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Paperback. Drawing on recently declassified documents and extensive interviews with Soviet and American policy-makers, this title casts new light on the effect of nuclear threats in two of the tensest moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confrontations arising out of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691019413
ISBN
9780691019413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.20
€ 63.58

Paperback. Forty colour plates illustrate some of the finest achievements of medieval painting. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles (some colour), map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AC; AFC; HBG; HBLC; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 205 x 9. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
George Braziller Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807609729
ISBN
9780807609729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.96

Hardback. Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol domination as more than just a political event. Seen from the perspective of the conquered, the phenomenon of martyrdom reveals much about the cultural history of the Song. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674953574
ISBN
9780674953574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.15

Paperback. 'The Sketchbook War' is not a book about art but the story of war artists, how men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and experiences that were to shape the rest of their lives and the way in which we view war today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956154
ISBN
9780750956154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825563
ISBN
9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HRAB; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228816
ISBN
9780300228816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.68

Hardback. John Foster Dulles was among the most influential and controversial figures in the history of twentieth-century US foreign relations. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 221 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; HBLW; JPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026000
ISBN
9780842026000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.20

Hardback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222124
ISBN
9780823222124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Paperback. In a work of splendid scholarship that reflects both a firm mastery of difficult sources and a keen intuition, one of Britain's foremost medievalists tells the story of the Christianization of Europe. 36 illustrations. 10 maps. Num Pages: 575 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
575
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218598
ISBN
9780520218598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.45

Hardcover. Faber joined the British Foreign Service in 1950, retiring in 1981. He served in seven embassies, from Baghdad, at the time of King Faisal's coronation, to The Hague, as the UK sought to join the European Community. This is a colourful chronicle of policies and places during some crucial times. Num Pages: 225 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
225
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860645945
ISBN
9781860645945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 54.16

Paperback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222131
ISBN
9780823222131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardcover. This volume draws on Dr Evans' expertise in studying topography in relation to ancient events and specifically his original research into the battlefield of Magnesia. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp colour plates, incuding 4 specially comissioned colour artworks. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844159710
ISBN
9781844159710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 34.51

Hardback. A bibliography of over 1,500 titles on the history and artifacts of ancient Ephesus. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819962
ISBN
9780810819962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.09

Hardback. "The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, [this book] takes an international and cross-cultural perspective on the critical changes and conditions that prevailed from roughly 1919 to 1930"--Page ii. Series: Decades in Global History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138774780
ISBN
9781138774780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.47
€ 141.40

Hardback. The book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the most significant developments in modern times--ranging from athletics to art, the economy to the environment. Editor(s): Bulliet, Richard W. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GBC; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076289
ISBN
9780231076289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.58
€ 111.34

Hardback. Bulliet abandons the historian's habit of viewing Islamic history "from the center," that is, focusing on the rise and fall of imperial dynasties. Instead, he derives an understanding of how and why Islam became -- and continues to be -- so rooted in the social structure of the vast majority of people who lived far from the political locus and did not see the caliphate as essential in their lives. Num Pages: 236 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1Q; HBG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082181
ISBN
9780231082181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.56
€ 97.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1M; BG; HBG; HBLW; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855755010
ISBN
9780855755010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The introduction to this work recounts how the collection was assembled, how the lessons of the Cold War remain vital to the debate of current events, and how the influence of communism was able to reshape the direction of intellectual life. Editor(s): Crossman, Richard. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123952
ISBN
9780231123952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.20

Paperback. Why was the partridge in the pear tree? Who was Good King Wenceslas? And what are the pagan origins behind 'The Holly and the Ivy'? Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; AVGD; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780752459578
ISBN
9780752459578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.39

Paperback. Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198758396
ISBN
9780198758396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Hardback. Renowned historical sociologist Charles Tilly wrote many years ago that "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war-making all belong on the same continuum." This volume pursues the idea by revealing how lawbreakers and lawmakers have related to one another on the shadowy terrains of power over wide stretches of time and space. Editor(s): Bridenthal, Renate. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JPZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380382
ISBN
9781782380382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Hardback. This book covers the design and types of various trucks employed by the Wehrmacht. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 300 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887406867
ISBN
9780887406867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. Examines the feature film production of Fascist-era Italy Editor(s): Reich, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; APFA; HBG; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215185
ISBN
9780253215185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Blaszczyk, Regina Lee; Spiekermann, Uwe. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 390 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, 24 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319507446
ISBN
9783319507446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.86

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