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Regional & national history
Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699940
- ISBN
- 9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
CD-Audio. Helps you explore the history of Germany from the origins of the Holy Roman Empire right up to the present day. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- BBC Physical Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910281468
- ISBN
- 9781910281468
CD
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.53
€ 34.99
€ 23.53
Paperback. This biography draws together inscriptional and literary evidence, as well as academic research, in order to examine the reign and politics of the emperor Hadrian. In examining both his private and public life, it touches on his building programme, the Jewish war and his personal relationships. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 line drawings, 38 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415228121
- ISBN
- 9780415228121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.85
€ 51.99
€ 50.85
Paperback. Brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140166675
- ISBN
- 9780140166675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. 336 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. A general historical introduction to the Muslims of Medieval Italy which presents specific information regarding social, religious, administrative, political, cultural, artistic and intellectual questions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRH. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight: 580.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620081
- ISBN
- 9780748620081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445098
- ISBN
- 9781904445098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.46
€ 21.99
€ 19.46
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107036628
- ISBN
- 9781107036628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. The lives of six women on the home front 1939-1945: the true history of what our grandmothers did in the war. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Six Women's Lives in the Second World War. 420 pages. Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, the author brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six ordinary women made extraordinary by the demands of war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017145
- ISBN
- 9781849017145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. This text documents the active history of the vast peasant rebellion against collectivization between 1928-1932. It reveals the manifestation in Stalin's Russia of universal strategies of peasant resistance in what amounted to virtual civil war between state and peasantry. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JFSF; JPWQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131048
- ISBN
- 9780195131048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.09
€ 120.09
Paperback. A colourful and lavishly illustrated history (fifty years in the making) of the Mediterranean's largest and most turbulent island from much-loved historian John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848548978
- ISBN
- 9781848548978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. A history of the Ottoman participation in colonial expansion in Africa in the last 20 years of the 19th century, this book turns the spotlight onto the Ottoman Empire's experiment in "new imperialism." Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDT; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804795142
- ISBN
- 9780804795142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.09
€ 118.09
Paperback. Arguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195085570
- ISBN
- 9780195085570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.11
€ 36.11
Hardback. The newest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series, The Republic for Which It Stands argues that the Gilded Age, along with Reconstruction-its conflicts, rapid and disorienting change, hopes and fears-formed the template of American modernity. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 928 pages, 97 hts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199735815
- ISBN
- 9780199735815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45
Paperback. Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 page black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026138
- ISBN
- 9780141026138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in the period of German history through key questions such as how was Germany governed, what was the extent of social and cultural change, and how effective was opposition? Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354680
- ISBN
- 9780198354680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
Paperback. A memoir that intends to revisit Bulgaria and the author's own muddled relationship to it, travelling back to the scenes of her childhood, sampling its bizarre tourist sites, uncovering its centuries' old history of bloodshed and blurred borders, and capturing the absurdities and idiosyncrasies of her own and her country's. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271243
- ISBN
- 9781846271243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.56
€ 15.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. When Christine Cuss (nee Pierce) was born in 1934, her doting father began a journal addressed to her. This book shows another side to the Second World War. It shows how the father chose his family, not least his only daughter, Christine. Editor(s): Cuss, Christine. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455549
- ISBN
- 9780752455549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. The first history of sport in Ireland, locating the history of sport within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. It studies the relationship between sport and national identity, how sport influences policy-making in modern states, and the ways in which sport has been colonized by the media. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784517
- ISBN
- 9780198784517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.93
€ 44.93
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.52
€ 53.57
€ 42.52
Paperback. Before the Second World War, Petersfield was a small Hampshire market town of around four thousand inhabitants. During the 1950s, '60s and '70s, however, its population began to expand quite rapidly, and major architectural changes took place. This book traces this transformation of the postwar years with reference to the political decisions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750941303
- ISBN
- 9780750941303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Hardback. 2nd volume in an ambitious series Detailed narrative of period of intense and dramatic military activity including Emperor Julian's fatal Persian campaign and the disastrous Battle of Adrianople. Analyses Roman armies, strategy and tactics and those of her enemies Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp plates, plus integrated b/w drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783462735
- ISBN
- 9781783462735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.14
€ 52.99
€ 46.14
Hardback. From a quarantine hospital to a juvenile drug treatment center to an uninhabited island of ruins-this magnificent photographic survey that brings North Brother Island to life. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 130 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257713
- ISBN
- 9780823257713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.98
€ 47.99
€ 42.98
CD-Audio. A title, that describes the events of 1900-1949 by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- BBC Physical Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910281758
- ISBN
- 9781910281758
CD
Condition: New
€ 67.11€ 47.97
€ 67.11
€ 47.97
paperback. This lively, meticulously researched account details the fate of Irish unionists outside Ulster from the era of Parnell through the early years of the Irish Free State. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; JPF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516545
- ISBN
- 9781843516545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.70
€ 15.00
€ 13.70