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History: specific events & topics
ISBN: 9781852174118Publisher: LangSyneImprint: LangSynePublished date: 01 Feb 2011Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 32Weight: 42gHeight: 100mmWidth: 144mmSpine width: 5mm..
8.40£
Here are the women whom time has forgotten; those who didn't make it into the history books and those whom society failed to uphold as significant figures in their own right. Finally, we shall know their stories. The recognised format of 'On This Da..
41.10£
Brand: North Atlantic Books
AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we ..
15.39£
Brand: University of Michigan Press
This volume collects original essays on Hungarian-German playwright and screenwriter George Tabori (1914-2007) and his remarkable contributions to the stage. Tabori, a Jewish refugee and a truly transnational author, was best known for his work in N..
110.76£
This archival, antique-style book is ready to become a hardcover heirloom, as soon as you use it to record and preserve family history notes and genealogy research. Use it alone or connect it with your favorite ancestry research system. Our Family T..
42.75£
Brand: Oneworld Publications
'Immensely learned and ambitious…seam-bursting eclecticism and polymathic brio… This is by any standards a significant book and its author deserves high praise.' Literary Review To imagine - to see that which is not there - is the startling abili..
18.11£
Brand: Bodleian Library
The University Archives was established in 1634. Based in the Bodleian Library, it is the institutional archive of Oxford University, holding records which span just over 800 years, documenting the University's activities and decisions throughout th..
39.95£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Throughout history, women (and men) have applied make-up to enhance, alter, conceal and even to disguise their appearance. Also, to a greater or lesser degree over time, cosmetics have been used as a visible marker of social status, gender, wealth a..
13.93£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now.Painted People is a beguiling and intimate look at an..
22.74£
Brand: The History Press
What are the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Why has it proved so intractable, and what are the implications of escalating tensions for both the Middle East and the world?The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the most..
19.80£
Brand: Whittles Publishing
A colourful tale of trade and travel in the little-reported post-colonial era in West Africa ISBN: 9781849950114Publisher: Whittles PublishingImprint: Whittles PublishingPublished date: 01 Apr 2011DEWEY: 916.60432DEWEY edition: 22Language: EnglishNu..
23.19£
Brand: Creative Media Partners LLC
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United St..
29.38£
Brand: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that people love parks As horizons shrank, we took stock. At first, a sense of panic set in: nowhere to go, nothing to do… Then we all went to the park, and we realized something: we need greenery - we c..
22.09£
Brand: Fonthill Media Limited
Passengers is a social history of Britain between 1790 and 1840. This is the period of the Napoleonic War and of rapid technological change and social tension. It was a contradictory age, simultaneously the elegant era of Jane Austen and the inspira..
27.48£
Brand: The History Press
The first Poor Law was enacted in 1601, and this system of social security, which was supposed to ensure that those who could not work had food, drink and a roof over their heads, but which is inextricably linked in the public imagination with the c..
43.66£
Brand: Creative Media Partners LLC
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United St..
16.85£
Duine de shárscéalaithe na Gaeilge In Eanáir 1952, sé bliana sula bhfuair Peig Sayers bás, thionscain Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann agallaimh léi agus ì in ospidéal Naomh Anna, Baile Átha Cliath. Bhì Peig thar a bheith sásta labhairt lena cuairteoir..
23.56£
Brand: The History Press
Piccadilly, London's milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recently, for its internationally renowned department stores, theatres, restaurants and hotels. At the junc..
26.98£
Brand: Birlinn Ltd
Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories. It also discusses piping techniques as well as information on some of the great piping d..
18.12£
Brand: Scholastic Corporation
Discover all the foul facts about the history of swashbuckling buccaneers with history's most horrible headlines: Pirates edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to seafaring pirates. From how to talk the patter..
10.87£
Brand: Grove Atlantic
Ranks up there with the great rock & roll books of all time."Time Out New YorkLurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching . . . Resounds with authenticity."The New York TimesNo volume serves jui..
22.85£
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The TimesMost of what we say about books is reall..
24.55£
Brand: The Pimpernel Press Ltd
There is no shortage of books on how to look after houseplants but no one has shown us how and when and why these plants came to be in our homes. Catherine Horwood's combination of social history, plant history and the history of interior design exp..
14.42£
Brand: Callisto Media
Uncover facts and mysteries of your ancestors-a clear approach to genealogyThe pursuit of family history tends to be shaped by several motives, including finding a larger familial historical picture, preserving the past for future generations, and s..
21.85£