Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. This title challenges the belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HRH; HRQM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115757
- ISBN
- 9780691115757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. On 22 February 2006, the main dome of the al-Askariyya shrine in Samarra was blown up. In the aftermath, sectarian strife between Shi'i and Sunni communities in Iraq and the wider region resonated around the world. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; AMN; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537449
- ISBN
- 9781784537449
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.55
€ 34.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. A penetrating study of the Holocaust in Ukraine Editor(s): Brandon, Ray; Lower, Wendy; Brandon, Ray. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222688
- ISBN
- 9780253222688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. An ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America: its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to reconcile tradition and modernity under the pressure of the ever-evolving American challenge. Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198778837
- ISBN
- 9780198778837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44
€ 59.44
Paperback. Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321996
- ISBN
- 9780822321996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.30
€ 31.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. The charming true story of four young women working in a glamorous department store in the 1950s. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGB; HBJD1; HBLW3; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751554960
- ISBN
- 9780751554960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. An irreverent take on the political life and times of Australia's twenty eighth prime minister, detailing a litany of questionable calls, miraculous blunders, and inexplicable mistakes. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JMG; HBJM; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 253 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760290542
- ISBN
- 9781760290542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.07
€ 25.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. Offers an account of the Protestant Reformation, reporting on the larger clashes between Protestants and Catholics, and also on events in the author's convent. This work provides a fresh perspective on struggles for religious and political power in sixteenth-century Geneva and a glimpse at early modern monastic life. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: BGX; HBJD; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226417066
- ISBN
- 9780226417066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Tells how the Shoshone-Bannocks made a meaningful choice between productive commerce and a more typical reliance on subsistence and wage labor. This case study challenges the view that Indians were ill suited to market-based pursuits and enhances our understanding of cultural persistence within the broader sweep of historical change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614028
- ISBN
- 9780700614028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.60
€ 73.60
Paperback. A detailed, objective analysis of China's historical relationship with Tibet Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1-2 maps,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989525
- ISBN
- 9780295989525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.43
€ 33.99
€ 33.43
Hardback. An analysis of China's historical relationship with Tibet. It illuminates issues of considerable importance in Chinese history and foreign relations: Sichuan's rise in importance as a key strategic area in relation to the complicated struggle between the Zunghar Mongols and China over Tibet. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1-2 maps,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989518
- ISBN
- 9780295989518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Hardback. * Graphic account of the siege of Brest during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa * Describes how the Red Army garrison held out against a German division Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590850
- ISBN
- 9781781590850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.55
€ 40.99
€ 34.55
Paperback. The full story of the most terrible siege in history when over a million people perished, illustrated by pictures recently released from Russian archives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366729
- ISBN
- 9780304366729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. A story of one of the greatest-ever battles, a few men under the Knights of St John against a huge Turkish armada, written as witnessed by a participating soldier. Translator(s): Bradford, Ernle. Series: First Person Singular. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33, 8 black and white, 25 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843831402
- ISBN
- 9781843831402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. 20 November, 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This work takes us through one of the momentous events in history, interviewing many participants in the siege and reveals the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1; HBLW; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034065
- ISBN
- 9780141034065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. A unique landmark oral history of D-Day on the Home Front, 6 June 1944, told through the voices of those who experienced it first-hand. Num Pages: 336 pages, Black and white integrated images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444787528
- ISBN
- 9781444787528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
paperback. "Farr's book assesses Horne's command style, his relationship with the Canadians and his dealings with the commander-in-chief; this is where the value of the book lies, and that value is considerable. Farr has plugged quite a considerable gap in the biographical writings of the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 ills, 23 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033477
- ISBN
- 9781906033477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.50
€ 40.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195338102
- ISBN
- 9780195338102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.06
€ 45.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190218423
- ISBN
- 9780190218423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89