Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. An 1895 translation into English of a fourteenth-century Latin account of a journey to the Holy Land. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTP; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108061827
- ISBN
- 9781108061827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.65
€ 33.65
paperback. Tells the story of a national obsession. This title presents a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849906517
- ISBN
- 9781849906517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.73
€ 16.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? In this book, all these questions - and more - are answered. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571259540
- ISBN
- 9780571259540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the palace's assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238903
- ISBN
- 9780571238903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.85
€ 17.99
€ 12.85
Paperback. William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in triumph on the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227044
- ISBN
- 9780571227044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138831414
- ISBN
- 9781138831414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.28
€ 50.99
€ 49.28
Paperback. The renowned author of "The War Against the Jews" sets out to solve a historiographical mystery. Why has the mass murder of European Jews been overlooked or trivialized by historians throughout the world? In a forceful, outspoken work, Lucy Dawidowicz looks for explanations. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Cambridge MA
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674405677
- ISBN
- 9780674405677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.55
€ 40.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. Num Pages: 496 pages, 33 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300144239
- ISBN
- 9780300144239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardcover. The Galisteo Basin is an ancient seabed, site of volcanic upheaval. The fertile basin provided temporary hunting and farming grounds for wanderers, and then became the home of Pueblo people. This title presents the history of the Southern Tewa Pueblo Indian culture that rose, faltered, reasserted itself, and ultimately, perished in the Galisteo. Num Pages: 316 pages, 110 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 227 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135662
- ISBN
- 9780890135662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.14€ 47.56
€ 61.14
€ 47.56
Paperback. Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, 1920s America was a place of drama, tension and hedonism. This title presents a portrait of the era of invention and glamour. Num Pages: 389 pages, 4x4 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843547785
- ISBN
- 9781843547785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.64
€ 18.99
€ 13.64
paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473425
- ISBN
- 9780801473425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913185
- ISBN
- 9781439913185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.20
€ 34.20
Paperback. Originally published under the title: Servants: a downstairs view of twentieth-century Britain. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349801
- ISBN
- 9780393349801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. An original, authoritative look at the social history of the 20th century, brilliantly retold through the eyes of the household servants. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842706
- ISBN
- 9781408842706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.14
€ 21.99
€ 16.14
paperback. Takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24pp b&w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670920143
- ISBN
- 9780670920143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007213962
- ISBN
- 9780007213962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.25
€ 25.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. This is a collection of Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici's body of religious poems. Ranging from lyrics on the Nativity to dialogues between Christ and the sinner who kneels before him, the nine poems of praise included here are among the few such poems known to have been written by the woman. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; DC; HBJD; HR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808543
- ISBN
- 9780226808543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.27
€ 40.99
€ 31.27
paperback. First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Translator(s): Dunhill, Anne; Panizza, Letizia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505466
- ISBN
- 9780226505466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.68
€ 32.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Schott, Dieter. Series: Historical Urban Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138249523
- ISBN
- 9781138249523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. This is Operation Barbarossa as experienced by the soldiers of the 3rd Panzer Division and reported on the German homefront. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811712057
- ISBN
- 9780811712057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.53
€ 18.99
€ 16.53