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Paperback. A study of the Russo-Japanese War. It explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere before World War I. It also demonstrates how Japan emerged from this conflict as a Great Power. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764467
ISBN
9781841764467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Offering an up-to-date historical perspective which should enable readers to fathom how the brutal massacres of 800,000 Rwandese came to pass in 1994, this volume includes a new chapter that brings the analysis up to the end of 1996. Num Pages: 424 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653721
ISBN
9781850653721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294567
ISBN
9781910294567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Hardcover. American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. This work identifies the forces and explains the events that reformed the college curriculum during this era. It also examines how the study of science became detached from theological considerations. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015569
ISBN
9780691015569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.15
€ 68.15

paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485244
ISBN
9780801485244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.34

Hardcover. This study ranges across the 19th century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists. These are examined in the context of such phenomena as: slavery; class prejudice; republicanism; population growth; war; emancipation; and urban growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC95; HRCM; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319636
ISBN
9780820319636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.01

Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598553
ISBN
9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.24

Hardback. This historical study focuses on Leon Trotsky's efforts to create a military intelligence operation of global significance and his subsequent efforts to recreate earlier success. It features material on Mexican sources and the players in the various assassination plots against him. Num Pages: 450 pages, graphs, maps, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572921245
ISBN
9781572921245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.66

Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Sudhir Hazareesingh vividly reconstructs the symbolic richness and political complexity of the Saint-Napoleon festivities in a work that opens up broader questions about the nature of the French state, unity and lines of fracture in society. Num Pages: 322 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013414
ISBN
9780674013414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.28
€ 80.64

Paperback. Presenting the events of Salem's witch hysteria in 1692 and 1693 in a chronological format, this authorative book makes use of previously unknown court records and documents. Num Pages: 752 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589791329
ISBN
9781589791329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.08

Paperback. In late 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft. This text examines what created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly 200 colonists and, for many, trial and incarceration. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700608591
ISBN
9780700608591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback. Ypres today is an international 'Town of Peace'. But in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500 day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil's nursery. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b+w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472124807
ISBN
9781472124807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A real-life story of archaeological detection, leading to a unique prehistoric hoard Series: Tempus History & Archaeology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 col pls, 13 figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
F First Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752414720
ISBN
9780752414720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardcover. In 1995, remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a Greek inscription, known as "The Salmakis Inscription". An international symposium was held where scholars offered their views on the inscription. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Num Pages: 237 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
237
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778388230
ISBN
9788778388230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067815
ISBN
9780252067815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.88

Hardback. This invaluable comprehensive index provides a key to the Gompers volumes. Editor(s): Albert, Peter J.; Palladino, Grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252037429
ISBN
9780252037429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750955898
ISBN
9780750955898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones, 45 figures, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226514253
ISBN
9780226514253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.18

Hardback. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JP; MBNH2; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780252040610
ISBN
9780252040610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.55

Hardback. The true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He made the myth of Santa a reality to poor children, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 58 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; 5HC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493008445
ISBN
9781493008445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.62

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