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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In the late 1800s, "Arctic Fever" swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to stand at the North Pole. This book argues, was an activity that unfolded in America as much as it did in the wintry hinterland. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MTN; 3JH; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226214153
ISBN
9780226214153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

hardcover. With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a region so geographically removed from Americans, became an iconic destination for discovery. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MTN; 3JH; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226721842
ISBN
9780226721842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.69

hardcover. A fresh and surprising look at the American Civil War through pinhole camera photographs of sesquicentennial battlefield reenactments Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 267 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Countryman Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781581573800
ISBN
9781581573800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.20

Hardback. The 1977-78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive World Series. Dodgerlandis the story of those memorable teams as Chavez Ravine began to change, baseball was about to enter a new era, and American culture experienced a shift to the "me" era. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803249400
ISBN
9780803249400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.92

Hardback. During 1947 and 1948, almost half the population of Palestine left their villages and livelihoods. They were never to be compensated for their abandoned property, even though the UN and most other parties acknowledge their rights in this matter. This study explores this issue. Series: Institute for Palestine Studies Series. Num Pages: 520 pages, 99 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFFD; JFSL1; JPVR; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129787
ISBN
9780231129787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.57
€ 56.67

Paperback. Covered is the great variety of Soviet field artillery, as well as its use by German forces during World War II. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 100 b/w photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 280 x 3. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764301810
ISBN
9780764301810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. The truth about how the British treated its prisoners and internees during the First World War Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554791
ISBN
9781781554791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Before the First World War, Essex was a very different county from that which we know. The war opened up a new world for the people of Essex. This illustrated book sets out the experiences of the county and its inhabitants against what was happening in the broader theatre of war. It offers an insight into life for Essex folk in the World War. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJF; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451787
ISBN
9780752451787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. A follow-up to the "Frontline Essex", this book describes life in the county during the Second World War. It draws on written sources and interviews with people who lived through the war on the Home Front, as children or as adults. It includes subjects such as morale-boosting and fund-raising organisations, and more. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; HBW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750944137
ISBN
9780750944137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847170132
ISBN
9781847170132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. But the Famine did take place, and the ways Irish journalists found to tell the story of unprecedented horror conditioned the evolution of journalism, not alone in Ireland, but abroad. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468653
ISBN
9780990468653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

Paperback. Provides occasional articles about some of the places in the world that interested the author. He wanted to describe 'not the extraordinary but the ordinary, the typical, the everyday', and his accounts from a kibbutz in Israel to summer rains in Japan, bicycles in Cambridge to Notting Hill at the end of the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240906
ISBN
9780571240906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. This title reveals the true extent of how chemistry rather than military strategy determined the shape, duration and outcome of the First World War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953757
ISBN
9780750953757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350788
ISBN
9780764350788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.57
€ 45.29

Hardback. Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, travelling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. This study elucidates the tensions and the constant negotiations characterising the relationship between the imperial centre and Jiangnan, which straddled the two key provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024540
ISBN
9780674024540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.10

Paperback. From data on disparities between Brazilian whites and non-whites in areas of health, education, and welfare, it is clear that vast racial inequalities do exist in Brazil, contrary to earlier assertions in race relations scholarship that the country is a "racial democracy." This title explores the implications of this evident racial inequality. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002705
ISBN
9780691002705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

hardcover. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452727
ISBN
9780801452727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.10

Paperback. In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken. Drawing on hundreds of oral histories from eyewitnesses and veterans of the convoys, and research into the Russian Navy archives at Murmansk, the author retells of one of World War II's pivotal yet largely overlooked campaigns. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSR; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472811103
ISBN
9781472811103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

hardcover. Traces the links between the development of modern Egyptian identity and the burgeoning Islamic modernist movement from the mid-1870s until the 1910s. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758888
ISBN
9780804758888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Hardcover. First full-length exploration of the role of the Anglican church in the development of colonial Australia. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933280
ISBN
9780861933280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Paperback. A moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of the US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 that fought side by side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 16 page colour photograph inserts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Griffin Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250070296
ISBN
9781250070296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224418
ISBN
9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

hardcover. Presents a portrait of a modest man who simply refused to play by the rules. This book reminds us of the many ways human beings can resist evil. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224401
ISBN
9780823224401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.71

Paperback. Reprint of the successful volume in the Cambridge Topics in History series with a new full colour cover. Series: Cambridge Topics in History. Num Pages: 116 pages, 6 line figures 2 halftones 4 maps 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521317306
ISBN
9780521317306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.01

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