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Regional & national history
Paperback. Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition and an early map of the underground. This title offers a perspective on one of the world's most exciting cities. Editor(s): Hall, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, Colour Throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 202 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- 9780141011592
- ISBN
- 9780141011592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.82
€ 38.99
€ 25.82
Paperback. A traveller's guide filled with anecdotes, maps and descriptions of the often-surprising connections between English and American culture. Num Pages: 295 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832386
- ISBN
- 9781904832386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.38
€ 26.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. The story of the brave and visionary men and women who fought to raise the age of consent. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour and b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956992
- ISBN
- 9780745956992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. This book is the first full length history of the all-female National Federation of Women Workers (1906-21) led by the gifted and charismatic Mary Macarthur. Its focus is on the people who made up this pioneering union - the organisers, activists and members who built branches and struggled to improve the lives of Britain's working women. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349441525
- ISBN
- 9781349441525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; HBJD; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289540
- ISBN
- 9780226289540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.04
€ 24.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409575
- ISBN
- 9781474409575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Hardcover. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, camp sites, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and related forms of cultural programming and consumption.. Editor(s): Giustino, Cathleen M.; Plum, Catherine J.; Vari, Alexander. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 figs. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456694
- ISBN
- 9780857456694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.65
€ 152.65
Hardback. Editor(s): Sarti, Cathleen. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy. Num Pages: 361 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319505220
- ISBN
- 9783319505220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.55
€ 171.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 3JB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477096
- ISBN
- 9780801477096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.93
€ 40.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812969870
- ISBN
- 9780812969870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. This title traces the processes of change which transformed Rome from a republic to a monarchy. It is suitable for academics working on the history of Rome and the Roman Republic. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619450
- ISBN
- 9780748619450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.99
€ 42.99
€ 34.99
hardcover. Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England-the lives of female saints-and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation, exemplarity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HRLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239867
- ISBN
- 9780812239867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.69
€ 92.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. New York
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459224
- ISBN
- 9780853459224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.87
€ 21.87
Hardback. Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these historical phenomena? Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 216 pages, 34 b/w photos, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450793
- ISBN
- 9781845450793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.67
€ 151.67
Paperback. Eric Rudsdale's role as a curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect opportunity to record life on the home front in his diaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458212
- ISBN
- 9780752458212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardback. This study of politics in early modern England uses the relations between provincial towns, the landed elite, and the crown to argue that the growth of connections, as much as of conflict, explains the development of early modern government. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 655.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735872
- ISBN
- 9780804735872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.14
€ 99.14
Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843245
- ISBN
- 9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. William Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of southern California's history. This biography of Mulholland challenges many of the prevailing versions of his life story and sheds light on the history of Los Angeles and its relationship with its most prized resource: water. Num Pages: 436 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGH; GT; HBJK; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 908. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000153
- ISBN
- 9780520234666
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Though blacks were not often seen on the streets of seventeenth-century London, they were already capturing the British imagination. In her exploration of this emerging black presence, Molineux assembles evidence ranging from shop signs, tea trays, trading cards, board games, and playing cards to song ballads and William Hogarth's graphic satires. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 17 color illustrations, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050082
- ISBN
- 9780674050082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86€ 59.90
€ 65.86
€ 59.90
Paperback. Focusing on the development of the Communist Party in Moscow between 1925 and 1932 and its ultimate assumption of absolute power. This volume examines in detail the political changes in Moscow, including the crisis over collectivization, and the organization strategy of the Party in Moscow. Series: Studies in Soviet History and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349210442
- ISBN
- 9781349210442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin and its sheer unexpectedness: an impregnable fortress which has repeatedly been devastated, a symbol of all that is Russian substantially created by Italians. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032351
- ISBN
- 9780141032351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468608
- ISBN
- 9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Parisian, Catherine M. Series: Penn State Studies in the History of the Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GL; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271037134
- ISBN
- 9780271037134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86€ 55.04
€ 65.86
€ 55.04
Hardback. Series: AsiaWorld. Num Pages: 260 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739165720
- ISBN
- 9780739165720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22