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Paperback. Ireland, World War One. Dashing Harry Heegan leads his football team to victory, arriving home in swaggering celebration before he grabs his kit and heads for the trenches. A nightmare world awaits, the men, reduced to cannon fodder, speaking in mangled incantations as the casualties stack up. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; DD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315185
ISBN
9780571315185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289932
ISBN
9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

Paperback. Using coal as a barometer of economic change, Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth addresses longstanding questions about North-South economic divergence and the role of state government in American industrial development, providing new insights for both political and economic historians of nineteenth-century America. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894008
ISBN
9780801894008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. The first five decades of the United States of America was a particularly rich time in the development of American politics, society, and culture. This reader includes over 50 documentary sources that highlight key topics during this period. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405160988
ISBN
9781405160988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.47

Hardback. Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson s life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship Features more than 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the pivotal events of the Age of Jackson. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444335415
ISBN
9781444335415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.81

Paperback. Stories of real-life bravery and courage-under-fire contribute to a unique and poignant record of a club created for heroes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0009803
ISBN
9780007452545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. In 1482 Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over 100 folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse interleaved with lavishly engraved maps. Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDT; 1QRM; 3JB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066489
ISBN
9780674066489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.82
€ 58.39

Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402833
ISBN
9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.88
€ 58.69

Hardcover. One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393285024
ISBN
9780393285024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Haas, Sebastian. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629480862
ISBN
9781629480862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.80
€ 58.39

paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, 17, diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 249 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277385
ISBN
9780877277385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. Chronicles the Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. This book compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War-II in the shadows of fascism, surrender and American occupation. It shows that the focus on the nation can be understood only within a transnational context. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259447
ISBN
9780520259447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.66

Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099518013
ISBN
9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Brilliantly insightful analysis of Hitler's Germany first published in 1940, written by the author of DEFYING HITLER Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118895
ISBN
9780349118895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. A remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER. Translator(s): Osers, Ewald. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JMH; JMS; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Phoenix Paperbacks
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857998788
ISBN
9781857998788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and Nazism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126608
ISBN
9781842126608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

hardcover. Translator(s): David, Wilfred L. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Libris United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870352765
ISBN
9781870352765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 48.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442277359
ISBN
9781442277359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.16

Paperback. Observers have been predicting the demise of China's Communist state since Mao's death. Yet policymakers have managed the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history. This book shows that many contemporary techniques of governance have their roots in experimental policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRC. Editor(s): Heilmann, Sebastian; Perry, Elizabeth J. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPA; JPFC; JPHC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060630
ISBN
9780674060630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Num Pages: 256 pages, over 380 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; AJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 316 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1832. A View from the Trenches on the Western Front. 256 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; AJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Dimension: 239 x 316 x 28. Weight: 1832.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330933
ISBN
9780764330933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.05
€ 46.67

Paperback. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282179
ISBN
9780520282179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.85

Hardback. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668. The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. Series: California World History Library. 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266872
ISBN
9780520266872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Hardcover. Hardback in very good condition. With dustjacket.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Ed. (U.S.)
SKU
KRF0039921
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The Anglo-German rivalry in battleship building at the beginning of the twentieth century has been blamed by many as a major cause of the First World War, yet 'the Great Naval Race' has not received the attention that its notoriety would merit. Editor(s): Epkenhans, Michael. Series Editor(s): Jones, Dr. Ben. Num Pages: 558 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472440938
ISBN
9781472440938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.14

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