Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's conquest of Africa to an end. In defending its independence, Ethiopia cast doubt on the assumption that all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans, and opened a breach that would lead to the continent's painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JH; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503847
- ISBN
- 9780674503847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.87
€ 31.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. Nine Chicago stories involving strange new discoveries and connections Num Pages: 160 pages, 66 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764345098
- ISBN
- 9780764345098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; KNGS; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823219544
- ISBN
- 9780823219544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC2; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210797
- ISBN
- 9781902210797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of Soviet secrecy: how national security differs from the private sort, and how this secrecy influences information policy, both domestic and international. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349064793
- ISBN
- 9781349064793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
Paperback. Transcribed from an early manuscript copy and supplemented by correspondence and contemporary assessments, Narcissus Marsh's recollections illuminate a lost spiritual world. Their publication marks the tercentenary of the famous Dublin library which bears his name. Editor(s): Gillespie, Raymond; Fitzpatrick, David. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183380
- ISBN
- 9781859183380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, over 600 photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1634. 336 pages, Over 600 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 290 x 222 x 27. Weight: 1610.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409097
- ISBN
- 9780887409097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.16€ 39.78
€ 54.16
€ 39.78
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DNS; HBJD; JPA; JPS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652641
- ISBN
- 9780691652641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.04
€ 158.04
Paperback. Depardon grasps the light of Scotland as never before and sublimes the end of a working world Num Pages: 112 pages, 68 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JJPN; AJC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 298 x 48. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Editions du Seuil
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782021303629
- ISBN
- 9782021303629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 24.69
€ 34.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Murnane, Nadav Na'aman, Rodolfo Ragionieri, Raymond Westbrook, and Carlo Zaccagnini. Editor(s): Cohen, Raymond; Westbrook, Raymond. Num Pages: 330 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871030
- ISBN
- 9780801871030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. Starting at the 'September Revolution' of 1868 and going up to 1980, Raymond Carr explains much of modern Spanish history - often a strange mixture of advanced liberal politics imposed upon a conservative society. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 194 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801296
- ISBN
- 9780192801296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Hardcover. Presents an account of institutional transformation under extreme stress that balances Churchill's self-serving memoirs. This work demonstrates that what political leaders demand from their armies is less important than what those armies are designed to do - and that this oft-recurring disconnect lies at the root of wartime civil-military tension. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615124
- ISBN
- 9780700615124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.05
€ 78.05
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPSN; LAB; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624082
- ISBN
- 9780691624082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
hardcover. Rather than envision themselves as agents of state-sponsored repression, the royal book censors of eighteenth-century France wished, through their reports and decisions, to guide the literary traffic of the Enlightenment and expand public awareness of progressive thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763592
- ISBN
- 9780804763592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.95
€ 81.95
Paperback. This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the "Panzer Graf" (Armoured Count). An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leignitz, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004327
- ISBN
- 9781612004327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.64
€ 21.99
€ 21.64
paperback. This is the true story of the massive thirty-year cover-up that followed the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780815411208
- ISBN
- 9780815411208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.32
€ 20.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. This comprehensive exploration of the origins and development of family allowances offers inventive insights into Canada's welfare state and social policy over the past half century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774815727
- ISBN
- 9780774815727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. The main objective of this overview is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been a continual process of negotiation and a need for compromise which has enabled Canada to develop into arguably one of the most successful and pluralistic countries in the world. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442635579
- ISBN
- 9781442635579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.30
€ 48.99
€ 44.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 black and white halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199754311
- ISBN
- 9780199754311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.57
€ 20.99
€ 20.57
Hardback. The author, the former Haitian ambassador to the United States, shares his first-hand insights and knowledge on events in Haitian politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628725407
- ISBN
- 9781628725407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.19
€ 27.99
€ 24.19
Paperback. Historian Rayford Logan was part of a circle of intellectuals at Howard University in the 1930s-1950s. In 1944, he gathered together essays by 15 prominent black intellectuals. The outspoken views expressed in the essays helped to set the agenda for the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Logan, Rayford W. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019648
- ISBN
- 9780268019648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Four Years With The Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal Of William Ray...
Ray, William; Herdegen, Lance J.; Murphy, She...
hardcover. Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306811197
- ISBN
- 9780306811197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.19
€ 46.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. English and Welsh Infantry Regiments Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 colour photographs, 355 b&w photographs, appendices, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Spellmount
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862271470
- ISBN
- 9781862271470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199754106
- ISBN
- 9780199754106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.12
€ 23.99
€ 22.12