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Hardback. Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Number of pages
- 512
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Premium ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908402486
- ISBN
- 9781908402486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.10
€ 40.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Three times viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. This is Sidney's own account of his career in Ireland, last published in the mid-19th century. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181805
- ISBN
- 9781859181805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardcover. Which college was the first in the world to award a degree in jazz? Which state had the most drive-in movie theaters? Who was the first person to push a peanut up Pike's Peak with his nose? Who invented Frito Pie? This book describes achievements of Texans and their state. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 photos, bib. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653853
- ISBN
- 9780875653853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.50
€ 11.50
Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088481
- ISBN
- 9780674088481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.60
€ 54.04
€ 49.60
Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971462
- ISBN
- 9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.27
€ 48.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. Harris's Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 35 images and 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611213225
- ISBN
- 9781611213225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349300
- ISBN
- 9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.03
€ 53.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. The contributors to Braudel Revisited assess the impact of Braudel's work on today's academic world, in light of subsequent methodological shifts. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520373
- ISBN
- 9781487520373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.44
€ 42.99
€ 40.44
Hardcover. Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, is an interesting and controversial figure of the late Georgian and early Victorian British Army. It is said he commanded in more battles than any other British soldier of this period, save for the Duke of Wellington. Series: War and Military Culture in South Asia, 1757-1949. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 b/w illustrations, 10 maps maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294611
- ISBN
- 9781910294611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.23
€ 52.92
€ 41.23
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820667
- ISBN
- 9781842820667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.37
€ 10.99
€ 9.37
Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718579
- ISBN
- 9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.15
€ 42.15
Paperback. This is a systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852. The book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state. Editor(s): Barman, Roderick J. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723305
- ISBN
- 9780804723305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216974
- ISBN
- 9780300216974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Brazil is one of the largest economies in the world. Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know evaluates the progress that has been made to date in consolodating democracy and addressing the challenging institutional issues that are obstacles to a higher level of development. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; HBJK; HBL; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190224530
- ISBN
- 9780190224530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.31
€ 17.99
€ 17.31
Hardback. Brazil's Steel City presents a social history of the National Steel Company (CSN), Brazil's foremost state-owned company and largest industrial enterprise in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 tables, 5 figures, 20 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771689
- ISBN
- 9780804771689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030361
- ISBN
- 9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907396632
- ISBN
- 9781907396632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.05
€ 46.05
hardcover. An in-depth study of the changing patterns and fortunes of the provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c.1260 to 1536. The study of the food supply of late-medieval conventual households sheds much light on the wider process of decline and eventual collapse of direct demesne management and feudalism in the post-Black Death era. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Hertfordshire Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907396625
- ISBN
- 9781907396625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.30
€ 46.99
€ 38.30
Paperback. Employing a wide range of source materials literary and artistic responses to violence, memoirs, and first-person accounts from victims, perpetrators, relief workers, and diplomats, the author argues that the international answer to the inhumanity of World War I in the Middle East laid the foundation for modern humanitarianism and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JKSR; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279322
- ISBN
- 9780520279322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
paperback. A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618364
- ISBN
- 9780745618364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.50
€ 25.50