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Regional & national history
Hardcover. An evocative collection of wartime accounts, quotes and stories from the First World War. Chronologically ordered, from the day war was declared on 4 August 1914, through to voices from the front, women at war, the American perspective, and ending with Armistice on 11 November 1918. Editor(s): Anderson, Janice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754831853
- ISBN
- 9780754831853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.06
€ 9.99
€ 9.06
Hardcover. Investigates the historical, political and social factors that inspired and manipulated different identities for Persia and the Persians within Greece. This book offers insights into the role of Greek social elites and political communities in creating different representations of the Achaemenid Persians and their Empire. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 60 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647231
- ISBN
- 9780748647231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.80
€ 157.80
Paperback. Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HDDH; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546542
- ISBN
- 9780099546542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169026
- ISBN
- 9780691169026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.55
€ 53.57
€ 42.55
Paperback. Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812357
- ISBN
- 9780747812357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. This book recounts their exploits. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 maps, 65 photographs, chronology, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289956
- ISBN
- 9780803289956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. Suitable for historians of Europe, sociologists, political scientists, and those interested in French social history, this book demonstrates how French reformers grappled with social problems that are relevance and how they initiated a process that assigned to welfare state the task of achieving social cohesion within an industrialising republic. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JKSB; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327929
- ISBN
- 9780822327929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.92
€ 37.99
€ 33.92
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165181
- ISBN
- 9780231165181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.62
€ 85.62
Hardcover. In the late 19th century, Irish-American women were leading their ethnic group into the lower-middle-class occupations of civil service, teaching, and health care. Janet Nolan argues that the roots of this female-driven mobility can be traced to immigrant women's education in Ireland. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036591
- ISBN
- 9780268036591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Lindman, Janet Moore; Tarter, Michele Lise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487392
- ISBN
- 9780801487392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.62
€ 44.99
€ 39.62
Hardback. A study of the Russian Empire at the peak of its military power and success (1762-1825), this book examines how a country with none of the obvious trappings of modernisation was able to significantly expand its territory. It also examines questions such as how could a country lacking modernised structures sustain this level of military effort? Num Pages: 332 pages, 5 illustrations (b&w), 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275978716
- ISBN
- 9780275978716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.10€ 85.54
€ 88.10
€ 85.54
Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199733156
- ISBN
- 9780199733156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615486
- ISBN
- 9780691615486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.43€ 55.10
€ 71.43
€ 55.10
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642932
- ISBN
- 9780691642932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.57€ 134.37
€ 178.57
€ 134.37
Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812364
- ISBN
- 9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.84
€ 8.84
Paperback. Jacobs travelled to Holocaust sites across Europe to explore representations of women. She reveals how these memorial cultures construct masculinity and femininity, as well as the Holocaust's effect on stereotyping on grounds of race or gender. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851030
- ISBN
- 9781848851030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.01
€ 45.01
Hardback. This volume is the first full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, the largest group of ancient Roman sarcophagi to survive. Manufactured from the mid-second to the early fifth century AD, covering a critical period in Rome, they provide a rich historical source for exploring the social and cultural life of ancient Rome. Num Pages: 368 pages, 87 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199203246
- ISBN
- 9780199203246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.87
€ 217.87
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482199
- ISBN
- 9780801482199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.14
€ 46.99
€ 42.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HRE; JHM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164979
- ISBN
- 9780231164979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 46.89
€ 59.52
€ 46.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HREX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164962
- ISBN
- 9780231164962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 46.91
€ 59.52
€ 46.91
Paperback. First published by E.C. Temple in Austin, Texas, 1988. Editor(s): Humphrey, Janet G. Series: Women in Texas History Series. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623493660
- ISBN
- 9781623493660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.25
€ 30.25
Hardcover. A story of family, place, and time before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge paved over a way of life with a six-lane highway. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780938420842
- ISBN
- 9780938420842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 24.88
€ 25.00
€ 24.88
Paperback. After the man she defied her parents to marry died in 1866, leaving her alone on the frontier with their many children, Martha Maupin was torn between grief and relief after a difficult marriage. Lone mothers had few options in her day, but she took charge of her own dream and bought her own place. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762796014
- ISBN
- 9780762796014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.91
€ 18.99
€ 15.91
Hardback. Bringing together scripts, activities, and resources, this book has been compiled so as to offer intellectual and emotional experiences that students will long remember. The voices echoing dramatically from these scripted pages ring with both true and fictional stories of the Holocaust that we should not fail to hear. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836556
- ISBN
- 9780810836556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.73
€ 97.73