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Regional & national history
Paperback. A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also includes a chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189353
- ISBN
- 9780300189353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 maps + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223484
- ISBN
- 9780300223484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.58
€ 12.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. KERRY The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas provides readers with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it. It explores the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Editor(s): Crowley, John; Sheehan, John. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 244 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2682 495pp Another extraordinary volume in the Cultural Atlas Series published by Cork University Press, this one is on the Iveragh Peninsula, popularly known as the Ring of Kerry
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184301
- ISBN
- 9781859184301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 45.48
€ 59.00
€ 45.48
Paperback. A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001983
- ISBN
- 9780753820766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Victorian suburbs, now such a familiar element of the British townscape, were once building sites where armies of workmen converged to cover open land with streets of modest, comfortable houses. This title celebrates the work of the men who, plot by plot, translated surveyors' drawings and piles of materials into streets of dwellings. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, 60 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0002805
- ISBN
- 9780747810957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Warrior Dynasty spans the period from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. It deals with northern and Eastern Europe, overlooked by military writers in favor of areas viewed as having greater importance for military history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612002422
- ISBN
- 9781612002422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.00€ 30.79
€ 31.00
€ 30.79
Paperback. Eight essays by major authors who attempt to find out who read, published, or advertised what, when, and where from the European Renaissance on. Editor(s): Grafton, Anthony; Blair, Ann. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216677
- ISBN
- 9780812216677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Malaita traces the history and culture of a Pacific island from the 19th to 21st centuries through over 600 images drawn from the archives of the British Museum and public and private photographic collections around the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, 300 colour, 300 black and white. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBJM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861592012
- ISBN
- 9780861592012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.37
€ 79.37
Paperback. The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. Series: Cornerstones of Military History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887815
- ISBN
- 9781574887815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Stanton Atkins & Dosil Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980930436
- ISBN
- 9780980930436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.63
€ 27.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849089845
- ISBN
- 9781849089845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Lovell's classic account of the violence that has wracked Guatemala, from its roots in the colonial past to its aftermath in the twenty-first century Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, 27 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721838
- ISBN
- 9780292721838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardcover. Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. This book presents a tale of brutality, domination, and revolt, placing readers at the frontlines of the complex and history of the Russian civil war and the consolidation of the Soviet state. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943433
- ISBN
- 9780822943433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Paperback. Part of the 'Men and Battles' series, this book details Operation Goodwood. Num Pages: 84 pages, full colour plates and maps, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Histoire & Collections France
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352500391
- ISBN
- 9782352500391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.57
€ 20.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Griffith, R. Marie. Num Pages: 672 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195170450
- ISBN
- 9780195170450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.98
€ 138.98
Paperback. A masterly synthesis and summary of the present state of knowledge and debates on various aspects of warfare in medieval Catholic Europe between 300 and 1500 AD. It provides a general overview of the subject, with chapters on the theory of warfare, military personnel, buildings and equipment, and the practice of warfare by land and sea. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333763315
- ISBN
- 9780333763315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.15
€ 55.15
Hardback. This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena. Editor(s): Karlsson, Klas-Goran; Zander, Ulf. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781498518703
- ISBN
- 9781498518703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.05
€ 113.05
Paperback. In the second of his two-volume analysis of the Yom Kippur War, Simon Dunstan details the fighting in the Sinai, culminating in Operation Gazelle, the Israeli attack on the Suez Canal. Although defeated militarily, Egypt did ultimately succeed in forcing the Israelis back to the negotiating table. Illustrator(s): Lyles, Kevin. Series: Osprey Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48 colour & 48 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841762210
- ISBN
- 9781841762210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.50
€ 19.00
€ 15.50
Paperback. * One of America's greatest leaders tells his personal story - of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the centre of national events Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 40, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM; HBJK; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0003745
- ISBN
- 9780349123493
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. . Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW with light shelf wear and sticker to spine. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0003864
- ISBN
- 9781447251118
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 24.99€ 6.75
€ 24.99
€ 6.75