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Paperback. This study of exploration during the Renaissance shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. This text was awarded the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize in 1993. Num Pages: 296 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674618763
- ISBN
- 9780674618763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.06
€ 50.99
€ 42.06
Hardback. An illuminating account of the management of the end of a global empire and preparation for self-government - a drama no less striking for being couched in form of Parliamentary debate, and state papers. Num Pages: 304 pages, map,. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855144
- ISBN
- 9781848855144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.72€ 58.22
€ 63.72
€ 58.22
Paperback. The latest work in the Politically Incorrect Guide (P.I.G.) series shows how the West laid the cornerstones of all modern civilization, including historical, artistic, and intellectual achievements. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980594
- ISBN
- 9781596980594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118912461
- ISBN
- 9781118912461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48
€ 53.48
Paperback. Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118252338
- ISBN
- 9781118252338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
paperback. This book explores the discourse and practice of anti-racism in the first two decades following World War II, uncovering the ways scientific and cultural discourses of 'race' continued to circulate in the early period of contemporary globalization through the lens on UNESCO. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349434411
- ISBN
- 9781349434411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. While the Western leaders in Paris were drafting a peace treaty that would punish German militarism and 'make the world safe for democracy', the world itself was fighting a new war, against terrorism. This book chronicles and examines the battle with Bolshevism, insurgency and fear during the most revolutionary year since 1789. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844138326
- ISBN
- 9781844138326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Hardback. A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179610
- ISBN
- 9780631179610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.34
€ 90.34
Hardback. An intimate biography of the years that turned T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBG; HBLW; HBW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393242669
- ISBN
- 9780393242669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.43
€ 30.99
€ 28.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819189059
- ISBN
- 9780819189059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.59
€ 124.59
Paperback. Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719067938
- ISBN
- 9780719067938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Hardback. Offers principles to consider when creating a world history syllabus; and prompts a teacher, rather than aiming for full world coverage, to pick an interpretive focus and thread it through the course. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351740
- ISBN
- 9780822351740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Paperback. Offers principles to consider when creating a world history syllabus; and prompts a teacher, rather than aiming for full world coverage, to pick an interpretive focus and thread it through the course. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351887
- ISBN
- 9780822351887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art over the past five centuries, demonstrating that adversity rather than talent alone was crucial to their success. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509505517
- ISBN
- 9781509505517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.81
€ 70.81
Paperback. In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art over the past five centuries, demonstrating that adversity rather than talent alone was crucial to their success. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 299 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509505524
- ISBN
- 9781509505524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- Ted Smart edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842126356
- ISBN
- 9781842126356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. The first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from our evolutionary origins to contemporary times. Examples include diplomatic, pacifist, non-violent, disarmament and anti-war movements, from across the globe. The diversity of peace and peacemaking presented challenges the notions that peace is solely the absence of war. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641256
- ISBN
- 9780745641256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the war on the eastern front. But the eventual victory of the Red Army, and the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe, and the start of his decline. This book deals with this battle. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032405
- ISBN
- 9780141032405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 9.66
€ 14.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages, 6 black & white tables, 27 black & white halftones, 24 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1498.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415656429
- ISBN
- 9780415656429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.00
€ 62.00
Paperback. 'Antony Polonsky's monumental collection of studies covers the ten centuries of Jewish life in Poland .. written by acknowledged scholars .. The spectrum is broad.' Alexander Zvielli, Jerusalem Post Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 634 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 263 x 41. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774143
- ISBN
- 9781874774143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.20
€ 31.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199340132
- ISBN
- 9780199340132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.44
€ 14.99
€ 14.44
paperback. Traces the journeys of a stone across the world. This book recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282551
- ISBN
- 9780520282551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. This book explains how and why Communists came to power; how they were able, in a variety of countries on different continents to hold on to power for so long; and, what brought about the downfall of so many Communist systems. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950675
- ISBN
- 9781845950675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Kitchener's Sword-arm Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873376546
- ISBN
- 9781873376546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.21
€ 26.99
€ 23.21