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Regional & national history
paperback. Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. This book brings together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3H; HBJD; HBJQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140291155
- ISBN
- 9780140291155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.73
€ 14.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Viking Age England Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752428888
- ISBN
- 9780752428888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law, they shaped the histories of their actions Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHMP; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908457
- ISBN
- 9781439908457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Hardback. In this original and magisterial study, Spargo uses Levinas's work to approach our understanding of the suffering and death of others, and in doing so reintroduces an essential ethical element to the reading of literature, culture, and everyday life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883118
- ISBN
- 9780801883118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865065
- ISBN
- 9780226865065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.26€ 64.91
€ 77.26
€ 64.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Dror, Olga; Taylor, K. W. Num Pages: 290 pages, 17, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277415
- ISBN
- 9780877277415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772205
- ISBN
- 9780889772205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.20
€ 30.99
€ 26.20
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gerstel, Sharon E. J. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 504 pages, 131 color photos, 65 halftones, 10 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 221 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2072.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023906
- ISBN
- 9780884023906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.33€ 79.95
€ 84.33
€ 79.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972018
- ISBN
- 9780865972018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.65
€ 15.99
€ 12.65
Hardback. Offers a study of Vietnam's greatest and controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276284
- ISBN
- 9780520276284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.68€ 42.86
€ 54.68
€ 42.86
Paperback. Suitable for anyone with even a passing interest in one of the 20th century's defining conflicts, this title offers an accounts of 135 men and women that span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910129
- ISBN
- 9780091910129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.60
€ 30.99
€ 20.60
Hardback. Amidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. In this title, the author explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 748 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 748
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274150
- ISBN
- 9780520274150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39€ 64.45
€ 84.39
€ 64.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133105
- ISBN
- 9781848133105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.26
€ 37.26
Hardcover. The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War has been the most polarizing issue within post-war American history. It was divisive at the time, both domestically and internationally, and debates continue to the present day. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405125277
- ISBN
- 9781405125277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.82
€ 109.82
Paperback. Written by the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam, this title allows the reader a grunt's-eye-view of the conflict - from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands and the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807694
- ISBN
- 9781472807694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.68
€ 15.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Now in paperback: the extraordinary portrait of post-war Vietnam told by a journalist who covered the war and returned thirty years later to cover the peace Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586481834
- ISBN
- 9781586481834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.21
€ 25.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). This book provides a lens through which to understand the ARVN and South Vietnam's complex relationship with Americas government and military. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794678
- ISBN
- 9780814794678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. An illustrated guide to everything that Vietnam-era American GIs and their allies carried into battle. Will appeal to historians, modelers, collectors, and reenactors of the Vietnam War. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 25 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472819055
- ISBN
- 9781472819055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Hardback. This title provides a background on Vietnam. It focuses on the cultural and societal background of native Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Americans. Chapters provide anntations classified in categories such as history, culture and art, language and literature, business and economics. Series: Magill Bibliographies S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GBCR; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833173
- ISBN
- 9780810833173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.78
€ 130.78
Paperback. Isaacs reports and writes for those whose lives were changed by the war and for a generation that has come of age without memory of Vietnam but who nonetheless feels its shadow in the country they soon will lead. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863448
- ISBN
- 9780801863448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28