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Hardback. Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346588
- ISBN
- 9781612346588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.65
€ 37.99
€ 33.65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346854
- ISBN
- 9781612346854
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
In March 1961, America's most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612347714
- ISBN
- 9781612347714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.39
€ 37.99
€ 33.39
Hardback. From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln's secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cameron (1799-1889) was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent political figures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348148
- ISBN
- 9781612348148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.88
€ 38.99
€ 34.88
paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint LLC United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024397
- ISBN
- 9781619024397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. Explores why the United States - counter to widely accepted wisdom in international relations theory - chose the course it did. In this book the author asserted that domestic political institutions and culture played a decisive role in preventing the mobilization of resources necessary to implement an expansionist grand strategy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161771
- ISBN
- 9781626161771
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Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring. A Season of Rebirth?...
. Ed(S): Villa-Vicencio, Charles; Doxtader, E...
Addresses the often unspoken connection between South African apartheid and the popular revolts of 2011 that dramatically remade the landscape in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. In this book, contributors shed light on a critical conversation about the desire for radical change holds the possibility of a new beginning for Africa. Editor(s): Villa-Vicencio, Charles; Doxtader, Erik; Moosa, Ebrahim. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161993
- ISBN
- 9781626161993
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Condition: New
€ 206.66
€ 206.66
Completely produced by students in the Purdue University Honors College, this book contains ten essays by undergraduate students of today about their forebears in the class of 1904. Two Purdue faculty members have provided a contextualizing introduction and reflective epilogue. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626710146
- ISBN
- 9781626710146
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Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback. A critical history of Israel's expanisionist politics that reveals how imperialist tendencies run the gamut from Left to Right. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316154
- ISBN
- 9780745316154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.43
€ 46.99
€ 36.43
paperback. 'Masterful .. (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.' Norman G. Finkelstein Comprehensive account of the last five years by leading Palestinian journalist. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745325477
- ISBN
- 9780745325477
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.39
€ 31.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. Translator(s): Sym, T.P. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JHBT; JPFC; JPVR; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813326160
- ISBN
- 9780813326160
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Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
Hardcover. This casebook is the most extensive collection of documents ever assembled for the study of one of the famous battles in history - the Battle of Crecy (1346). Editor(s): Livingston, Michael. Series: Liverpool Historical Casebooks. Num Pages: 458 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382646
- ISBN
- 9781781382646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.79
€ 193.79
Paperback. This unique collection of essays examines the many relationships that existed between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830. Editor(s): Bowen, H. V. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1QDB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993528
- ISBN
- 9781784993528
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Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. This study of the Plains Indians who fought against Custer's 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn describes and illustrates some of the individual Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors who fought there. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 247 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766669
- ISBN
- 9781841766669
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.49
€ 20.99
€ 17.49
paperback. A searing indictment of India's failure over the past 100 years to deal with the transportation of human excrement. Num Pages: 140 pages, photographs, list, map, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC; JFFJ; JFS; TQSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Zed Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842772676
- ISBN
- 9781842772676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Hardcover. Surveying an unusually wide variety of material, ranging from the Victorian triple-decker novel, to Modernist art and architecture, to Pop music and graffiti, this book suggests that the tube-network is a transitional form, linking the alienated spaces of Victorian England to the virtual spaces of our contemporary consumer-capitalism. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 colour plates, 4 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318597
- ISBN
- 9781846318597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.75
€ 141.75
Indonesia in Transition: Social Dimensions of the Reformasi and the Ec...
. Ed(S): Manning, Chris; Diermen, Peter Van
hardcover. Indonesia starts the millennium at a time of transition. This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of the social and political dimensions of reformation - poverty and income, environment and livelihood, civil society and legal institutions, and Islam and politics. Editor(s): Manning, Chris; Diermen, Peter van. Num Pages: 408 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856499231
- ISBN
- 9781856499231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.90€ 75.25
€ 82.90
€ 75.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFW; 3JD; HBJM; HBLH; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Australia Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781864711349
- ISBN
- 9781864711349
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.66
€ 32.99
€ 30.66
Hardcover. A general discussion of the Druze in the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Druze relationship with the State of Israel. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBJF1; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900369
- ISBN
- 9781903900369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Paperback. Julius Caesar was the most famous Roman who ever lived. His influence endures to the present day: in our 'Julian' calendar of 365.25 days, which he introduced; in the geographical entity we call France, whose boundaries he established; and, thanks to his 'invasion' of 55 BCE. This book seeks to explore the many facets of his complex character. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1 frontispiece, 8 figures, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675020
- ISBN
- 9781904675020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.59
€ 23.99
€ 22.59
Paperback. The 1880s were a critical decade for the Salish and Kootenai people of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The loss of the plains buffalo herds forced tribal members to look for new ways to support themselves. This book provides detailed descriptions of events that affected the Indian community in 1880s Montana. Editor(s): Bigart, Robert J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 photos, 10 images. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salish Kootenai College United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934594001
- ISBN
- 9781934594001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.80
€ 28.80
Paperback. St Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana was a bustling place in the 1890s. Here Indian students and parishioners learned skills and received spiritual consolation, even as the missionaries worked to undermine valuable aspects of Salish and Kootenai culture. This book offers a glimpse into life at the mission. Editor(s): Bigart, Robert J. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salish Kootenai College United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934594018
- ISBN
- 9781934594018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.74
€ 28.74
Hardback. An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 249 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBTK; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319221045
- ISBN
- 9783319221045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hanns, Maull. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JF; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322956002
- ISBN
- 9783322956002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.98
€ 69.98