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Regional & national history
Paperback. Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017648
- ISBN
- 9780141017648
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.47
€ 19.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystery to piece together the enigmatic history of this elusive world wonder. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black and white in-text illustrations and 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728849
- ISBN
- 9780198728849
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Condition: New
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. This volume provides an analysis of Christian mysticism during the 16th and 17th centuries, along with an application of the author's transdisciplinary historiography. It aims to reveal the "mystical" aspect of postmodernism's movement of perpetual departure. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100371
- ISBN
- 9780226100371
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.29
€ 48.99
€ 38.29
Hardcover. A provocative and contrarian work-filled with great lessons from history-that challenges the pervasive notion that America is on the decline. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404497
- ISBN
- 9780871404497
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.74
€ 27.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. "A bracing and intelligent reminder that, for all its woes, America remains extraordinarily dynamic, innovative, and resilient."-Fareed Zakaria Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408464
- ISBN
- 9780871408464
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.54
€ 18.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472916
- ISBN
- 9780801472916
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
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paperback. This volume offers a dispassionate strategic examination of the Vietnam conflict that challenges the conventional wisdom that South Vietnam could not survive as an independent non-communist entity over the long term. Series: Strategy and History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780714681917
- ISBN
- 9780714681917
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Condition: New
€ 79.85
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Paperback. Offers an analysis, which contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114811
- ISBN
- 9780691114811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610170956
- ISBN
- 9781610170956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.16
€ 32.99
€ 28.16
Paperback. During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the "myth of the Blitz". The author shows that this myth was not purely propaganda but was a deep-rooted, common conception of pastoral England and the perfect gentleman. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712698207
- ISBN
- 9780712698207
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.93
€ 33.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302. The Jacobite Army in 1745. 240 pages. The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight: 302.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627578
- ISBN
- 9780748627578
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.92
€ 37.99
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Hardback. The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627561
- ISBN
- 9780748627561
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Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.83
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€ 102.83
Paperback. Nine distinguished historians debunk the myth of the Lost Cause in an effort to replace falsity with truth. Editor(s): Gallagher, Gary W.; Nolan, Alan T. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222664
- ISBN
- 9780253222664
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.15
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The Mythical Indies and Columbus's Apocalyptic Letter: Imagining the A...
Elizabeth Moore Willingham
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; HBJK; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197001
- ISBN
- 9781845197001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.45
€ 148.45
The Mythical Indies and Columbus's Apocalyptic Letter: Imagining the A...
Elizabeth Moore Willingham
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; HBJK; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197018
- ISBN
- 9781845197018
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 58.43
€ 59.15
€ 58.43
Paperback. John Ashdown-Hill, whose research was instrumental in the discovery of Richard III's remains, explores and unravels the web of myths around Richard III. Num Pages: 248 pages, 44. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660103
- ISBN
- 9781445660103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.56
€ 13.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837614855
- ISBN
- 9783837614855
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
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Paperback. The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during WWII. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of wartime China. This book considers the post war treatment in China of the Nanjing Massacre and Japan. It examines how the issue has developed as a political and diplomatic controversy. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; GTB; HBAH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220072
- ISBN
- 9780520220072
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
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Hardcover. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531447
- ISBN
- 9781784531447
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 54.65
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Paperback. Discover the history behind the facts Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445646633
- ISBN
- 9781445646633
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Condition: New
€ 15.74
€ 15.74
paperback. Known collectively as the "Great War", for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. This title explores the cause and effects of the conflict, placing it in the context of the evolution of modern warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712607193
- ISBN
- 9780712607193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
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Hardback. The first truly global history of the Napoleonic Wars, arguably the first world war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBLL; JW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199951062
- ISBN
- 9780199951062
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.48
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Paperback. The Napoleonic Wars left their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways, not least from the radical social and political change they evoked in many countries. Examining the social, political, and institutional aspects of warfare in the Napoleonic era, Mike Rapport considers their significance and the legacy they leave today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, c.10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199590964
- ISBN
- 9780199590964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JHMC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175302
- ISBN
- 9780231175302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02