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Hardcover. The aborted coup in Turkey has fired up interest in a country which will play a critical geopolitical role in the wars of the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMG; BGH; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538262
- ISBN
- 9781784538262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.38
€ 52.99
€ 37.38
Paperback. First published in English in 1995, with an introduction by Robin Kinross, this edition includes a foreword by Rich Hendel, who considers the contemporary thinking about Tschichold's life and work. Translator(s): McLean, Ruari. Num Pages: 286 pages, 110 b/w illustrations, 38 three-color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AKD; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250123
- ISBN
- 9780520250123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.34
€ 49.99
€ 36.34
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 12 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HRCC9; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295998275
- ISBN
- 9780295998275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083165
- ISBN
- 9780520083165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70€ 49.44
€ 62.70
€ 49.44
Hardcover. 112 unique works of compelling commentary by the who's who of Civil War writers from the New York Times' popular Disunion blog. Editor(s): Widmer, Ted; Risen, Clay; Kalogerakis, George. Num Pages: 464 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579129286
- ISBN
- 9781579129286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.53
€ 30.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. The author has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers' routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This book offers an original perspective on a key moment in British history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315260
- ISBN
- 9780571315260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
€ 14.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Looks at how newspapers and news-making practices shaped the representations of Native Americans. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTC; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252067389
- ISBN
- 9780252067389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226749457
- ISBN
- 9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 60.12
€ 70.98
€ 60.12
The Next Moon. the Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the...
Southby-Tailyour, Ewen; Hue, Andre
Paperback. Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042800
- ISBN
- 9780141042800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
€ 20.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. In his new preface, Ginzburg reflects on the interplay of chance and discovery, as well as on the relationship between anomalous cases and historical generalizations. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11, 3 black & white line drawings, 4 black & white halftones, 4 black & white illustratio. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409924
- ISBN
- 9781421409924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.79
€ 31.99
€ 26.79
Hardback. Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union the most prestigious student debating organization in the UK. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the debate, this book brings to life the events surrounding the visit, showing why Oxford invited Malcolm X, why he accepted, and the effect he had on the students. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279339
- ISBN
- 9780520279339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. This accessible volume looks at the centrality of the Nile to Egyptian history - how the people of Egypt have relied on it for food, irrigation, and transportation, how they have impacted on the Nile itself, and the place it has held in their culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus, col pls. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455068
- ISBN
- 9780752455068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408843567
- ISBN
- 9781408843567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. The acclaimed biography of the man who put Britain on the map Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 black & while images including 8 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715652268
- ISBN
- 9780715652268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.84
€ 17.99
€ 13.84
Paperback. The 19th century was Britain's moment as a world power, not only politically, but due to a vast range of activities and achievements. This book describes the force and complexity of that experience and to cover the political, economic and cultural history of the British Isles between 1815 and 1901. Editor(s): Matthew, Colin. Series: Short Oxford History of the British Isles. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 4KL; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198731436
- ISBN
- 9780198731436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198731351
- ISBN
- 9780198731351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
paperback. Offers new insights into the tumultuous history of the relations between China and Tibet at the start of the twentieth century Translator(s): Bisset-Buechel, Rebecca. Num Pages: 402 pages, 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9786162150166
- ISBN
- 9786162150166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838128
- ISBN
- 9781843838128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
paperback. First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Translator(s): Dunhill, Anne; Panizza, Letizia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505466
- ISBN
- 9780226505466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818787
- ISBN
- 9780753818787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. This book advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893666
- ISBN
- 9781861893666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.15
€ 30.15
Hardback. First full-length analysis of Norman military organisation in the Balkans: events, strategy, and tactics. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839217
- ISBN
- 9781843839217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. It is an invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Num Pages: 464 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099537441
- ISBN
- 9780099537441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.82
€ 12.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. The Norman Conquest was more than an English phenomenon, for Wales, Scotland and Normandy were all deeply affected by it too. This book encompasses these wider British and French perspectives to offer a fresh, clear and concise introduction to the events which propelled the two nations into the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405811552
- ISBN
- 9781405811552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98