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General & world history

Hardback. This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644981
ISBN
9780745644981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101252
ISBN
9781585101252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780195389142
ISBN
9780195389142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Peter Shilton's time at Plymouth Argyle in the early 1990s, specifically the 1993/94 season, is remembered as much for scintillating, attacking football as for the off-pitch battles between Shilton and chairman Dan McCauley. This book explores the fragile relationships behind the scenes at Home Park. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448787
ISBN
9780752448787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Hardback. Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847669448
ISBN
9780847669448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.42

Hardback. In this collection, a dozen scholars of international affairs consider the 20th century's recurring failure to construct a peaceful and stable international order in the wake of war. They reflect on the difficulties faced by governments as they sought to secure a world order. Editor(s): Kennedy, Paul; Hitchcock, William I. Translator(s): Spade, Paul Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300080100
ISBN
9780300080100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14
€ 45.16

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

€ 21.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty and trauma endured by the family before it was able to confront issues central to its existence. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BGH; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295985855
ISBN
9780295985855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardcover. The first study to take a comprehensive, historically comparative view of disillusionment with Communist systems and ideologies. "An indispensable portrait."-Harvey Klehr. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636889
ISBN
9781566636889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of that terrible year, this book takes the reader on a journey into the labyrinth, to reveal the complexity, the layered motives, the flawed and disturbed minds that drove the world to war. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779852
ISBN
9780552779852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.67

Hardcover. Called by some a 'Mediterranean Jutland,' the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. This is the story of the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253343796
ISBN
9780253343796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.71

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
€ 13.35

Paperback. A nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up in the 1950s This is a paperback, not a hardback book. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450117
ISBN
9780752450117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Series: Anthem World History. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857287793
ISBN
9780857287793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415817257
ISBN
9780415817257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; HBG; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144711
ISBN
9780231144711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. Makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. This title unearths a range of approaches to preserving the past as it was or formulating the past that an individual or group prefers to imagine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 maps. 14 halftones. 4 figs. 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026039
ISBN
9780691026039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.57
€ 42.52

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124094
ISBN
9780691124094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 39.92

Paperback. To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. This title considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 248 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Revised edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008622
ISBN
9780691008622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171463
ISBN
9780691171463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.80

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844156306
ISBN
9781844156306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 35.88

Paperback. Jurassic Mary Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBG; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750959247
ISBN
9780750959247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Containing significant revelations about cultural treasures previously thought lost, this book should be of interest to all those interested in the contemporary rebuilding of cultural and intellectual institutions in Eastern Europe. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; GLH; GLM; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458768
ISBN
9780916458768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.69

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