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Regional & national history
Paperback. Providing an account of his travels, the author describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals. He recounts the history of Ireland's rulers, and tells stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. This work is written from the point of view of an invader and reformer. Translator(s): O'Meara, John. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780140444230
- ISBN
- 9780140444230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447606
- ISBN
- 9780140447606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186337
- ISBN
- 9780141186337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. This is the book that answers the question: Could Germany have won World War Two? Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304362080
- ISBN
- 9780304362080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. The story of the Ottoman Empire's struggle with the Portuguese for control of the sixteenth-century Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199874040
- ISBN
- 9780199874040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.38
€ 56.38
Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224418
- ISBN
- 9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. In this succinct history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relationships. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879270
- ISBN
- 9781848879270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
Hardcover. Discover the fascinating lives of the figures that have shaped Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Explore the rich history of the island's cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Editor(s): Lysaght, Charles. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 205 x 41. Weight in Grams: 502. In dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0006943
- ISBN
- 9780008211516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A captivating re-examination of the Easter Rising, addressing the fundamental questions and myths surrounding Ireland's founding fathers Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 page plate section (colour/greyscale). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0007056
- ISBN
- 9781786070739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. This book is an irresistible insight into British attitudes towards the French and an interesting, timeless commentary on Anglo-French relations. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 107 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good illustrated cover. Inscription to previous owner inside cover
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0005218
- ISBN
- 9781851243358
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An account of wartime Greece, exploring the impact of Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. It seeks to offer a vividly human picture of resistance fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300089233
- ISBN
- 9780300089233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.18
€ 21.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. A gripping, superbly illustrated account of the political, social and cultural history of France. Series: Cambridge Illustrated Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 88 b/w illus. 118 colour illus. 51 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521669924
- ISBN
- 9780521669924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 30.16
€ 39.99
€ 30.16
Paperback. Series: The Princeton History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 halftone. 14 line illus. 18 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691173146
- ISBN
- 9780691173146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages b-w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471164910
- ISBN
- 9781471164910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Hardcover. Describes working-class militancy between 1917 and 1923. This book stresses large scale and considerable impact of mass action and labor activism, challenging traditional interpretations that focus almost exclusively on the role of armed groups. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594 258pp. Second edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184486
- ISBN
- 9781859184486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardcover. WEXFORD Billy Colfer's Wexford Castles expands the IRISH LANDSCAPES series by taking a thematic approach, while still staying loyal to the central landscape focus. Rather than adapting a narrowly architectural approach, he situates these buildings in a superbly reconstructed historical, social, and cultural milieu. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AMKL; HBJD1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 301 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184936
- ISBN
- 9781859184936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. A sequel to "The Flame of Thika" that takes up the author's story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. It describes her family and friends, their home and their travels, and the glorious wildlife and scenery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674553
- ISBN
- 9780712674553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489082
- ISBN
- 9780801489082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history. Editor(s): Seaward, Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199228171
- ISBN
- 9780199228171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.99
€ 18.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Presents an exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind. This book traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the lot of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. It analyses the birth of new attitudes to education, religion and science. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 57. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099558477
- ISBN
- 9780099558477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.46
€ 25.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. From early British colonisation to the Reagan years, this title captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress, it explores the period leading to Independence from the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - the good and the bad. Num Pages: 752 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140252552
- ISBN
- 9780140252552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 13.73
€ 21.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla. Editor(s): Woodman, A. J. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449488
- ISBN
- 9780140449488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil war, rape and murder were rife in the days, months and years after hostilities ended. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034515
- ISBN
- 9780141034515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Bowman, John. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034676
- ISBN
- 9780141034676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01