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General & world history
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.39
€ 17.99
€ 14.39
Paperback. A selection of some of the most influential advisers from 400BC to the present day. Provides an insight into some of the most important and yet often unnoticed men and women in history from around the world. Explores the characteristics that make these the best fixers and manipulators Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849950480
- ISBN
- 9781849950480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. Features military blunder miscellany, from Ancient Greece to modern-day, including such ill-fated plans as: Xerxes' defeat in Greece at Marathon; Alexander's invasion of India; Napoloeon's occupation of Spain; the French humiliation by Prussia in 1870; and, Islanwanda, massacre of a British army by the spear armed Zulus. Series: How to Lose Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061358449
- ISBN
- 9780061358449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Includes a collection of essays that illuminate those problems we've faced over and over and the common threads that have stumped us for centuries. With more than 35 chapters of the Groundhog Days of world history, both infamous and obscure, this book is full of trivia, history, and looks at the world's repeated mistakes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062069061
- ISBN
- 9780062069061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Presents a fascinating compilation of historical disasters, bad ideas, follies, and poor decisions, including the Trojan Horse, the construction of a community on Love Canal, the introduction of rabbits to Australia, and many more. Original. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition/ 1st Priniting
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060532505
- ISBN
- 9780060532505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
hardcover. Editor(s): Beyer, Jurgen. Num Pages: 386 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525100639
- ISBN
- 9783525100639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.52€ 45.20
€ 56.52
€ 45.20
Paperback. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications." Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346554
- ISBN
- 9781349346554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448157
- ISBN
- 9780801448157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483218
- ISBN
- 9781137483218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.63
€ 149.63
Paperback. This is a study that examines United Nations' efforts against terrorism in the 1970s and how West Germany came to influence and lead them. It is also an account of several hostage and hijacking crises as well as a look at German domestic terrorism. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 298 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483150
- ISBN
- 9781349483150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. In September 1939, the tanks of Panzer-Regiment 5 swept into Poland, a devastating part of the German blitzkrieg that opened World War II with a terrifying display of military force. The following spring, the regiment rumbled across France, again showing the destructive power of the panzer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811707237
- ISBN
- 9780811707237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.22
€ 36.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. A vibrant new history of twentieth-century Europe - covering everything from war and politics to social, cultural, and economic developments in a period of convulsive and dramatic change. Num Pages: 928 pages, 16pp b&w plates, 18 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198730736
- ISBN
- 9780198730736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.82
€ 45.99
€ 32.82
Hardcover. Major new book from leading historian of British Empire. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534455
- ISBN
- 9781784534455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 49.18
€ 53.00
€ 49.18
Hardcover. The vast contribution of African civilization to all regions of the West, the westward migration of Europeans, pan-Atlantic commerce and its role in developing economies, racial and ethnic relations, the spread of Enlightenment ideas - all are Atlantic phenomena. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016880
- ISBN
- 9780674016880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.61
€ 29.99
€ 25.61
paperback. Twelve historical articles describe the problems of the Great Depression in town and country, on a scale we can all comprehend. "A real breakthrough in our understanding of the depression." -Alfred B. Rollins, Jr. Editor(s): Sternsher, Bernard. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780929587134
- ISBN
- 9780929587134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.18
€ 17.18
Paperback. These two volumes comprise a documentary history of Islam, from the advent of the prophet Muhammad to the capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed, the Conqueror and are concerned with a period that extends from the beginning of the seventh century to 1453. Editor(s): Lewis, Bernard. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195050882
- ISBN
- 9780195050882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.21
€ 138.21
Paperback. In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. She establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HRC; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075921
- ISBN
- 9780226075921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Benum, Edgeir; Johansson, Alf; Smilden, Jan-Erik; Storrud, Alf. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBG; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274772809
- ISBN
- 9788274772809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KIN0006235
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0006709
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A reference work that critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, it explores the full breadth of the origins of democracy and expands the canon of democratic history by exploring new - and sometimes surprising - examples from around the world. Editor(s): Isakhan, Benjamin; Stockwell, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 251 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640751
- ISBN
- 9780748640751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87€ 158.83
€ 169.87
€ 158.83
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century. 336 pages, 7 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472732
- ISBN
- 9780801472732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.78
€ 34.99
€ 31.78
paperback. Editor(s): Hobuss, Steffi; Jager, Benedikt. Num Pages: 170 pages, 15 b&w, 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBG; HBTR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837634792
- ISBN
- 9783837634792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.57
€ 45.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. Since the beginning of human history people have created myths, tall tales, and super- and anti-heroes. This title compiles tales from the beginning of time and tells them in the completely over-the-top manner in which they were intended. Series: Badass Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, Halftones throughout. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062001351
- ISBN
- 9780062001351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.15
€ 21.15