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General & world history

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General & world history

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1QDT; HBG; HBJF1; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182027
ISBN
9780231182027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.12
€ 49.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750959759
ISBN
9780750959759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Horden, Peregrine; Smith, Richard. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138868205
ISBN
9781138868205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Hardcover. The first book-length examination of the lingering political legacy of the wartime imprisonment of people of Japanese ancestry in Canada and the United States. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795746
ISBN
9780804795746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

Paperback. A controversial and sweeping re-examination of the First World War and its enduring consequences. Num Pages: 544 pages, 3x8pp b&w plate section. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 145 x 35. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857206374
ISBN
9780857206374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the postwar years. It examines what drove Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, and Truman, among others, the leaders of some of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe, to rely on traditional power politics in spite of the catastrophic violence they had endured. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061628672
ISBN
9780061628672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Tells us the stories of inventors, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, actresses, escapees, engineers, kings, architects, pop stars, criminals, supermodels, tennis champions, opera singers and many more who have benefited from happy serendipity. This title celebrates the type of unexpected good fortune we all dream of. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311527
ISBN
9781848311527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 205 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403439
ISBN
9780887403439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBLW; KNAC; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226410319
ISBN
9780226410319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. In Korea and Vietnam, reconnaissance troops and special-operations forces were at times armed with the M3A1 also available in a suppressed version - and it was the first SMG issued to the US counter terrorist unit Delta Force. Featuring artwork, first-hand accounts and archive and close-up photographs, this is the story of the M3 sub machine gun. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 b/w; 29 col. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBWQ; HBWS; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 7. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472811073
ISBN
9781472811073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.24

Hardback. Warfare truly entered the industrial age with the invention and adoption of the machine gun. Armed with a machine gun, one or two men could potentially hold off a whole company of enemy soldiers, and inflict terrible losses while doing so. This book describes how this invention went on to transform the ways that armies and also air forces fought. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452340
ISBN
9780752452340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Paperback. Essays on the discipline of medieval history and its practictioners, from the late eighteenth century onwards. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBAH; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
York Medieval Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153703
ISBN
9781903153703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.20

Paperback. Uses the lens of medieval preaching to examine the mendicant friars' transformation of Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. Num Pages: 408 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089874
ISBN
9780691089874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.22

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.18

Paperback. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739443
ISBN
9780804739443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ballantine
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780345308238
ISBN
9780345308238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Editor(s): Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819352
ISBN
9781571819352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.53

hardcover. The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past. Series: Studies in Environment and History. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HDP; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107134171
ISBN
9781107134171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.25

Paperback. A study of the contentious issue of the public's right to know in time of war or limited conflict. Analysis of the relationship between the media and the military in the Falklands, Grenada, Panama and the Gulf reveals a central theme of the battle between the military and their political masters. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFD; JPVH2; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333719053
ISBN
9780333719053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.96

Paperback. A beautifully illustrated study of medieval manuscript books that details how they were made, and their place in society. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 207 x 7. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802068538
ISBN
9780802068538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.23

Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403975584
ISBN
9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
FreeLance Academy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937439033
ISBN
9781937439033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470856
ISBN
9780226470856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 603 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0007956
ISBN
9780486260020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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