Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Praise for Mike Guardia: "..meticulously researched, with facts verified by exhaustive sleuthing..a fine work of investigative history."- Military Writers Society of America The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942, illuminating the white flags of surrender against the night time sky. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWDG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000657
- ISBN
- 9781612000657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.55
€ 43.99
€ 36.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294468
- ISBN
- 9781910294468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 black and white photographs; 6 line drawings; 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076664
- ISBN
- 9780252076664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfare. When it fell, its collapse redrew the map of the world and changed the course of history. Num Pages: 302 pages, 24 b/w photos, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974967
- ISBN
- 9781597974967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
Paperback. Offers the history of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia River Indians - the defiant River People whose ancestors refused to settle on the reservations established for them in central Oregon and Washington. This book traces the waxing and waning of Columbia River Indian identity from the mid-nineteenth until the late twentieth century. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990200
- ISBN
- 9780295990200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.66
€ 39.66
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Hardcover. Lienhardt discusses the tribal structure, relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns and the relationship between sheikhs and their subjects. His findings offer an understanding of the political system and the transition from the tribal to the class system. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948118
- ISBN
- 9780333948118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Paperback. We all picture Shaka as a lean, mean, assegai-wielding warrior-king, the military genius who founded the Zulu nation. In fact, we don't actually know when he was born, what he looked like, or exactly when he died. Series: Jacana Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770099623
- ISBN
- 9781770099623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.37
€ 14.99
€ 14.37
paperback. Thirteen months after Lt-Gen Romeo went to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he flew home broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. This book takes us on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, recreating the events the international community turned its back on. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478935
- ISBN
- 9780099478935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Did William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? This title explores the history of invented encounters between the poet and the Queen, and examines how and why the mythology of these two charismatic and enduring cultural icons has been intertwined in British and American culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128061
- ISBN
- 9780691128061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.84
€ 58.89
€ 46.84
Paperback. Most scholars agree that reading a play is absolutely unlike live performance, but everything else about their relationship beyond this premise has proven contestable. Focusing on the editorial and textual history of Shakespeare, this book navigates these debates by exploring how textual distortions enrich a play's performance potentialities. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493937
- ISBN
- 9781349493937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. This innovative book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Shakespearean theatre, presented in a series of imaginative readings of plays from every period of the playwright's career, from Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Taming of the Shrew to King Lear and The Tempest, mapping a new approach to ideas of the theatre as an institution. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524804
- ISBN
- 9780230524804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Garratt, Delia; Hamling, Tara. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002957
- ISBN
- 9781474222266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590633
- ISBN
- 9781137590633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.77
€ 100.77
Paperback. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292. 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations. From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's plays. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 170 x 191 x 10. Weight: 292.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714128269
- ISBN
- 9780714128269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442. Everyday Life in London 1580-1616. 304 pages, 128 illustrations, 29 in colour. Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Dimension: 128 x 163 x 23. Weight: 310.
- Publisher
- Amberley
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848682009
- ISBN
- 9781848682009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226445700
- ISBN
- 9780226445700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Num Pages: 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1342. 304 pages, 275 colour illustrations. Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 221 x 249 x 23. Weight: 1338.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714128245
- ISBN
- 9780714128245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447236801
- ISBN
- 9781447236801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. As the first major study of Shakespeare's Birthplace during the nineteenth century, Shakespeare's Shrine draws on extensive archival research to describe the invention of the Birthplace in the Victorian period, when the site was purchased for the nation, extensively restored, and transformed into a major tourist attraction. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; DSGS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223378
- ISBN
- 9780812223378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Presents a collection of some of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. This title includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation. Editor(s): Pollard, Tanya. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111935
- ISBN
- 9781405111935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.54
€ 158.54
Paperback. * A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. * Includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation. Editor(s): Pollard, Tanya. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111942
- ISBN
- 9781405111942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966124
- ISBN
- 9781403966124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. Mary Dyer (1780 -1867) was at the centre of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement when her husband and the Shaker authorities kept her five children after Mary left the sect. This title examines the life of one woman to explore broader themes about religion, society and gender in the 19th century. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; HRCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295035
- ISBN
- 9780312295035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11