Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059110045
- ISBN
- 9789059110045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.13
€ 20.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. With characteristic balance, this book describes the long retreat and final dissolution of the British Empire. It traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 190 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290703
- ISBN
- 9780571290703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.34
€ 19.99
€ 14.34
Paperback. As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. This title tells an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290901
- ISBN
- 9780571290901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Between the Lines Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771130103
- ISBN
- 9781771130103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.11
€ 21.99
€ 21.11
Hardcover. A serious and persuasive questioning of the Serbs' reputation as children of darkness in the Yugoslav War, drawing upon conversations with Serbian intellectuals in their capital. "Illuminating and compelling."-John Scanlan, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia (1985-1989). Num Pages: 352 pages, M. BIC Classification: CBD; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630610
- ISBN
- 9781566630610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Paperback. A concise and illuminating account of the turbulent history, economics, and culture of Sudan, this timely book is essential for anyone who wants to know more about the complicated country and the changes to come with the independence of South Sudan in July 2011. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199764198
- ISBN
- 9780199764198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.20
€ 18.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSB; HBJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Witwatersrand University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144709
- ISBN
- 9781868144709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Did we "know" the gas chambers were there? Could we have destroyed them? For decades, debate has raged over whether the Allies could have intervened to save thousands of lives at Auschwitz. In this volume, a number of historians address these questions, revealing a complex dilemma. Editor(s): Neufeld, Michael J. (Curator and Historian, National Air and Space Museum, USA); Berenbaum, Michael. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612802
- ISBN
- 9780700612802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was the first helicopter designed from inception as an attack aircraft. Num Pages: 302 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886115
- ISBN
- 9781574886115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. While the Confederates relied on field fortifications and small gunboats in the fight for control of the Mississippi, the Union built a series of revolutionary river ironclads. This volume explains how these vessels worked, how they were constructed, how they were manned and how they were fought. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JWF; JWMV; TRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764443
- ISBN
- 9781841764443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.06
€ 21.99
€ 18.06
Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 552 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 193 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934211680
- ISBN
- 9780934211680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.77€ 81.00
€ 105.77
€ 81.00
Paperback. After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secret police to ferret out heresy. Thus began the infamous Inquisition. This title tells the story, taking it on into the 19th century and showing how the Vatican attempted to establish new authorities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140274660
- ISBN
- 9780140274660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023956
- ISBN
- 9780674023956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551642123
- ISBN
- 9781551642123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. Forgotten after the Reformation, churches were revived on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with many guesses and mistakes, resulting in numerous alterations. Part One surveys their history in England from Roman ties to the present day. Part Two is a list of all 800 ancient parish churches and religious houses in Cornwall and Devon. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, indexes, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HRCC2; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895163
- ISBN
- 9780859895163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Published in 1900, volume 2 of Oswell's (1818-93) biography includes his journey to the Crimean front in 1854-5. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781108032124
- ISBN
- 9781108032124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.05
€ 41.05
Paperback. Rethinking place and history in Northwest Africa Editor(s): McDougall, James; Scheele, Judith. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253001269
- ISBN
- 9780253001269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. Editor(s): Esdaile, Charles J. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403938268
- ISBN
- 9781403938268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556439094
- ISBN
- 9781556439094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Hardback. The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900. 256 pages, 16pgs of illustrations, 6 maps. * A complete and detailed account of a devastating South African conflict The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, and was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1HFMS; HBJH; JWLF. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000077
- ISBN
- 9781612000077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.70
€ 36.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. A study of the Greek Hoplite in the "Golden Age" of Ancient Greek civilization, from the victory at Marathon over Darius of Persia, to the rise of Alexander the Great. It covers the Greek warrior's weapons, armour, shield and helmets, and how he was recruited, trained and fought. Series: Warrior S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 12 colour & 55 b&w illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JWH; JWM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855328679
- ISBN
- 9781855328679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001678
- ISBN
- 9781612001678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.01
€ 43.99
€ 37.01
Paperback. Illustrator(s): O'Brogain, Sean. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 4. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849087810
- ISBN
- 9781849087810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Focusing on the Zhytomyr region and weaving together official German war-time records, diaries, memoirs, and personal interviews, this work provides an assessment of German colonization and the Holocaust in Ukraine. It shifts attention from Germany itself to the eastern outposts of the Reich, where the regime truly revealed its core beliefs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 illustrations, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBTQ; HBTZ1; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858639
- ISBN
- 9780807858639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.30
€ 53.30