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Paperback. An impressively accessible narrative depicting the three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae (the Hot Gates)--a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B.C. has been hailed ever since as an outstanding example of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306813603
- ISBN
- 9780306813603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
Hardback. "The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, [this book] takes an international and cross-cultural perspective on the critical changes and conditions that prevailed from roughly 1919 to 1930"--Page ii. Series: Decades in Global History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138774780
- ISBN
- 9781138774780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.73€ 141.40
€ 159.73
€ 141.40
Paperback. Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Editor(s): Suarez Bosa, Miguel. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460311
- ISBN
- 9781349460311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Hardcover. Until now there was no overview of the air war in Vietnam and the debate it has produced-a debate in which some historians argue that the U.S. could have won the war if it had employed more air power. Frankum fills this gap by deftly tying together the air campaigns over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543027
- ISBN
- 9780742543027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.86
€ 40.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. First published in 1967, Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages is one of the most influential works in the field of Islamic history. Num Pages: 228 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 3B; 3D; 3H; HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Student
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521277624
- ISBN
- 9780521277624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Hardback. Offers essays by leading scholars on the writing of history globally during the early modern era, from c.1400 to c.1800. Editor(s): Rabasa, Jose; Sato, Masayuki; Tortarolo, Edoardo; Woolf, Daniel. Series: Oxford History of Historical Writing. Num Pages: 750 pages, 8 maps and 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199219179
- ISBN
- 9780199219179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.95
€ 288.95
Hardcover. N F S Grundtvig, a chief shaper of Denmark's modern identity and an active force in Danish social, political and religious life, was an outstanding intellect of the European 19th century. This book comprises English translations of an extensive selection of Grundtvig's own retrospect upon events, causes, and periods of his life. Editor(s): Bradley, S. A. J. Num Pages: 597 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG; HBLL; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 183 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 597
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889696
- ISBN
- 9788772889696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.74
€ 30.74
Paperback. This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on "deviant" female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority. Num Pages: 600 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740546
- ISBN
- 9780226740546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Offers an account of the growth and uses of Western learning in Japan from 1720 to 1830. This book features dates of the beginning of official interest in Western learning and of the expulsion of Siebold from the country, the first stage of a crisis that could be resolved only by the opening of the country of the West. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804706698
- ISBN
- 9780804706698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. The articles contained in this volume are indicative of a new effort, in the best of current research on the early medieval west, to examine the period from new angles that more fully illumine its vitality and creativity than has been done in the past. Num Pages: 146 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819185631
- ISBN
- 9780819185631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.15
€ 75.15
Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206007
- ISBN
- 9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Editor(s): Bellwood, Peter. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118970591
- ISBN
- 9781118970591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.53
€ 45.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 618 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JPS; LAM; LAZ; LB; LNAA; LND; LNDK; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Intersentia Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780680217
- ISBN
- 9781780680217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.85
€ 182.85
Hardback. Brings together nineteen significant articles on the role of textile industries in the Industrial Revolutions of Britain, Europe, Japan, and the United States. This title surveys the contribution the textile industries have made to economic change. Textiles have played a major role in industrial transition. Num Pages: 440 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631181194
- ISBN
- 9780631181194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.33
€ 230.33
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea has been in the development of modern history. Num Pages: 848 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271603
- ISBN
- 9781783271603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.71
€ 179.71
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465013722
- ISBN
- 9780465013722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.24
€ 26.99
€ 22.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674197374
- ISBN
- 9780674197374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an in-depth overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, directly addressing the issues of historical thought in a globalized context. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470658994
- ISBN
- 9780470658994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.63
€ 189.63
Paperback. A terrifying East-West confrontation - but what historical significance? Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 448 pages, cartoons & maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845292584
- ISBN
- 9781845292584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
The Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-1943 (Schiffer Milita...
Ernst Obermaier Werner Held
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
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. Offers a study of the propaganda that targeted women and children during World War I. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 326 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224742
- ISBN
- 9780803224742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Hardback. The standard reference now revised and expanded. Dr. Robinson has opened up his vast photo archives to enhance this new edition of his classic work. Much of the new photographic material is published here for the first time. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 350 b/w photos, line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBWN; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 222 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1948. History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-18. 320 pages, Over 350 black and white photographs, line drawings, charts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBWN; JWF; JWG. Dimension: 290 x 222 x 32. Weight: 1956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887405105
- ISBN
- 9780887405105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.92
€ 55.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248028
- ISBN
- 9780851248028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Argues for a reading practice that accounts for the queerness of temporality, for the way past, present, and future time appear out of sequence and in dialogue in our thinking about history and texts. This book urges us to see how the indeterminacies of subjectivity found in literary texts challenge identitarian constructions. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336907
- ISBN
- 9780822336907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12