Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414515
- ISBN
- 9781421414515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.76
€ 24.99
€ 21.76
When Rob Amberg first met Dellie Norton, she was 76 years old and had lived most of her life in the mountain community of Sodom Laurel, North Carolina. This work traces the relationship between them, years marked by the seasons of raising and harvesting food and by the gatherings of family. Num Pages: 192 pages, 134 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807827420
- ISBN
- 9780807827420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 50.38
€ 54.99
€ 50.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477928
- ISBN
- 9780801477928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.44
€ 34.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712368
- ISBN
- 9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Church. This study will interest historians of gender, sexuality and religion, as well as scholars of medieval history and culture. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFH; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226685069
- ISBN
- 9780226685069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. Explores the mysterious world of the tools Special Operations Executive used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; this book reveals about the tools that allowed the world of spying and spies to operate during wartime. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453293
- ISBN
- 9780752453293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420406
- ISBN
- 9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 195 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 288 x 19. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Military History
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351983
- ISBN
- 9780764351983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.08
€ 35.99
€ 32.08
Paperback. An expansive new biography of Sojourner Truth, charismatic preacher and activist Num Pages: 520 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBTS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 346 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078019
- ISBN
- 9780252078019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Paperback. A remarkable, controversial book about Germany's soldiers in the Second World War drawn from transcriptions of their secretly recorded conversations Num Pages: 448 pages, Integrated b-w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849839495
- ISBN
- 9781849839495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. A study of the differing views of the conscript based on evidence along the eastern border of France. The popular idea of the swaggering military folk-hero, a potent image for the peasant-conscript, contrasts with the elitist view of conscription as "the nation in arms". Num Pages: 408 pages, 54, 54 black & white illustrations, 54 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838432
- ISBN
- 9781843838432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.32
€ 34.99
€ 33.32
Paperback. The ill-fated Brave Two Zero mission of the Gulf War has become one of the most notorious episodes in military history. Several accounts of the story have already appeared in books, films and articles, but in this book the author now seeks to set the record straight and honour the memory of his three comrades who were killed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BG; BTM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840189070
- ISBN
- 9781840189070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; BTM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444743838
- ISBN
- 9781444743838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; BTM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0009418
- ISBN
- 9781444743838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, this text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848547162
- ISBN
- 9781848547162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 618 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375754210
- ISBN
- 9780375754210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023394
- ISBN
- 9781493023394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Hardback. Colored Troops, Union military strategy, and race relations during and after the tumultuous Civil War. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413594
- ISBN
- 9781421413594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.68
€ 48.68
Paperback. Colored Troops, Union military strategy, and race relations during and after the tumultuous Civil War. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413600
- ISBN
- 9781421413600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive oral history of the Iraq War. It presents the raw and vivid testimonies and recollections from combat veterans, family members, conscientious objectors, Bush administration officials, Iraqi leaders, and many others, forming a gripping and moving portrait of the war. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTD; HBWS5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601550
- ISBN
- 9780230601550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.16€ 59.56
€ 94.16
€ 59.56
Hardcover. This book offers the first encounter between labour history and military history, with an analysis of the working lives of nineteenth British rank and file soldiers in the context of a developing working class industrial culture and in its interaction with British society. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 266 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382783
- ISBN
- 9781781382783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.50
€ 138.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 39 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 308 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Schiffer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870336423
- ISBN
- 9780870336423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.12
€ 31.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. A fascinating study that uncovers an important aspect of the history of the American Revolution, this account reveals how the British Army that fought the American Revolutionaries was, in fact, an Anglo-German army. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926824123
- ISBN
- 9781926824123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.69
€ 30.99
€ 26.69
paperback. Larissa Taylor has examined over 1600 sermons given by the leading lay preachers in France between 1460 and 1560, and examines the social context of preaching and the sermon while reconstructing popular attitudes towards original sin, free will, purgatory, the Devil, the sacraments, and the magical arts. Series: Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 272 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085573
- ISBN
- 9780802085573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.01
€ 43.99
€ 41.01