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Hardback. Offers a collection of Thomas Jefferson's quotations. This book puts Jefferson's words in context with an introduction, a chronology of Jefferson's life, the source of each quotation, an appendix identifying Jefferson's correspondents, and an index. It is intended for the casual reader, but is also a reference work. Editor(s): Kaminski, John P. Num Pages: 624 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 40. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122670
ISBN
9780691122670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

paperback. No group is quoted - and misquoted - more often than America's founders. The Quotable Founding Fathers offers a compilation of some 2,500 quotes summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders. It mines into the founders' essays, diaries, letters, speeches, and sermons to extract all the nuggets that are significant to the history of the US. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574888294
ISBN
9781574888294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Presents an examination of those who survived Guatemala's civil war, and the mindset that helped them transform their society in the face of state-sanctioned terrorism. This book is drawn from interviews conducted in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716773
ISBN
9780292716773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

paperback. A title on South Africa's political transition reveals that far from it being a home-grown strategy, foreign diplomats and organisations were intensely involved in making South Africa's "miracle" a reality. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Edition
Illustriert.
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770090286
ISBN
9781770090286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

Hardback. Chronicles the Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. This book compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War-II in the shadows of fascism, surrender and American occupation. It shows that the focus on the nation can be understood only within a transnational context. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259447
ISBN
9780520259447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.66

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820124
ISBN
9781842820124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. An updated edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of the Queen: 'There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.' PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 54. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Diamond Jubilee edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007476626
ISBN
9780007476626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272040
ISBN
9780520272040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270664
ISBN
9780520270664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Paperback. The Middle Ages inherited a tradition of prophesy which, during those centuries, took on fresh vitality. This tradition foretold a millennium in which the world would be inhabited by happy people. This book tells the story of those millenarian fanaticism and points to their persistence today. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; HRCM; HRCZ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712656641
ISBN
9780712656641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141981147
ISBN
9780141981147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Hardcover. This new history of modern Japan covers its transformation from a small country on the fringe of international politics to the major world power it is today. Professor Tsuzuki traces Japan's pursuit of power, first by military and then by economic means, in this revealing history of the fastest-growing economic power of the 20th century. Num Pages: 562 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
562
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198205890
ISBN
9780198205890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 311.24

paperback. Explaining the extraordinary course of Italian history, this book traces the history of the Italian peninsula and gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking the influential myths which have grown up around it. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043418
ISBN
9780141043418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

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
€ 18.89

Paperback. Uses writings by Puritan authors, testimony from witchcraft trials, and selections from diaries to document Puritan attitudes toward religion, politics and culture. Editor(s): Heimert, Alan; Delbanco, Andrew. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674740662
ISBN
9780674740662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.31

Paperback. Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language, myth, and society, this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172416
ISBN
9780300172416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474828
ISBN
9780801474828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. The three Punic Wars lasted nearly 100 years, from 264BC to 146BC. They represented a struggle in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome, bent on imperial conquest, and the great maritime power of Carthage. This is a comprehensive account of a complicated historical period. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763552
ISBN
9781841763552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Hardback. Italian sermons tell a story of the Reformation that credits preachers with using the pulpit, pen, and printing press to keep Italy Catholic when the region's violent religious wars made the future uncertain, and with fashioning a post-Reformation Catholicism that would survive the competition and religious choice of their own time and ours. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7; HRCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072978
ISBN
9780674072978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 11 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGX; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC97. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454134
ISBN
9780801454134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.71

Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583969
ISBN
9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.74

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583952
ISBN
9780813583952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. Based on the television documentary series of the same name, the author charts the history of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBWQ; JPL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747538189
ISBN
9780747538189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. This wide-ranging study starts with an analysis of the late-medieval church, the book then charts the progress of reform and the impact of the Reformation. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582070202
ISBN
9780582070202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.02

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