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Paperback. A challenge to the whole basis of thinking on the subject of classical civilization. The author argues that it has its roots in Afroasiatic cultures, and that these influences have been systematically ignored, suppressed or denied since the 18th century. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099887805
- ISBN
- 9780099887805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Bernal's response to criticisms to his 1987 book, 'BLACK ATHENA', which argued for an Afro-Asiatic origin for Greek civilisation. Editor(s): Moore, David Chioni. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327172
- ISBN
- 9780822327172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide. In the Mediterranean, Rommel's early successes in Africa were erased by the surrender of Tunisia, and German forces barely escaped Sicily before the Allies seized the island. Num Pages: 316 pages, 62 b/w photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811705332
- ISBN
- 9780811705332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.07
€ 29.99
€ 23.07
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€ 22.79
€ 39.99
€ 22.79
Paperback. First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32 pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306810695
- ISBN
- 9780306810695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.01
€ 26.99
€ 19.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760321980
- ISBN
- 9780760321980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.40
€ 25.99
€ 18.40
Hardback. A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour, 1x4 colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 809. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0008858
- ISBN
- 9781848871700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917 Num Pages: 384 pages, 16, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304367191
- ISBN
- 9780304367191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. The remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement Num Pages: 372 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743317
- ISBN
- 9780814743317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Hardcover. Over 220 photos show the various R12 and R75 types in various combat roles on all war fronts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 954. R12/R75. 192 pages, 220 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Dimension: 272 x 203 x 19. Weight: 954.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403064
- ISBN
- 9780887403064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
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
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. The description for this book, Book of Idols, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 73 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 73
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627427
- ISBN
- 9780691627427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136234
- ISBN
- 9780300136234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.50
€ 30.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. This book discusses seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe to reconsider the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 592 pages, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226556659
- ISBN
- 9780226556659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.06€ 44.59
€ 52.06
€ 44.59
Paperback. Showcasing the twentieth century's best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brassey's Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887525
- ISBN
- 9781574887525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.86
€ 10.86
paperback. A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618364
- ISBN
- 9780745618364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845937041
- ISBN
- 9781845937041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.26
€ 25.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061581083
- ISBN
- 9780061581083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
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
Paperback. Islam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world supremacy Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRAM9; HRC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0016443
- ISBN
- 9781841197661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Presents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; DNJ; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099550259
- ISBN
- 9780099550259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Strange Attractor Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907222184
- ISBN
- 9781907222184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. A major reassessment of the end of the British empire, focusing on the period after 1945, first published in 2007. Num Pages: 484 pages, 23 b/w illus. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728. The Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968. 484 pages, 23 b/w illus. 9 maps. A major reassessment of the end of the British empire, focusing on the period after 1945, first published in 2007. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 770.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521685559
- ISBN
- 9780521685559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
Paperback. Series: Helion Order of Battle S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QFC; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874622383
- ISBN
- 9781874622383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.58
€ 23.99
€ 17.58