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Paperback. Of the countries that remained neutral during the Second World War, none was more controversial than Ireland. This title unearths the motivations of those thousands who left Ireland to fight in the British forces. It shows how ordinary people tried to make sense of the Nazi threat through the lens of antagonism towards Britain. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398 496pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221066
ISBN
9780571221066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Hardcover. Provides a critical analysis of benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern European immigration. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854530
ISBN
9781479854530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry arrived in colonial America with a vast array of cultural baggage. This book shows how Freemasonry has contributed to a broader understanding of the multiple influences that have shaped religion in American culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287600
ISBN
9780520287600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. From Blenheim and Waterloo to 'Up Yours, Delors' and 'Hop Off You Frogs', the cross-Channel relationship has been one of rivalry and suspicion. This book tells the complex story of the relationship, from the beginning of the great struggle for mastery during the reign of Louis XIV to the second Iraq War and the enlargement of the EU. Num Pages: 816 pages, app 60 integrated maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951085
ISBN
9781845951085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Hardback. After the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to prevent more atrocities from happening in the future, and to stop the ones that are happening right now? This work tells the story of the successes and failures of the modern human rights movement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026230
ISBN
9780674026230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis Simpson Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Phoenix mass market p/bk
Condition
New
SKU
9780753827390
ISBN
9780753827390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.47

Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138015685
ISBN
9781138015685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 48.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752499741
ISBN
9780752499741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408859186
ISBN
9781408859186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215793
ISBN
9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns. Translator(s): Ordan, Dena. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, 22 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630630
ISBN
9780815630630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

Num Pages: 176 pages, over 200 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887409127
ISBN
9780887409127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante. It is perhaps the earliest example of history writing in English by an African ruler and is of compelling interest to all concerned with the production of indigenous historical knowledge in Africa. Editor(s): Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel Kwaku; Prempeh, Agyeman; Boahen, A. Adu; Lawler, Nancy; McCaskie, T. C.; Wilks, Ivor. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History. Num Pages: 236 pages, 18 plates; 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264157
ISBN
9780197264157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.58

Paperback. This study of the myth that sustained one of the most notorious dictators, delves into Hitler's powerful hold over the German people. In this work, Ian Kershaw argues that it lay not so much in Hitler's personality or his bizarre Nazi ideology, as in the social and political values of the people. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802064
ISBN
9780192802064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its eighty-six crewmen alive. Though some of the Flier's mysteries remain with the submarine beneath the sea, this title sheds light on the nature of underwater warfare and naval protocol. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124810
ISBN
9780813124810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.15

Paperback. Presents the social history of the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islam. This book covers the crucial formative period from the Abbasid Revolution of 750 to the Seljuq period of 1100. It draws on historical, legal and biographical material, recent genealogical works and a wide range of primary sources in both Arabic and Persian. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTG; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695843
ISBN
9780748695843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.08

Paperback. * A thoroughly researched full record of the first sustained bombing campaign in history. * Magnificently illustrated with contemporary photographs. * Of local and national interest. Num Pages: 191 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781592038
ISBN
9781781592038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

hardcover. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781846318481
ISBN
9781846318481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 6.49

Hardcover. This study places official discourse regarding urban amusement into the context of broader cultural understandings Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090912
ISBN
9780719090912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, over 100 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642. 168 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight: 648.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330995
ISBN
9780764330995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.72

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