Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. With characteristic balance, this book describes the long retreat and final dissolution of the British Empire. It traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 190 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290703
- ISBN
- 9780571290703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.34
€ 19.99
€ 14.34
Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290697
- ISBN
- 9780571290697
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.08
€ 17.99
€ 12.08
paperback. Celebrates Wales and things Welsh. This study it reflects the bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16pp b&w photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140274844
- ISBN
- 9780140274844
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.98
€ 20.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile, and they changed the course of Bohemian history in significant ways. This monograph documents this intense point of contact between two small European lands, Ireland and Bohemia, particularly those interested in Bohemia or the Irish diaspora. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DVK; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024626765
- ISBN
- 9788024626765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.66
€ 30.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051276
- ISBN
- 9781927051276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.27
€ 32.99
€ 22.27
Paperback. Turns cliches back into history by telling the life stories of the words that have served as our most powerful battle cries, rallying points, laments, and inspirations. This title features famous slogans and catchphrases that give voice to our common history even as we argue about where it should lead us. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JH; 3JJ; CBX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849690
- ISBN
- 9780226849690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.45
€ 20.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABC; 3F; 3H; DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456502
- ISBN
- 9781137456502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Paperback. Suitable for both believers and non-believers, this book presents a way to understand the Mormons. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252014178
- ISBN
- 9780252014178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921817519
- ISBN
- 9781921817519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Describes the terrors of the Soviet occupation of the lands that made up eastern Poland between the two world wars: the Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia. This title offers an analysis of the revolution that came to Poland from abroad which is based on hundreds of first-hand accounts of the hardship, suffering, and social chaos. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUB; 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded edition with a New preface by the author
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096032
- ISBN
- 9780691096032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. Poland suffered an exceedingly brutal Nazi occupation during the Second World War - close to five million Poles were killed. This book attempts to answer the question: How was anti-Semitism possible in Poland after the war? It argues that postwar Polish anti-Semitism cannot be understood simply as a continuation of prewar attitudes. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128788
- ISBN
- 9780691128788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. First published in English in 1995, with an introduction by Robin Kinross, this edition includes a foreword by Rich Hendel, who considers the contemporary thinking about Tschichold's life and work. Translator(s): McLean, Ruari. Num Pages: 286 pages, 110 b/w illustrations, 38 three-color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AKD; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250123
- ISBN
- 9780520250123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.45
€ 49.99
€ 36.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Muller, Jan-Werner. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349388172
- ISBN
- 9781349388172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300194128
- ISBN
- 9780300194128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.08
€ 21.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. For the fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall: The bittersweet memoir of a young East German woman, searching for her country and herself Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586485597
- ISBN
- 9781586485597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. This history of the women and men who worked on the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay tells the story of US-Cuban relations from a fresh perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255401
- ISBN
- 9780520255401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270439
- ISBN
- 9781783270439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
paperback. Offers a perspective on J R R Tolkien's Medievalism. This book explores how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. Editor(s): Chance, Jane. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415473484
- ISBN
- 9780415473484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442208766
- ISBN
- 9781442208766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.42
€ 27.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- unknown
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152363
- ISBN
- 9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.64
€ 36.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Perspectives on the strategies of imperial rule pursued by rulers, officials, scholars, and subjects of the Russian empire. This book explores the connections between Russia's expansion over vast territories occupied by people of many ethnicities, religions, and political experiences and the evolution of imperial administration and vision. Editor(s): Burbank, Jane; Von Hagen, Mark. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 b&w photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219114
- ISBN
- 9780253219114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001937
- ISBN
- 9780691001937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.85
€ 54.99
€ 39.85
Paperback. This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV's accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots' execution. At its heart is Scottish political life viewed from local and regional perspectives as well as the centre. Series: New Edinburgh History of Scotland. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Series: New Edinburgh History of Scotland. 400 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV's accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots' execution. At its heart is Scottish political life viewed from local and regional perspectives as well as the centre. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight: 624.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614554
- ISBN
- 9780748614554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Hardcover. Ten of Britain's non-royal Duchesses speak candidly about their role and their lives in the 21st century, an era when privilege is an unpopular concept Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Publisher
- BLINK
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905825851
- ISBN
- 9781905825851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77