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Hardcover. WEXFORD Billy Colfer's Wexford Castles expands the IRISH LANDSCAPES series by taking a thematic approach, while still staying loyal to the central landscape focus. Rather than adapting a narrowly architectural approach, he situates these buildings in a superbly reconstructed historical, social, and cultural milieu. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AMKL; HBJD1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 301 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184936
- ISBN
- 9781859184936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Hardcover. 343pp. Revised edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Irish Manuscripts Commission Dublin
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906865009
- ISBN
- 9781906865009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 58.15
€ 65.00
€ 58.15
paperback. Examines how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne. This title explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. It is a journey through Britain' bizarre history. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773966
- ISBN
- 9780552773966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. A sequel to "The Flame of Thika" that takes up the author's story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. It describes her family and friends, their home and their travels, and the glorious wildlife and scenery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674553
- ISBN
- 9780712674553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489082
- ISBN
- 9780801489082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0019537
- ISBN
- 9780801488108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. This title tells the story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3JB; HBLH; HBTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571298198
- ISBN
- 9780571298198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.90
€ 17.99
€ 12.90
Paperback. Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history. Editor(s): Seaward, Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199228171
- ISBN
- 9780199228171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Barack Obama's success in becoming President-Elect of the United States means he can change the face that his country presents to the world. In this book he discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some yellowing and minor foxing to pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KOC0005808
- ISBN
- 9781847670830
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind. This book traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the lot of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. It analyses the birth of new attitudes to education, religion and science. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 57. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099558477
- ISBN
- 9780099558477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.46
€ 25.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla. Editor(s): Woodman, A. J. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449488
- ISBN
- 9780140449488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. This title explains a compelling series of events. Num Pages: 1024 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141006147
- ISBN
- 9780141006147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.10
€ 25.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032016
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil war, rape and murder were rife in the days, months and years after hostilities ended. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034515
- ISBN
- 9780141034515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Bowman, John. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034676
- ISBN
- 9780141034676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141049083
- ISBN
- 9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141187426
- ISBN
- 9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141975283
- ISBN
- 9780141975283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.68
€ 24.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141976952
- ISBN
- 9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: ABC; ABK; ACK; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141977492
- ISBN
- 9780141977492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.73
€ 18.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Deals with human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. This title shows the surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and also features objects which characterise the world we live in today. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241951774
- ISBN
- 9780241951774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices of our age. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241959206
- ISBN
- 9780241959206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754262
- ISBN
- 9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.83
€ 91.83