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Paperback. Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the continent. Num Pages: 480 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141299
- ISBN
- 9780349141299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. 'Jones spans all 1,200 years of Roman history with seemingly unstoppable enthusiasm.. Informative, casually erudite but engagingly unstuffy, he makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh' --Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times Num Pages: 416 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393900
- ISBN
- 9781782393900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. This book addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448572
- ISBN
- 9780752448572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. How Mair Thomas found herself at Bletchley Park trying to break the German Enigma Code. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956640
- ISBN
- 9780745956640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BTH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007542727
- ISBN
- 9780007542727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. An illustrated account of the conflict in Greece between the New Zealand infantry and German motorcycle troops, with appeal to those interested in the military history of New Zealand. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 21 col. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1MBN; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 185 x 7. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817105
- ISBN
- 9781472817105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Hardcover. Published for the first time in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words.Throughout this rare insight into what it was like for an 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BM; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719816543
- ISBN
- 9780719816543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. 3000 Years of Battles in the Holy Land. 312 pages, 32 pages of illustrations. Holy Wars describes 3,000 years of war in the Holy Land with the unique approach of focusing on pivotal battles or campaigns, beginning with the Israelites' capture of Jericho and ending with Israel's last full-fledged assault against Lebanon. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBW; JWLF. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight: 508.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001531
- ISBN
- 9781612001531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.51
€ 19.99
€ 19.51
Hardcover. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2498. 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight: 2486.
- Publisher
- British Library
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0002-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712358798
- ISBN
- 9780712358798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 41.96
€ 53.40
€ 41.96
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the key themes from more than 1,000 years of Scotland's fascinating history. Covering everything from the Jacobites to devolution to the modern economy, this concise account presents a fully-integrated picture of what Scottish society, culture, politics and religion look like, and why. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230792
- ISBN
- 9780199230792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Hardback. Gossip is one of the most common, and most condemned, forms of discourse in which we engage - even as it is often absorbing and socially significant, it is also widely denigrated. This volume examines fascinating moments in the history of gossip in America, from witchcraft trials to People magazine, helping us to see the subject with new eyes. Editor(s): Feeley, Kathleen; Frost, Jennifer. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442291
- ISBN
- 9781137442291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 65
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890364
- ISBN
- 9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.49
€ 37.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of Jansenism and Convulsionism in France. It provides biographical sketches of its key leaders, analyses their major writings, and highlights both the movement's internal conflicts and its struggles against Church and State persecution. Num Pages: 424 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195168
- ISBN
- 9781845195168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.70
€ 46.99
€ 41.70
Paperback. This is an introduction to the history of the ancient Near East during the last millennium bc: Phoenicia, Palestine, the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires, the Persian Achaemenid empire, the empire of Alexander, and the vast Persian Seleucid empire founded around 300 bc and defeated in 64 bc. Translator(s): Nevill, Antonia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617562
- ISBN
- 9780748617562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. The historic battle upon which the future of England, as we know it, swung Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549081
- ISBN
- 9781848549081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Reflecting the authors' masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era's complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414249
- ISBN
- 9781421414249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.78
€ 104.78
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rydon Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910821077
- ISBN
- 9781910821077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The bestselling account of the Battle of Trafalgar, by the authors of FINEST HOUR - 'A landmark book' - Observer Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830284
- ISBN
- 9780340830284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750952965
- ISBN
- 9780750952965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Paperback. This is a dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion, which seeks to act as a guide to the labyrinthine symbolic world. Nearly 300 entries describe the main gods and symbols, accompanied by illustrations, while two introductory essays provide accounts of Mesoamerican history and religion. Num Pages: 216 pages, 260 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; GBC; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500279281
- ISBN
- 9780500279281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Num Pages: 380 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 614. Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850. 384 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 maps 7 tables. A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3J; HBJD; HBJF; HBTK; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight: 604.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521168243
- ISBN
- 9780521168243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.30
€ 36.99
€ 35.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038839
- ISBN
- 9781594038839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.68
€ 27.99
€ 21.68
Hardback. The first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of what was, after all, a useful crime for the English state. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1K; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788904
- ISBN
- 9780198788904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.12
€ 181.12
Paperback. Istanbul's history has managed to retain its own identity. This book captures the flavour of daily life as well as court ceremonial and intrigue. It also includes a gazetteer of major monuments and museums. Num Pages: 432 pages, colour plates, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140244618
- ISBN
- 9780140244618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39