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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Editor(s): MacSweeney, Tom; Dalton, Joe. Num Pages: 215 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360. 8vo. Very good clean copy in dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KEX0286637
- ISBN
- 9781848402560
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. A Brief History with Documents. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. 192 pages, Illustrations. This volume begins with an overview of the context, course and aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The documents in Part Two include 'official' sources such as royal edits and magistrates' reports, but also popular songs, polemics, and selections from memoirs and other eye-witness accounts and visual documents. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 8. Weight: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312413606
- ISBN
- 9780312413606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. On 5 July 2009 a metal-detectorist started to unearth gold objects in a Staffordshire field. Thus began the discovery of the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. This book delves into the story behind the hoard, using the research to fill previous gaps in knowledge and turn some of the original ideas about the discovery on their head. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714123424
- ISBN
- 9780714123424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.75
€ 9.75
Paperback. This reader gives students a clear route into the debate surrounding Stalin's Russia. Christopher Read takes students through the history of the Stalin years, covering the key points of his rule from the late 1920s to the post-war years, using post-Soviet articles. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963432
- ISBN
- 9780333963432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
€ 46.99
€ 39.20
Paperback. The second edition of an incisive account of one of the most dramatic aspects of 20th-century history. The collapse of the USSR, the end of the Cold War and the opening of the Soviet archives have transformed what is known about the events of the Stalin period and the historian's perspective. Series: New Frontiers in History. Num Pages: 166 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719063770
- ISBN
- 9780719063770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.73
€ 29.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590175804
- ISBN
- 9781590175804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Num Pages: 320 pages, over 340 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1790.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330957
- ISBN
- 9780764330957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.97€ 62.44
€ 64.97
€ 62.44
paperback. Fedwa Malti-Douglas reveals how The Starr Report exposed the cultural tendencies, desires, and taboos of Americans while it disrobed the most powerful man in the world. Fraught with assumptions about gender and sexuality, the report reflects a strategy to use Clinton's "body natural" to undermine his "body politic." Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119337
- ISBN
- 9780231119337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kirby, William C.; etc. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPHC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003675
- ISBN
- 9780674003675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.21€ 63.21
€ 65.21
€ 63.21
Hardback. The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental in scope that the key actors considered this new government to be a work of art framed from natural rights. The author explores these ideas and gives an account of the origins and meanings of the Constitution of the United States. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226761954
- ISBN
- 9780226761954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 78.49
€ 94.93
€ 78.49
Paperback. An atlas that features a visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. It provides information on China's wealth, growing unemployment, mass migration to the cities, and trade disputes. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; CBD; HBJF; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 9. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised and Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256101
- ISBN
- 9780520256101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Traces the dynamics of state-building in Juba, Southern Sudan 2005-2011, revealing how underlying ties of ethnicity and land dominated the actions of the various parties in post-conflict reconstruction and how these may continue to influence power and resource-sharing in the newly independent state of South Sudan. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; GTJ; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010940
- ISBN
- 9781847010940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Hardback. This book explores the revival under Edward VII of the ceremonial state visit by British monarchs, showing the impact and importance of active royal diplomacy during his reign. Using the Royal Archives, memoirs and newspapers, it reveals the contribution made by the use of ceremony and public display to popular appreciation of the monarchy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137548986
- ISBN
- 9781137548986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.71
€ 145.71
Paperback. In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the Instructing Attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa's history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780745800
- ISBN
- 9781780745800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.38
€ 15.99
€ 12.38
Paperback. In the mid 1800s, a group of High Anglicans formed the Universities Mission to Central Africa, bringing education, medical care and the Church to rural Africans. This work traces the mission's history and its lasting impact on public health care in South Central Africa. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26 halftones, 12 line drawings, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302829
- ISBN
- 9780226302829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.99
€ 48.99
€ 37.99
paperback. Presents one of the most dramatic archaeological detective stories of our time. Num Pages: 216 pages, 300 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD; VXA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780892815098
- ISBN
- 9780892815098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.16
€ 16.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782921114837
- ISBN
- 9782921114837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.71
€ 36.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? This book tells the story of the war - and those who fought it. Num Pages: 768 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029283
- ISBN
- 9780141029283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. Investigates American origin stories - from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153995
- ISBN
- 9780691153995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.87
€ 30.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. Ancient Egypt brought vividly to life by TV historian and one of the world's leading Egyptologists, Professor Joann Fletcher Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444785166
- ISBN
- 9781444785166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Tells the story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defences to the village as it is today. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 maps, 2 x 8pp b/w sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919048
- ISBN
- 9780670919048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
The Story of Guadalupe. Luis Laso de la Vega's "Huei Tlamahuicoltica" ...
Sousa, Lisa; Poole, Stafford; Lockhart, James...
Hardback. The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe has been an important element in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. This volume presents an English translation of the original Nahuatl on which the legend is based. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; HBJK; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734820
- ISBN
- 9780804734820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe has been an important element in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. This volume presents an English translation of the original Nahuatl on which the legend is based. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; HBJK; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734837
- ISBN
- 9780804734837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. Weaves a narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. This book is a mixture of history and travelogue, and a portrait of India. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846074608
- ISBN
- 9781846074608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91