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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Series: Top Drawings. Num Pages: 24 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788364596964
ISBN
9788364596964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. Series: Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862819620
ISBN
9780862819620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.70

Paperback. Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3J; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011367
ISBN
9781847011367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.81

Hardback. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. Editor(s): Clemens, Raymond. Num Pages: 304 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217230
ISBN
9780300217230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. This work investigates three problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094922
ISBN
9780691094922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.32

Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262508
ISBN
9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0216157
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Hardback in good to very good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Focus
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
KRF0020669
ISBN
9781604330472
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study of Sir Maurice Oldfield's life that portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171625
ISBN
9780552171625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. The third volume in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD and brings us up to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935309
ISBN
9780340935309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473875715
ISBN
9781473875715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Wolf by the Ears provides students in American history with an ideal introduction to the Missouri crisis while at the same time offering fresh insights for scholars of the early republic. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6, 2 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416533
ISBN
9781421416533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 30-40 ills & diags, approx 15-25 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096313
ISBN
9781911096313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole during the years 1845-1877. Among them was Jim Hand from Bray, Co Wicklow. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BTH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845889456
ISBN
9781845889456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442605558
ISBN
9781442605558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. .
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485622840
ISBN
9781485622840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardback. An account of poor relief in Guernsey from the Reformation to the twenty-first century, incorporating a detailed case-study of the St Peter Port workhouse and an outline of the development of Guernsey's modern social security system. Num Pages: 356 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270408
ISBN
9781783270408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.76

Paperback. There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It considers themes in the history of discrimination. It provides analysis of proto-racism and prejudices toward particular groups of foreigners in Greco-Roman world. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125985
ISBN
9780691125985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.66

Paperback. A fine collection of rare contemporary and modern day images, many never before published of the Auschwitz Birkenau complex. Num Pages: 170 pages, 300 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AJCR; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473856875
ISBN
9781473856875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry is an invaluable guide to fourteenth-century knighthood. Translator(s): Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219098
ISBN
9780812219098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; DSBD; DSK; HBT; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441431
ISBN
9780801441431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

hardcover. A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration into the most glorious and world-changing maps ever made. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 336 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2200. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Third printing
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRA0003166
ISBN
9780316997669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. It covers topics that include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages. Num Pages: 448 pages, tables, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140138191
ISBN
9780140138191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Hardcover. Jews in America tells the story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States. Num Pages: 160 pages, 110 Colour, 10 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 998. Conquistadors, Knickerbockers, Pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel. 160 pages, 110 Colour, 10 B&W. Jews in America tells the story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Dimension: 258 x 230 x 21. Weight: 1004.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832225
ISBN
9781904832225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.79

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