Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late 1790s. Over the next thirty years, Shoe Boots and Doll lived together as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 h/t, 1 line, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285637
- ISBN
- 9780520285637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.71
€ 30.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. An account of survival is told by a Budapest lawyer who secured fake Christian identities for himself, his wife and his two children following the invasion of the Germans in March 1944. Translator(s): Tonkin, Humphrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951805
- ISBN
- 9781841951805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Through the use of color photographs, maps, and reproductions of original manuscripts, the author invites the reader to walk the streets of a city whose history mirrors the development of Christianity in Europe. He examines the history, culture, and spirituality of the Italian city of Siena, the City of the Virgin. Num Pages: 144 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316598
- ISBN
- 9781933316598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.89
€ 23.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. Includes text in English and Spanish. This work is the translation of Titu Cusi Yupangui's "Instrucion" - an account of the Conquest by the last indigenous ruler of the Inca empire. It features student-oriented annotation, facing-page Spanish, and an Introduction that sets this source in its cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208285
- ISBN
- 9780872208285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.19
€ 27.99
€ 21.19
Hardcover. Includes text in English and Spanish. This work is the translation of Titu Cusi Yupangui's "Instrucion" - an account of the Conquest by the last indigenous ruler of the Inca empire. It features student-oriented annotation, facing-page Spanish, and an Introduction that sets this source in its cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208292
- ISBN
- 9780872208292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.96€ 47.63
€ 60.96
€ 47.63
By tracing the varied role of women as producers and distributors of welfare during the period 1780-1930 in both metropolitan and provincial contexts, this collection argues that philanthropy predated, shaped and co-existed with the formation of the "classical" welfare state. It highlights the bias of gender and class in social work. Editor(s): Jordansson, Birgitta; Vammen, Tinne. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778383396
- ISBN
- 9788778383396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.13
€ 31.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. An introduction to Indonesia s history, culture, and politics, which brings together more than 150 selections, including journalists articles, explorers chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, and speeches. Editor(s): Hellwig, Tineke; Tagliacozzo, Eric. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 488 pages, 46 photos, 2 tables, 1 map, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344247
- ISBN
- 9780822344247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.85
€ 34.99
€ 33.85
Historic postcards of the great Victorian hotels, the U.S. Naval Training Station, the Emlen Mansion, the sinking ship Atlantus and more. Imagery and text trace this wonderful town's story, from nostalgic, sepia-toned past through its renaissance as one of East Coast's most popular, and distinctive historic resort towns. Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 color & b/w postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; WCS; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326783
- ISBN
- 9780764326783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
"100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth"--Front cover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; BGA; BGFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501124495
- ISBN
- 9781501124495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Hardback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350569
- ISBN
- 9780822350569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.27
€ 109.27
Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350743
- ISBN
- 9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774812900
- ISBN
- 9780774812900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.75
€ 36.99
€ 33.75
Paperback. Joan of Arc, born in Domremy in France in 1412, began to hear voices and, believing they were directives from God, followed them - to the French court, to battle to wrest France from the English in the Hundred Years War, and to defeat and capture. This book provides an account of her life. It also focuses on Joan's history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943420
- ISBN
- 9780750943420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. An intriguing account of Canada's role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774821223
- ISBN
- 9780774821223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Hardback. The first joint biography of President and Mrs. Hoover by scholars who have conducted extensive research into their lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275979966
- ISBN
- 9780275979966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 89.48
€ 99.67
€ 89.48
Paperback. He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. This title provides a view of Hitler's evolution and offers insights into his emotional and intellectual world. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532170
- ISBN
- 9780099532170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. A collection of ten seminal essays by Tim Mason on the history of National Socialism in Germany. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Num Pages: 372 pages, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521432122
- ISBN
- 9780521432122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 83.38
€ 99.67
€ 83.38
Paperback. The description for this book, The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914, will be forthcoming. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 356 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628141
- ISBN
- 9780691628141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.29€ 44.47
€ 56.29
€ 44.47
Paperback. A major re-examination of an important period in British history Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262. 232 pages, 15 Illustrations. A major re-examination of an important period in British history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 128 x 200 x 14. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608976
- ISBN
- 9781445608976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. A tale of triumph, tragedy and the tenacity of a nation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648194
- ISBN
- 9781445648194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13