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Paperback. Asks questions such as: what is civilization? Did it mean the same to the Chinese, the Indians and the Greeks? What can the values of the ancient cultures teach us today? And, do the ideals of the West - a latecomer to civilization - really have universal validity? This title explores these ancient cultures, looking for their essential character. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Mass Market Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522669
- ISBN
- 9780563522669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.38
€ 20.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029678
- ISBN
- 9780268029678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.17
€ 50.99
€ 46.17
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
Paperback. This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the 16th century. Editor(s): Hall, Simon; Haywood, John. Num Pages: 144 pages, 140 colour. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 180 x 5. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014494
- ISBN
- 9780141014494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.00
€ 21.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Written just after the heat of battle, in the language of the time, this is the personal account of an ordinary soldier's experience of one of the most horrific series of battles ever fought. Downing not only offers a graphic description of war, but also of the humour and heroism of these actions. Num Pages: 218 pages, map. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BTM; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grub Street Publishing
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904010203
- ISBN
- 9781904010203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850526691
- ISBN
- 9780850526691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.93
€ 16.99
€ 13.93
Hardback. Editor(s): LoCicero, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DVT; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911096689
- ISBN
- 9781911096689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.63
€ 38.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688340
- ISBN
- 9780199688340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 halftone plates, numerous maps and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802071
- ISBN
- 9780192802071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.76
€ 18.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of Malta. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, 16pp b&w plates. El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of Malta. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854109293
- ISBN
- 9781854109293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Describes life as captain of Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty observer of international politics, and indefatigable and heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. This title offers a combination of human interest, and life-and-death adventure. Translator(s): Campbell, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 photographs, map, figure. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213500
- ISBN
- 9780803213500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.53
€ 24.99
€ 23.53
paperback. A truly global account of WWII - the war that encompassed six continents. Num Pages: 1208 pages, 23 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1738. A Global History of World War II. 1208 pages, 23 maps. A truly global account of WWII - the war that encompassed six continents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 54. Weight: 1686.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 1208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521618267
- ISBN
- 9780521618267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.57
€ 41.99
€ 34.57
Paperback. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1670.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169804
- ISBN
- 9780691169804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Examines the notorious Nazi's life. Num Pages: 408 pages, 41 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410065
- ISBN
- 9780815410065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.56
€ 19.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed of 2 Revised ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204966
- ISBN
- 9780872204966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.17
€ 24.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBLW; HBW; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445600208
- ISBN
- 9781445600208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.90
€ 24.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683244
- ISBN
- 9781846683244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.26
€ 14.99
€ 12.26
Paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675268
- ISBN
- 9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.05
€ 50.99
€ 40.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750968287
- ISBN
- 9780750968287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.99
€ 13.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. In 1945, the day after liberation, Soviet soldiers in control of the Katowice camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his fellow captive Leonardo De Benedetti to compile a detailed report on the sanitary conditions in Auschwitz. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509513376
- ISBN
- 9781509513376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.56
€ 19.99
€ 15.56
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€ 11.28
€ 14.99
€ 11.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138848696
- ISBN
- 9781138848696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.64
€ 75.64
Paperback. A penetrating look at the way in which experts, policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. With examples, Said demonstrates that the government-business establishment has produced a portrait of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance, inaccuracy and prejudice. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; HBG; HRH; JFD; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595014
- ISBN
- 9780099595014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 81, 57 maps, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JWA; JWKT; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866487
- ISBN
- 9780801866487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.62
€ 34.99
€ 29.62