 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781380260
ISBN
9781781380260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.99
€ 8.29

paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780195134179
ISBN
9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927051948
ISBN
9781927051948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBTM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395627
ISBN
9780888395627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

hardcover. Fumo illuminates the rich socio-economic history of twentieth-century Italy by following the cigarettes diffusion across class and gender boundaries, navigation of imperialism, Wars, Fascism, and 1970s protest movements to its eventual decline in recent decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795463
ISBN
9780804795463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.04

paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031479
ISBN
9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031433
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 14.00

hardcover. Num Pages: 967 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 70. Weight in Grams: 1202. Very good hardcover copy showing minor wear and age
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
McArthur & Company Ontario
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025558
ISBN
9781552783467
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. An eyewitness account of an eventful journey on an emigrant vessel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Very good copy showing minor shelf wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Mercier Press Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025397
ISBN
9781856350914
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

hardcover. This book provides a social, cultural, and political history of migration, ethnicity, and madness in New Zealand between 1860 and 1910. Series: Migrations and Identities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781381625
ISBN
9781781381625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 9.66

paperback. This work is a local study of wartime France under the Vichy regime that considers resistance and collaboration within the context of everyday life. Concentrating on the city of Nimes, it examines wartime reports, official departmental documents, local secular and religious newspapers and letters. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780271013275
ISBN
9780271013275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

paperback. Columbus undertook three voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. This book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780143122104
ISBN
9780143122104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 269.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
IG PUBLISHING United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977197231
ISBN
9780977197231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

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