History: specific events & topics
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Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry. The authors explain how football transformed from a sport at elite boarding schools in England to become a pastime popular with the working classes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBS; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813227276
- ISBN
- 9780813227276
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Condition: New
€ 38.62
€ 38.62
Paperback. First English translation of this 19th century novel tracing the relationship between traditional Greenlandic life and the interaction with the culture of their Danish colonizers Translator(s): Johanson, L. S. Num Pages: 192 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- International Polar Institute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982915561
- ISBN
- 9780982915561
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Condition: New
€ 23.35
€ 23.35
Paperback. Analyzes the scientific work and social implications of the flourishing field of genetic history. In this book, the author examines genetic history's working assumptions about culture and nature, identity and biology, and the individual and the collective. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226154701
- ISBN
- 9780226154701
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. An account of feral children - those brought up with no human contact, sometimes raised by wild animals, unable to speak or perform functions we consider human. The book examines their lives and the experiences of those who "rescued" them, looked after them, educated them or abused them. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsimiles, portraits, 8 B&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571214600
- ISBN
- 9780571214600
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.64
€ 12.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859731260
- ISBN
- 9781859731260
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Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9789622096073
- ISBN
- 9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.94
€ 33.99
€ 29.94
Hardcover. Series: Contributions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780313236112
- ISBN
- 9780313236112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.85€ 51.57
€ 55.85
€ 51.57
Paperback. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645087
- ISBN
- 9780226645087
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.09
€ 48.99
€ 38.09
Paperback. Covering the Irish Sea Ferries from Liverpool, this title looks at the ships that sailed to Belfast. Covering Coast Lines, the Belfast Steamship Company and many others, this volume is of interest to those interested in short sea boats as well as locals in both Belfast and Liverpool. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442358
- ISBN
- 9780752442358
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.54
€ 26.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. 28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked Victorian England in equal measure. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BT; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571231911
- ISBN
- 9780571231911
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Winston Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared.. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571234783
- ISBN
- 9780571234783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? The author captures that season of glory in a book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline. It is the story of machines and men who flew them. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571247950
- ISBN
- 9780571247950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571311125
- ISBN
- 9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. "This collection of essays explores the emergence of economic societies in the British Isles and their development into a European, American and global reform movement in the eighteenth century. Its fourteen contributions demonstrate the intellectual horizons and international networks of this widespread and influential phenomenon"-- Editor(s): Stapelbroek, Koen; Marjanen, Jani. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346301
- ISBN
- 9781349346301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
Paperback. Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JHBA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190625146
- ISBN
- 9780190625146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
Paperback. In Treblinka Survivor, Journalist and author Mark S. Smith traces the life of a man who survived seven camps, and what he had to do to achieve this. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463711
- ISBN
- 9780752463711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.63
€ 19.63
Sheet map, folded.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mapseeker Archive Publishing
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844918171
- ISBN
- 9781844918171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Series Editor(s): Brown, Richard; Smith, David. Series: Cambridge perspectives in history. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG; JP; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521596657
- ISBN
- 9780521596657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.85
€ 25.85
Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Constable
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000025
- ISBN
- 9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99