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Regional & national history
Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158212
- ISBN
- 9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.51
€ 26.99
€ 20.51
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DCF; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984459872
- ISBN
- 9780984459872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.62
€ 17.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. Collects the foremost aticles written about Jews and the Civil War in a single accessible volume Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D. Num Pages: 445 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771136
- ISBN
- 9780814771136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPA; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613140
- ISBN
- 9781442613140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardcover. The Irish Times literary editor Fintan O'Toole selects 100 objects to narrate a history of Ireland. Num Pages: 250 pages, colour illustrations, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Royal Irish Academy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908996152
- ISBN
- 9781908996152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 22.92
€ 30.00
€ 22.92
Paperback. Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140444483
- ISBN
- 9780140444483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
paperback. For the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary the Great War - which had begun with such high hopes for a fast, dramatic outcome - rapidly degenerated as invasions of both France and Serbia ended in catastrophe. This book shows the history of the Great War and the major events from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVH; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141042039
- ISBN
- 9780141042039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.87
€ 25.99
€ 17.87
Paperback. Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302372
- ISBN
- 9780230302372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.10
€ 60.10
Paperback. Powerful testimonies by Holocaust survivors Editor(s): Rubenstein, Joshua; Rubenstein, Joshua. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222671
- ISBN
- 9780253222671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 213 color and 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 43. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726611
- ISBN
- 9780292726611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardcover. A four-volume edition of Horace Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of King George III". It provides Walpole's text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence. Series: The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 137. Weight in Grams: 3178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300070149
- ISBN
- 9780300070149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.86€ 170.78
€ 218.86
€ 170.78
Paperback. * Challenges previous assumptions about the 1670s. * Based on and quotes a wide range of manuscripts, newsletters, correspondence, contemporary diaries, poems, plays and other documents and printed works. * Includes literary sources not only to enrich the coverage of the period, but for interdisciplinary approach to the period. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222538
- ISBN
- 9780631222538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Helps you discover what civil war, revolution and counter-revolution felt like from inside both camps. Num Pages: 624 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712660143
- ISBN
- 9780712660143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.53
€ 24.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. China's rise has now entered a new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable economic heft into a larger role on the world stage, challenging American supremacy. The author shows why China may struggle to unseat the West - its ambitious designs are provoking anxiety, especially in Asia, while America's global alliances have deep roots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718194628
- ISBN
- 9780718194628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451713
- ISBN
- 9780801451713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778671
- ISBN
- 9780804778671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. The first new account of the legendary Cockleshell Raid in over fifty years. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857382412
- ISBN
- 9780857382412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841761022
- ISBN
- 9781841761022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.67
€ 23.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1217.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905847075
- ISBN
- 9781905847075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC; WD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823447
- ISBN
- 9781933823447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.81
€ 59.15
€ 46.81
Paperback. Tracing the process by which an area seen as a war-zone was transformed by the actions of the Romans, this text examines the effects of imperial expansion, not only on those who were subjected to it but also on Rome itself, which was radically transformed by its experience as an imperial power. Series: A History of Spain. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209317
- ISBN
- 9780631209317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. In addition to concentration camps, World War II Germany was also home to 54 prisoner-of-war camps, the largest of which was Stalag IVB. This historical chronicle evokes the heartbreaking reality of day-to-day life in Stalag IVB, with firsthand accounts by the author and other veterans of the camp. Closing chapters detail the camp's final months. Num Pages: 296 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786424047
- ISBN
- 9780786424047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.07
€ 41.07
Hardcover. Volume 1 of this history ended with the chief and his followers dead on Flodden field. Volume 2 describes the Clan's recovery. Num Pages: 338 pages, Maps, genealogies, and 20 pages of plates (4 in colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902930183
- ISBN
- 9781902930183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 105.90
€ 118.30
€ 105.90