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Hardback. Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today's battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JNB; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073043
- ISBN
- 9780674073043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.78€ 52.48
€ 56.78
€ 52.48
Hardcover. Brings the particular perspective of the geographer to the theme of 'colonial/early modern' (c. 1550 - c.1750) Ireland. Num Pages: 760 pages, maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 43. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183977
- ISBN
- 9781859183977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Hardback. Toronto, the Belfast of Canada explores the intolerant origins of today's cosmopolitan city. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646872
- ISBN
- 9781442646872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.77
€ 78.77
Paperback. Instigator of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and author of the Brezhnev Doctrine, which governed Soviet relations with the rest of Eastern Europe, Brezhnev was the last of the Cold War warriors. This "Seminar Study" provides an introduction to a key period in the history of the USSR. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582327191
- ISBN
- 9780582327191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.16
€ 48.99
€ 47.16
Paperback. A work of the author whose writings represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Based on a set of lectures, it also includes works such as "The Meaning of Truth", "Psychology", "The Will to Believe", and "Talks to Teachers on Psychology". Editor(s): Gunn, Giles. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HPC; HR; JFCX; JM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437355
- ISBN
- 9780140437355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Hardback. Months before crowds in Moscow dismantled monuments to Lenin, residents of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv toppled theirs. Risch argues that Soviet politics of empire created this anti-Soviet city, and that opposition from the periphery as much as from the imperial center was instrumental in unraveling the Soviet Union. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 12 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050013
- ISBN
- 9780674050013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 59.86
€ 65.07
€ 59.86
Hardback. A comparative study of Irish communities in a Canadian and an American city. Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Series. Num Pages: 540 pages, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 992. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 540
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773540958
- ISBN
- 9780773540958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.96
€ 133.96
hardcover. In 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan-the murder and emasculation of her lover. This detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the crime, and its aftermath steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130523
- ISBN
- 9780231130523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.67
€ 46.99
€ 33.67
Hardcover. D-Day Decoded Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, map on endpaper. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 90 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Pitkin Unichrome Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841653488
- ISBN
- 9781841653488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Paperback. Corporal Eric Gunton of the Royal Engineers, landed on Gold Beach on 8 June 1944, carrying his camera into the aftermath of battle. His photographs, though lost until 2005, are an evocation of life in Normandy in the months after D-Day, seen through the eyes of an Englishman who married a Frenchwoman and lived the rest of his years in France. Editor(s): Knappett, Gill. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Pitkin Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841651743
- ISBN
- 9781841651743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.10
€ 8.99
€ 8.10
Paperback. Based on interviews and personal experiences, this work includes images, including photographs by Corporal Eric Gunton of Number 32 Graves Registration Unit, who photographed the cemetery as it took shape. Editor(s): Knappett, Gill. Series: Military and Maritime. Num Pages: 32 pages, 41 b/w photos 4 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Pitkin Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841651767
- ISBN
- 9781841651767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.07
€ 8.99
€ 8.07
Paperback. On 12 June 1944, under brilliant sunshine and surrounded by a mass of shipping, Winston Churchill visited the small Normandy beach-head guided in a jeep by Montgomery and offshore by Admiral Vian in his personal launch. This book follows the great man's progress on that day. It contains many photographs. Translator(s): Fondart, Aude; Jordan, William. Series: Militery. Num Pages: 32 pages, 38 b/w , 4 colour images, 1 map;. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841652740
- ISBN
- 9781841652740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.10
€ 8.99
€ 8.10
Paperback. Omaha beach attracts over one and a half million visitors yearly, making it the most visited WW II battlefield site in Europe. This narrow strip of Normandy coastline was crucial to the successful outcome of Overlord - the largest amphibious operation in history - and to the WW II itself. This title presents the story of this area. Editor(s): McIlwain, John. Series: Military and Maritime. Num Pages: 24 pages, 18 Colour and 32 black and white pictures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841650968
- ISBN
- 9781841650968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.10
€ 8.99
€ 8.10
Hardback. This book explores the rise and decline of left radicalism in Scotland c.1872 to 1932. This book observes the response of Scottish artisans to legal restrictions on trade-union activities in the 1870s, trade union formation among the unskilled from the late 1880s, and the origins and impact of the Scottish socialist movement. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625178
- ISBN
- 9780748625178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.25€ 125.17
€ 130.25
€ 125.17
Hardback. Over the years, William Kentridge has built a world-wide reputation as a contemporary artist, known for his series of ten animated films created from drawings. This book include features that connects with smartphones and tablets. It brings a collaboration using the pages of the 1906 Cash Book of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Corporation. Series: The Africa List. Num Pages: 196 pages, 61 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AFF; AGB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1315.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857422057
- ISBN
- 9780857422057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.81€ 74.36
€ 88.81
€ 74.36
Paperback. Explore the fascinating history of Scotland in an easy-to-read guide Want to discover how a small country on the edge of Northern Europe packs an almighty historical punch? Scottish History For Dummies is your guide to the story of Scotland and its place within the historical narratives of Britain, Europe and the rest of the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118676158
- ISBN
- 9781118676158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
€ 25.99
€ 19.30
Hardback. This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624096
- ISBN
- 9780748624096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 114.08
€ 118.41
€ 114.08
Paperback. This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617883
- ISBN
- 9780748617883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.20
€ 37.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers who produced the first and suffered in the second Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748610853
- ISBN
- 9780748610853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.90
€ 41.99
€ 34.90
Hardback. The most up-to-date research in the period from the Anglo-Saxons to Angevins. Editor(s): North, William. Series: Haskins Society Journal. Num Pages: 222 pages, 19, 11 black and white, 8 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; GBCS; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546. Studies in Medieval History. Series: Haskins Society Journal. 222 pages, 19, 11 black and white, 8 line drawing. Editor(s): North, William. The most up-to-date research in the period from the Anglo-Saxons to Angevins. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; GBCS; HBJD; HBLC1. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836872
- ISBN
- 9781843836872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.22
€ 86.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 1264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 57. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 1264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099421764
- ISBN
- 9780099421764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195314359
- ISBN
- 9780195314359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.06
€ 36.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649306
- ISBN
- 9780691649306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.22€ 154.74
€ 207.22
€ 154.74
Paperback. The definitive history of the Modern Middle East, focusing on the past two centuries of profound change in the region. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 39. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813349800
- ISBN
- 9780813349800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.82
€ 77.82