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Regional & national history
Paperback. Sacred stones and stone monuments feature the world over and Ireland is no exception. Our landscape is dotted with them. This is a wonderful reminder of our spiritual past as some of these stones and monuments enter their fifth millennium. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HDD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892767
- ISBN
- 9781848892767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In words and images, this is a rich compendium about our relationship with trees, collating so many tree-related remnants of our pagan spiritual past and tree-related oral history into one place. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HRKP2; JFHF; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892774
- ISBN
- 9781848892774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242. The Woman Who Tried to Overthrow the Tudors. 256 pages, 47 illustrations. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608198
- ISBN
- 9781445608198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453076
- ISBN
- 9780801453076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142838
- ISBN
- 9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Examines the issues of gender and class in the teaching profession of late imperial Russia, at a time when the vocation was becoming increasingly feminized in a zealously patriarchal society. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363. Lacking dustjacket otherwise a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEC0000166
- ISBN
- 9780822985761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.86
€ 6.86
Hardback. Historiography suggests that European nations regarded the New World as an inassimilable "other" that posed fundamental challenges to the accepted ideas of Renaissance culture. This work presents an interpretation that emphasizes the ways in which the lands and peoples in Africa, Asia, and the Americas were imagined as comprehensible and familiar. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927121
- ISBN
- 9780813927121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.80
€ 79.80
Hardcover. Lieut Col Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet. This book reconstructs Waddell's life from sources such as letters from Marc Aurel Stein at the British Museum and Theophilus G Pinches, held at the University of Glasgow Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193157
- ISBN
- 9781845193157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.48
€ 130.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607892
- ISBN
- 9781904607892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266353
- ISBN
- 9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928937
- ISBN
- 9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780333677735
- ISBN
- 9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065163
- ISBN
- 9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.21
€ 148.21
Paperback. Even considering recent advances in the development of women's studies as a discipline, women remain underrepresented in the history and historiography of the Great Hunger. The various roles played by women, including as landowners, relief-givers, philanthropists, proselytizers and providers for the family, have received little attention. Editor(s): Kinealy, Christine; King, Jason; Reilly, Ciaran. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Cork Univ Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990945420
- ISBN
- 9780990945420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468615
- ISBN
- 9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.00
€ 13.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. The engaging lives that single women led in spite of (or perhaps because of) their "spinsterhood" Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076312
- ISBN
- 9780252076312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Hardcover. Details the rich culture and history of the country of Peru. Series: Brief History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816081448
- ISBN
- 9780816081448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.86
€ 190.86
Hardback. Linking the study of business and politics, this book reconstructs the debate over the development of the book trade in 19th-century France. It shows how publishers succeeded in transforming the industry from a tightly controlled trade into a free enterprise, with dramatic but paradoxical consequences for literature in France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CBW; HBJD; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035768
- ISBN
- 9780674035768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.42€ 60.01
€ 65.42
€ 60.01
Paperback. This excellent little book is a wonderful introduction to the story of the trial of the witches of Pendle in 1612. In a very lively and readable style, Christine Goodier provides a who's who of the events, as well as an interesting angle on the trials themselves. Num Pages: 144 pages, Monochrome. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156. A New Guide by Christine Goodier. 144 pages, Monochrome. This excellent little book is a wonderful introduction to the story of the trial of the witches of Pendle in 1612. In a very lively and readable style, Christine Goodier provides a who's who of the events, as well as an interesting angle on the trials themselves. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBJD1; HRQX5. Dimension: 157 x 158 x 10. Weight: 160.
- Publisher
- Carnegie Publishing
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874181774
- ISBN
- 9781874181774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995571
- ISBN
- 9780295995571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Willard, Sumner. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018812
- ISBN
- 9780271018812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.90
€ 46.99
€ 35.90
Paperback. Offers advice to women of various ages and levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. This work paints a picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a glimpse into the considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Editor(s): Lawson, Sarah. Translator(s): Lawson, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibliog , glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449501
- ISBN
- 9780140449501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. This book presents a truly coherent account of the Wars of the Roses. Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416. Politics and the Constitution in England, c.1437-1509. Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. 312 pages, 2 maps. This book presents a truly coherent account of the Wars of the Roses. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 20. Weight: 420.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521318747
- ISBN
- 9780521318747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 48.62
paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2BXK; DSB; HBJF1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138883871
- ISBN
- 9781138883871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50