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Paperback. In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 840 pages, 55 black and white halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 840
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199236633
- ISBN
- 9780199236633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.41
€ 45.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484858
- ISBN
- 9780801484858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Hardback. A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011589
- ISBN
- 9781847011589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.79
€ 83.79
Paperback. Investigating how intimacy is constructed across the restless world of empire Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075681
- ISBN
- 9780252075681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334675
- ISBN
- 9780822334675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242425
- ISBN
- 9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.52€ 63.30
€ 81.52
€ 63.30
Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089317
- ISBN
- 9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
€ 48.99
€ 34.79
hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801432668
- ISBN
- 9780801432668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.09
€ 146.09
Paperback. Tracing the beginnings of the British colonial enterprise in South Asia and the Middle East, this title brings together key texts from the era of the privately owned British East India Company through the crises that led to the Company's takeover by the Crown in 1858. It ends with the momentous opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Editor(s): Harlow, Barbara; Carter, Mia. Num Pages: 832 pages, 28 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331643
- ISBN
- 9780822331643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.13
€ 48.99
€ 44.13
Paperback. "Barbara Newman has written an erudite and wonderful book.. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist should be required reading in every university-level women's studies course."-Caroline Walker Bynum, The Catholic Historical Review Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812215458
- ISBN
- 9780812215458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
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
€ 47.99€ 43.11
€ 47.99
€ 43.11
Hardback. Offers an account of the interplay of politics and economics in Chile in three successive administrations ending with the 1973 coup suggests that social class plays a major role in determining the outcome of economic policies in Latin America. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; JFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709781
- ISBN
- 9780804709781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.41
€ 91.41
Paperback. Highlighting the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature, this text recovers their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition. Num Pages: 306 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284439
- ISBN
- 9780226284439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968260
- ISBN
- 9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Ballantine
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780345308238
- ISBN
- 9780345308238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. Revealing the unique significance of the concentration camp photographs, this text shows how they have become the basis of our memory of the Holocaust and how they have affected our presentations and perceptions of contemporary history's subsequent atrocities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AJCP; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226979731
- ISBN
- 9780226979731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. * Timely history of the battle for the Mediterranean in the 15th and 16th centuries by the forces of Islam and Christendom, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Integrated: 40, int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115375
- ISBN
- 9780349115375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099474333
- ISBN
- 9780099474333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers, Ehrman separates fact from fiction, presenting complicated historical issues in a clear and informative way and relating vivid anecdotes culled from the traditions of these three followers. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCM; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195343502
- ISBN
- 9780195343502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.35
€ 20.35
Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801844300
- ISBN
- 9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.65
€ 34.99
€ 29.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805566
- ISBN
- 9780875805566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. * Offers a unique perspective on modern mechanized warfare * Fills a critical gap in World War II Literature In his rare behind the scenes story of an American armour division during World War II, Benton Y. Cooper provides surprising insight into what it took to keep Patton's tanks rolling across Europe. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780891418146
- ISBN
- 9780891418146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.47
€ 10.47
Hardcover. He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword. - Gladiator's oath according to Petronius. Pure unadulterated murder - Seneca's opinion of gladiatorial games. Gladiatorial combat is one of the most defining images of ancient Rome. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Amber Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782742524
- ISBN
- 9781782742524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
paperback. Presents the global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times. This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 black-&-white illustrations + 31 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300144253
- ISBN
- 9780300144253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 20.11
€ 39.99
€ 20.11