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Regional & national history
Paperback. The destruction of the French army at Crecy in 1346 and the subsequent siege and capture of Calais marked a new era in European history. This book is about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, and it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020679
- ISBN
- 9780141020679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Hardback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192884
- ISBN
- 9781845192884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Series: The Second World War. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441771
- ISBN
- 9780141441771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. The study of the Civil War in the Western Theater is more popular now than ever before, and the center of that interest is the months-long Vicksburg Campaign, which is the subject of National Park Historian Terrence J. Winschel's book Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign, Vol 2, now in paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 images; 7 maps 7. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212488
- ISBN
- 9781611212488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Hardcover. Drawing on the discourses of psychoanalysis, evolutionary biology, and other fields of study that informed Richards Wagner's world, the author traces the influence of Gesamtkunstwerk and eroticism from their classic expressions in Tristan und Isolde into the work of the generation of composers that followed, including Zemlinsky, and Strauss. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226082134
- ISBN
- 9780226082134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. History of this ancient, turbulent, and geopolitically important city situated on the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930193
- ISBN
- 9781909930193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83
hardcover. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; KCZ; KFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9781403984265
- ISBN
- 9781403984265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; KCZ; KFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539796
- ISBN
- 9781349539796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardback. Through the lens of five generations of Thaddens, this book tells the history of Trieglaff, the village and family estate located in what is now western Poland, from Napoleon's occupation in 1807 to the Red Army's invasion in 1945 and until the departure of the last Thaddens in 1948. Translator(s): Barlau, Steve. Num Pages: 252 pages, 26 ills & figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459275
- ISBN
- 9780857459275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.73
€ 162.73
Paperback. The federated Iroquois tribes were essential to the British during their various colonial campaigns in eastern North America. This work looks at the material culture, social organization and religion of these people and tells the story of the many frontier campaigns they fought. Illustrator(s): Smith, Jonathan. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764900
- ISBN
- 9781841764900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.06
€ 21.99
€ 18.06
Hardback. A wide-ranging analysis of whether tribes and tribal identities are becoming more rather than less pronounced in the contemporary Middle East. Editor(s): Rabi, Uzi. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043458
- ISBN
- 9781849043458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Hardback. Traces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their lands to the outside world. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 303 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989945
- ISBN
- 9780295989945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.36
€ 141.36
Paperback. Traces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their lands to the outside world. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989952
- ISBN
- 9780295989952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Shedding new light on regional developments in class, race, and culture, this groundbreaking study is the first to consider all Native Americans throughout southern New England. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13, 11 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898198
- ISBN
- 9780801898198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.70
€ 50.70
Paperback. Examines the Soviet effort in the 1920's and 1930's to create a modern, socialist nation in the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan. This book argues that the focus on the Soviet state as a 'maker of nations' overlooks another vital factor in Turkmen nationhood: the complex interaction between Soviet policies and indigenous notions of identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCT; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127996
- ISBN
- 9780691127996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, this title explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280106
- ISBN
- 9780520280106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Contributors argue that the last hundred years have seen the way Europe imagines Natives shifting from exoticism to outright fantasy, mirroring the changing European perception of America itself. Editor(s): Mackay, James; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288813
- ISBN
- 9781137288813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Presents the story of the Beecher-Tilton scandal that shook American culture in the 1870s because the key players were such vaunted moral leaders. The book offers a tale of love, deception, faith and the indeterminacy of truth. It revises the conception of 19th-century morals and passions. Num Pages: 430 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259383
- ISBN
- 9780226259383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415618090
- ISBN
- 9780415618090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.04
€ 70.04
Hardcover. The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists is the culmination of seven years of research into the 1886 Haymarket bombing and subsequent trial. It not only overturns the prevailing consensus on this event, it documents in detail how the basic facts, as far as they can be determined, have been distorted, obscured, or suppressed for seventy years. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116603
- ISBN
- 9780230116603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31