Category: History

The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade

By: Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Penguin Group : July 1991

Seller ID: 204601

ISBN-13: 9780140012781

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste. Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years. In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, Woodha...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children's Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate (The Public Square, 8)

By: Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Princeton University Press : February 2010

Seller ID: 185265

ISBN-13: 9780691146218

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This book is a call to arms for America to again be a leader in human rights, and to join the rest of the civilized world in recognizing that the thirst for justice is not for adults alone. Barbara Bennett Woodhouse explores the meaning of children's rights throughout American history, interweaving the childhood stories of i...
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Rhigas Velestinlis: The Proto-martyr of the Greek Revolution (Romiosyni)

By: Woodhouse, C.M.

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Harvey (Denise) & Co ,Greece : May 1995

Seller ID: 183318

ISBN-13: 9789607120090

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Rhigas Velestinlis: The Proto-martyr of the Greek Revolution (Romiosyni)

By: Woodhouse, C.M.

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Harvey (Denise) & Co ,Greece : May 1995

Seller ID: 189348

ISBN-13: 9789607120090

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Elements of history, ancient and modern: With a chart and tables of history included within the volume

By: WORCESTER, JOSEPH EMERSON

Price: $26.00

Publisher: W.J. Reynolds : January 1846

Seller ID: 20080822146511

ISBN: B00086WBR6

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Interior pages are foxed, but binding is very tight and there are no interior marks. Leather binding i f great condition, despite wear to corners and some tearing of spineback. 8vo.
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The Western impact upon tsarist Russia (Berkshire studies in history)

By: WREN, MELVIN C

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston : 1971-01-01

Seller ID: 20080403137897

ISBN-13: 9780030841392

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good. Covers sunfaded, rubbed, light creases on back; price markout on end page; sunning of page edges, a very nice, unmarked copy, still fairly crisp.
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A Bridge from Darkness to Light: Thirteen Young Photographers Explore Their Afghanistan

By: Wright, Bill

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Texas Christian University Press : November 2021

Seller ID: 198530

ISBN-13: 9780875657943

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The Fire of Liberty

By: WRIGHT, ESMOND

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Folio Society : January 1984

Seller ID: 20090919162162

ISBN: B002CTDAWM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Beautiful book, pristine condition. No slipcase.
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The Ordeal of Total War, 1939-1945

By: WRIGHT, GORDON

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Harpercollins (Short Disc) : 1968-06-01

Seller ID: 20080414138517

ISBN-13: 9780061314087

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Used - very good. Scuffed spine edge, light pencil check marks in page margins, a very clean, crisply bound copy with virtually no wear.
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Black Boy

By: Wright, Richard

Price: $12.50

Publisher: LIVING LIBRARY : December 1949

Seller ID: 132580

ISBN: B000OKK6DC

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

'Living Library Series,' published in 1950 by World Publishing. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Good, solid, unmarked copy in a very torn and tattered jacket. Previous owner's name present.
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Wall: The Inside Story of Divided Berlin

By: Wyden, Peter

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : January 1989

Seller ID: 217496

ISBN-13: 9780671555108

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Firm binding; unmarked interior; minimal wear to boards. Jacket shows moderate shelfwear with scuffing/wrinkling to all edges. Overall very good condtion in worn jacket.
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Hitler (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century: War leader)

By: Wykes, Alan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books : January 1971

Seller ID: 171972

ISBN-13: 9780345021939

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Light cover wear, firm binding, unmarked text.
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The Nuremberg rallies (Ballantine's illustrated history of World War II. Campaign book, no. 8)

By: Wykes, Alan

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Ballantine Books : January 1970

Seller ID: 171886

ISBN-13: 9780345019264

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Light cover wear, firm binding, unmarked text.
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Saint-Marc Girardin, Bourgeois

By: WYLIE, LAURENCE W.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Syracuse University : April 1947

Seller ID: 20080401137830

ISBN: B0007E0HI4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good, no dustjacket. Spine faded w/worn ends, very clean, solid, unmarked copy, nice.
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The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

By: Xianlin, Ji

Price: $18.95

Publisher: New York Review Books : January 2022

Seller ID: 217028

ISBN-13: 9781681376578

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

By: Yafa, Stephen

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Penguin Books : June 2006

Seller ID: 223470

ISBN-13: 9780143037224

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Solid unmarked copy, light age discoloration to pages.
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The Search for Alexander: An Exhibition

By: Yalouris, Nicholas, Andronikos, Manolis, Rhomiopoulou, Katerina, Herrmann, Ariel, Vermeule, Cornelius

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York Graphic Society : December 1979

Seller ID: 148156

ISBN-13: 9780821211175

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Like New

Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State

By: YERGIN, DANIEL

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P) : August 1978

Seller ID: 20090415155383

ISBN-13: 9780395272671

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Good. Cover edge bumped, sun fade lines, binding partially cracked but solid, some green underlining, dog ears, age toned.
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The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

By: Yergin, Daniel

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Free Press : January 1993

Seller ID: 88113

ISBN-13: 9780671799328

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Hailed by The New York Times as a book that must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history, Yergin's bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winner has been made into an exciting 8-part miniseries to air on PBS in January 1993. 32 pages of photos.
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

By: Yergin, Daniel

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Free Press : December 2008

Seller ID: 210070

ISBN-13: 9781439110126

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Very light cover wear, firm binding, text like new.
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Category: History