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Paperback. Drawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a life so violent, so uncertain and so alien that it sets you apart from the rest of mankind. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523864
ISBN
9780099523864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. This is a guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872144
ISBN
9781784872144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Paperback. This account of the Great Fire of London explores its history and consequences, from the first small blaze to the long work of rebuilding. It also describes the human story of the fire and its aftermath - the panic and terror, the hunt for scapegoats and the rebirth of a city. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712668477
ISBN
9780712668477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. * The definitive history of the SS by an acclaimed expert -- out now in paperback Num Pages: 496 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117522
ISBN
9780349117522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349508105
ISBN
9781349508105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.18

Paperback. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 b&w illus., 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023032
ISBN
9780253023032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 b&w illus., 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022714
ISBN
9780253022714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.35

Paperback. For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. This title illuminates how World War I mobilized a generation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062054
ISBN
9780674062054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294567
ISBN
9781910294567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649115
ISBN
9780691649115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.68

Paperback. Including both traditional and contemporary arts, this book introduces the rich artistic traditions of the Pacific island chains of Polynesia and Micronesia, traditions that have had a considerable impact on western art in the twentieth century through the influence of artists such as Gauguin. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 125 illustrations, 100 in full colour. BIC Classification: 1M; ACBK; GTB; HBJM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842381
ISBN
9780192842381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Examines the Soviet effort in the 1920's and 1930's to create a modern, socialist nation in the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan. This book argues that the focus on the Soviet state as a 'maker of nations' overlooks another vital factor in Turkmen nationhood: the complex interaction between Soviet policies and indigenous notions of identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCT; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127996
ISBN
9780691127996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. Translator(s): Brown, Robert. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813221823
ISBN
9780813221823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347851
ISBN
9780936347851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Hardback. Iran's Revolutionary Guards are one of the most important forces in the Middle East today, but remain poorly understood to outside observers. In Vanguard of the Imam, Afshon Ostovar has written the first comprehensive history of the organization. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBW; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199387892
ISBN
9780199387892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 photos & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMGD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935677536
ISBN
9781935677536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926971001
ISBN
9781926971001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. "The Other Schindlers: Why Some People Chose to Save Jews in the Holocaust". Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459677
ISBN
9780752459677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Memoirs of Occupied France. 384 pages. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596745
ISBN
9780747596745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. When the author was born on a New Mexico cattle ranch in 1874, the term "Wild West" was a reality, not a cliche. In those days cowboys didn't know they were pic-turesque, horse rustlers were to be handled as seemed best on the occasion, and young ladies thought nothing of punching cows and hunting grizzlies in between school terms. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
3rd Printing
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258686
ISBN
9780803258686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27, 18 black & white halftones, 3 tables, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452314
ISBN
9780801452314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. Christianity changed the culture and society of Iceland, as it also did in other parts of Northern Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. One of the important areas of change involved the introduction of new rules on the legal requirements for marriage. This book explores the very gradual Christianisation of marriage in Iceland. Num Pages: 533 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 182 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
533
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345133
ISBN
9788779345133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Hardback. * Contains 34 original essays by leading experts in Post--1945 American history. * Covers society and culture, people and movements, politics and foreign policy. * Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. * Includes a book review section on essential readings. . Editor(s): Agnew, Jean-Christophe; Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223252
ISBN
9780631223252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.98

Paperback. * Contains 34 original essays by leading experts in Post-1945 American history. * Covers society and culture, people and movements, politics and foreign policy. * Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. * Includes a book review section on essential readings. . Editor(s): Agnew, Jean-Christophe; Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405149846
ISBN
9781405149846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.80

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