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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. Jack Sheehan was one of eleven children born into an impoverished farming family on the Sheep's Head peninsula in southwest Ireland. Growing up in hungry times, he stayed on the farm all his eighty-three years. This book is illustrated with maps and photographs of early documents relating to his farm's history. Illustrator(s): Watson, Ciaran; Gralton, Danny. Num Pages: 244 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Atrium Cork
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955226113
- ISBN
- 9780955226113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 36.30
€ 39.00
€ 36.30
Hardback. In 1482 Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over 100 folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse interleaved with lavishly engraved maps. Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDT; 1QRM; 3JB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066489
- ISBN
- 9780674066489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82€ 58.39
€ 63.82
€ 58.39
Paperback. Stories of real-life bravery and courage-under-fire contribute to a unique and poignant record of a club created for heroes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0009803
- ISBN
- 9780007452545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson s life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship Features more than 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the pivotal events of the Age of Jackson. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335415
- ISBN
- 9781444335415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.81
€ 201.81
Paperback. This perspective allows a unique view of the development of an industrial society not just from the ground up but from the hearth up. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTK; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413570
- ISBN
- 9781421413570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.76
€ 27.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. The first five decades of the United States of America was a particularly rich time in the development of American politics, society, and culture. This reader includes over 50 documentary sources that highlight key topics during this period. Editor(s): Adams, Sean Patrick. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160988
- ISBN
- 9781405160988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.47
€ 42.47
Paperback. Ireland, World War One. Dashing Harry Heegan leads his football team to victory, arriving home in swaggering celebration before he grabs his kit and heads for the trenches. A nightmare world awaits, the men, reduced to cannon fodder, speaking in mangled incantations as the casualties stack up. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; DD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315185
- ISBN
- 9780571315185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.50
€ 13.00
€ 11.50
Paperback. In 1962 Sean O Se recorded 'An Poc ar Buile' with Sean O Riada and Ceoltoiri Chualann. It proved a huge success and resulted in seven wonderful years working with Sean O Riada and over sixty years of singing. This is his story. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2232942
- ISBN
- 9781848892538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Hard sell explores advertising in Britain in the 1950s and 60s through extensive new archival research in Britain and America, combining the study of business practices with analysis of television and press advertisements. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFDT; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719085376
- ISBN
- 9780719085376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. At dawn on March 2, 2002, the first major battle of the 21st Century began. Over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions flew into Afghanistan's Shahikot valley - and into the mouth of a buzz-saw. This book is suitable for fans of Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty, Chris Ryan, and Andy McNab. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBW; JWKF; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014579
- ISBN
- 9780141014579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
paperback. Explores one of the unresearched subjects of the First World War: the German bid for world power - and the destruction of the British Empire - through the harnessing of the Ottoman Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141047652
- ISBN
- 9780141047652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718199715
- ISBN
- 9780718199715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war's beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unleashed the war through policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072336
- ISBN
- 9780674072336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.33
€ 27.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. A vivid and original account of warfare in the Middle Ages and the cruelty and atrocity that accompanied it. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366958
- ISBN
- 9780304366958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. Explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and US documents, this volume examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886160
- ISBN
- 9781574886160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.49
€ 33.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 475 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612347127
- ISBN
- 9781612347127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Paperback. The true story of the 41,000 British soldiers who were left behind after the evacuation of Dunkirk, May 1940. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp B/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 50. Weight in Grams: 450. The Men They Left Behind. 528 pages, 8pp b&w plate section. Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300,000 BEF servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory gained from the jaws of defeat. This title reveals the story of the 40,000 men sacrificed in the rearguard battles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 50. Weight: 450.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845299774
- ISBN
- 9781845299774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War For Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118679999
- ISBN
- 9781118679999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.15
€ 27.99
€ 23.15
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 graphs, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175647
- ISBN
- 9780231175647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.57
€ 59.15
€ 46.57
Hardcover. Tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169880
- ISBN
- 9780226169880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10