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Paperback. In 1913 the shipyards of Britain were responsible for building half of all the world's ships; at the Clyde in Scotland at this time a new ship was launched every eighteen hours. This book looks at the subject's long history, from the Middle Ages through to the heyday of steam, providing a comprehensive guide to a transformed industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747807292
ISBN
9780747807292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Jean Bottero and his colleagues take the reader on a voyage of discovery into the public and private realms of the lives of our first civilized ancestors, looking at everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Translator(s): Nevill, Antonia. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613885
ISBN
9780748613885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. German railroading revolutionized warfare during 1825-1918 by getting more men, horses, guns, and supplies to the various battlefronts quicker and more efficiently than any other Great Power until the Allies discovered how to do it also, and sometimes better. In order to gain the advantages over their enemies, strict timetables had to be followed! Num Pages: 208 pages, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554241
ISBN
9781781554241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battle of Flodden. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780221366
ISBN
9781780221366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance and a segment of Italian history that has been largely neglected. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 508.
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007176441
ISBN
9780007176441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Originally published in English: London; New Brunswick, N.J.: Athlone Press, 2000. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; CFF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472507211
ISBN
9781472507211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.96

Paperback. The book ends with the 2003 OxyContin arrest of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, a cautionary tale about deregulation and the widening gaps between the overmedicated and the undertreated. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15, 11 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; JPA; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418407
ISBN
9781421418407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black & white plates, 90 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962353
ISBN
9780750962353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A Companion & Guide to The Wars of the Roses will appeal to those who find that visiting a historical site brings life and colour to the period. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752463360
ISBN
9780752463360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.48

Paperback. This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; LAFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306. 208 pages. This 2009 book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBJF1; LAFS. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight: 338.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521678735
ISBN
9780521678735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.49

Paperback. A book-length study about Seoul during the colonial period, that challenges conventional nationalist paradigms by revealing the intersection of Korean and Japanese history in this important capital. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 263 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293151
ISBN
9780520293151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLH; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695881
ISBN
9780748695881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.08

Paperback. Taking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 282 x 6. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997837445
ISBN
9780997837445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

Hardcover. This is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1000 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWG; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 303 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2304. 416 pages, 1000 illustrations. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. This is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWG; JWKT; JWL. Dimension: 303 x 225 x 31. Weight: 2310.
Publisher
After the Battle
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913891
ISBN
9780900913891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.42
€ 50.96

Paperback. The astonishing and bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416526247
ISBN
9781416526247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558616059
ISBN
9781558616059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Duffy, Sean; Foran, Susan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846822230
ISBN
9781846822230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 38.44

Paperback. Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History Prize, this book attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 34. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Separate
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399805
ISBN
9780141399805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763. Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614055
ISBN
9781442614055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Translator(s): Buk-Swienty, Annette. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DND; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252765
ISBN
9781781252765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752462240
ISBN
9780752462240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

paperback. Surveys the lives and beliefs of the people who made the Irish Revolution: linked together by youth, radicalism, subversive activities, enthusiasm and love. This title deals with argumentative, exciting, subversive and original lives of people who made a revolution, as well as the disillusionment in which it ended. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780241954249
ISBN
9780241954249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 Colour plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
Publisher
Medina Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339637
ISBN
9781909339637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book explores in depth the key political, economic, social and international changes which helped to mould Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses on key concepts such as government and opposition, class and cultural change, and covers events and developments with precision. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 264 x 12. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354642
ISBN
9780198354642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

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