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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. This book explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer insights into Roman social life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 color plates 122 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029092
- ISBN
- 9780691029092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.24
€ 54.99
€ 39.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Garcia Loaeza, Pablo (Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish American Literature and Culture, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University West Virginia University West Virginia University); Garrett, Victoria L (West Virginia University). Series: Latin American Originals. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTP; RGR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271065489
- ISBN
- 9780271065489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.46
€ 31.99
€ 24.46
Hardback. A sophisticated analysis of changing views of political virtue in the 18th century and the origins of the modern dilemma over probity and suitability for high public office Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208450
- ISBN
- 9780300208450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.88€ 62.74
€ 82.88
€ 62.74
Paperback. Covers every major accident on British railways between 1840 and 1957 which resulted in a change in railway working practice. This book reveals the evolution of safety devices and methods which came to make the British railway carriage one of the safest modes of transport in the world. Num Pages: 231 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KNGT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451060
- ISBN
- 9780752451060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.37
€ 20.99
€ 19.37
Hardcover. This volume redefines the origins of the 19th-century women's rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant feminist network existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Their pioneering work is shown to have fed directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent decades. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633823
- ISBN
- 9780333633823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.14
€ 181.14
Paperback. A historic Holocaust survivor's story: Two young brothers orphaned and separated by the Shoah. Translator(s): Berman, Shulamit. Series: Holocaust Remembrance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658797
- ISBN
- 9781445658797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.77
€ 18.77
Paperback. This book strips away modern myths about the Druids Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 b&w illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; HRKP2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425764
- ISBN
- 9780752425764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843410690
- ISBN
- 9781843410690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.33
€ 13.99
€ 13.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; ACBP; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798112
- ISBN
- 9780804798112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.04
€ 81.04
Paperback. Features reviews on book pages of national newspapers, and in history magazines. The author chronicles her five-year legal battle with David Irving that culminated in a sensational trial in 2000. In her acclaimed 1993 book "Denying the Holocaust", she called David Irving, "one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial". Series: P.S. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060593773
- ISBN
- 9780060593773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.02
€ 17.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book presents an account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches, particularly in Germany, as well as a deeper exploration of the psychology of witch-hunting in modern culture. Num Pages: 376 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119831
- ISBN
- 9780300119831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.86
€ 30.99
€ 21.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993498
- ISBN
- 9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.57
€ 26.99
€ 26.57
Hardcover. This work contains two narratives which together offer a portrait of how two German Jews came to terms with the changes in their lives brought on by the Nazis. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 325. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Translated
- SKU
- KAG0000614
- ISBN
- 9780810111813
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in slightly worn original cloth . Maritime History.The Sea.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- New York Knopf
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Edition
- Second Printing
- SKU
- KEX0254487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047822
- ISBN
- 9780674047822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.35
€ 33.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. Provides important clues to the need to protect and maintain windmills, the continued survival of which allows an insight into the historic use of renewable energy, the development of engineering, and the processing of grain, for flour and bread, as well as other essential products. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; TGBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806530
- ISBN
- 9780747806530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612932
- ISBN
- 9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.86
€ 41.99
€ 36.86
Hardcover. Richard Foss chronicles the evolution of rum from a raw spirit concocted for slaves five hundred years ago, to a beverage savoured by connoisseurs. Rum: A Global History features recipes for sweet and savoury rum dishes, obscure but delicious rum drinks, and many unusual illustrations of rum memorabilia. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 34 colour illustrations, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899262
- ISBN
- 9781861899262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Hardback. A detailed study of the domestic life of the early modern, non-elite household Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 324 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270415
- ISBN
- 9781783270415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.80
€ 113.80
Hardcover. An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, presented in a gorgeous package Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPN; MBX; MMD; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519110
- ISBN
- 9780500519110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.25
€ 33.99
€ 24.25
Paperback. In the first half of the 19th century, the safeguarding of the health of the enslaved workers became a central concern for plantation owners and colonial administrators in the Danish West Indies. This title explores the health conditions of the enslaved workers and the health policies initiated by planters and the colonial government. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763531719
- ISBN
- 9788763531719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.66€ 52.76
€ 68.66
€ 52.76
Hardcover. Using Japanese materials, including the letters of frontline troops and provincial newspapers, this book studies Japan's conflict with China between 1894-5, presenting the diverse experiences of soldiers and civilians, and assessing how war accelerated the modernization of Japanese society. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1994 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333555545
- ISBN
- 9780333555545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.84
€ 180.84
Paperback. Barrow-in-Furness grew from a tiny hamlet into the largest iron and steel centre on the world, and a major shipbuilding centre. This book draws together the memories of life on the Furness peninsula in Barrow itself, and Dalton and Askham, and the villages from a range of people. It includes photographs that capture the spirit of this unique area. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947435
- ISBN
- 9780750947435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Hardback. The Easter Rebellion 1916 was one of the first comprehensively documented political rebellions in the 20th century. A generation of revolutionaries left iconic photographs, manuscripts, personal notebooks, letters and political cartoons. This material is gathered together in a riveting exploration of this violent and tragic event. Num Pages: 264 pages, Colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892590
- ISBN
- 9781848892590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.62
€ 27.99
€ 21.62