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Paperback. Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. This biography provides a historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. It gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227212
- ISBN
- 9780631227212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.74
€ 44.99
€ 43.74
Multiple-component retail product. Covering East Asia, South Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Africa, Mesoamerica, and North and South America, this title features battles from wars great and small, including Egyptian-Syrian Wars (1468 BC); Assyrian Wars (724-648 BC); Greco-Persian Wars (498-450 BC); Conquests of Alexander the Great (335-326 BC); Rome's Gallic Wars (121-52 BC); and more. Num Pages: 1432 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 114. Weight in Grams: 3751.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 1432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313335365
- ISBN
- 9780313335365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.81
€ 262.81
Paperback. "Drawing on coverage of Ashe's athletic career and social activism in domestic and international publications, archives including the Ashe Papers, and a variety of published memoirs and interviews, Hall has created an intimate, nuanced portrait of a great athlete who stood at the crossroads of sports and equal justice. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFJ; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419824
- ISBN
- 9781421419824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.19
€ 33.99
€ 29.19
Hardcover. A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Kept in museum collections across the US, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. This book explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GM; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059600
- ISBN
- 9780226059600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.82
€ 46.99
€ 36.82
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sanctuary London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- SKU
- KRS0019204
- ISBN
- 9781860745126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Volumes 2 and 3 present over thirty of the articles which have best illuminated Britain's Industrial revolution, and cover four main areas: the concept of the Industrial Revolution, and the central themes of land, labour and capital. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 176 x 32. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631180715
- ISBN
- 9780631180715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.53
€ 227.53
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the 16th century to 2001. It provides a example of the influence that political ideology may exert on an individual's sense of place. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945957
- ISBN
- 9780333945957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.14
€ 108.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232907
- ISBN
- 9780803232907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW lightly sunned. Previous owners name to FFEP. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018644
- ISBN
- 9780575021532
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensive appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire from historical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The book also provides the principal classical sources on the period. Editor(s): Winkler, Martin M. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118589823
- ISBN
- 9781118589823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.83
€ 47.83
Paperback. "Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table is the first book about the meals of early Judaism. As such it breaks important new ground in establishing the basis for understanding the centrality of meals in this pivotal period of Judaism and providing a framework of historical patterns and influences"-- Editor(s): Marks, S. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HRAX; HRCG; HRJ; JFC; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349476190
- ISBN
- 9781349476190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.94
€ 110.94
Hardback. In this book, Engel asks why and how Jewish history and the Holocaust came to be viewed as separate areas of academic study. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759519
- ISBN
- 9780804759519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43
€ 84.43
Paperback. Contrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 26, 9 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; JWF; TRL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887512
- ISBN
- 9780801887512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 18.55
€ 34.99
€ 18.55
Paperback. Focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140135824
- ISBN
- 9780140135824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.39
€ 18.99
€ 15.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551642321
- ISBN
- 9781551642321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.89
€ 23.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Retracing the contours of a bitter controversy over the meaning of sacred architecture that flared up among some of the leading lights of the Carolingian renaissance, Collins explores how ninth-century authors articulated the relationship of form to function and ideal to reality in the ecclesiastical architecture of the Carolingian empire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433858
- ISBN
- 9781349433858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.69
€ 101.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Dominican Publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0001829
- ISBN
- 9781871552454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. This book presents the history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems. Num Pages: 564 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QMT; 3JH; HBJK; KNAC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220874
- ISBN
- 9780520220874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.91€ 54.73
€ 69.91
€ 54.73
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFQ; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497292
- ISBN
- 9780801497292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.49
€ 52.99
€ 47.49
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333555989
- ISBN
- 9780333555989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.17
€ 157.17
Hardcover. Editor(s): Crouthamel, Jason; Leese, Peter. Num Pages: 335 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; MBX; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319334752
- ISBN
- 9783319334752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.18€ 90.92
€ 120.18
€ 90.92
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.54€ 68.83
€ 75.54
€ 68.83
Paperback. Over the latter half of the twentieth century, the Guatemalan state slaughtered more than two hundred thousand of its citizens. In the wake of this violence, a vibrant pan-Mayan movement has emerged, one that is challenging Ladino (non-indigenous) notions of citizenship and national identity. This book deals with this topic. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 b&w photographs, 6 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324959
- ISBN
- 9780822324959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Hardback. It sheds new light on how cultural conceptions about nature influenced political policies for resource conservation and land management in Venice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13, 3 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892615
- ISBN
- 9780801892615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.58€ 57.67
€ 62.58
€ 57.67