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Paperback. The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224909
ISBN
9781780224909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning.. In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141025322
ISBN
9780141025322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? This text presents a comprehensive comparative history of the conflict from its origins, to it most dangerous moment - the Cuban Missile Crisis. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFW; HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC; JPS; JWMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198780717
ISBN
9780198780717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.28

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551641461
ISBN
9781551641461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and Okinawa. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712673488
ISBN
9780712673488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. The First World War created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. This book offers an account that portrays the unfolding military conflict on land, sea and in the air. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922984
ISBN
9781847922984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. At the end of the 20th century, democracy appeared to have overcome the Cold War partition of the world, as countries across the globe had deposed autocratic regimes. This title offers a critique of existing theories of democratization, as well as of earlier understandings of the fall of communism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBG; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749282
ISBN
9780804749282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292518
ISBN
9780500292518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Hardback. The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJC; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; KNAT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774809351
ISBN
9780774809351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Paperback. An alternative exploration of history's most challenging century, from the author of THE KLF, 'a thing of endlessly fascinating, utterly demented genius' GUARDIAN Num Pages: 352 pages, b&w double-page chapter heads. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226576
ISBN
9781780226576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. This book presents an account of six men and women who struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184371
ISBN
9780141184371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. This new historical atlas, richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America. Editor(s): Hall, Simon. Num Pages: 144 pages, 140 colour. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 180 x 7. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014487
ISBN
9780141014487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Turning his back on neoliberalism at the moment that its advocates were in their pomp, trumpeting 'the end of history' and the supposedly unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe, Gray's was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised here would lead ultimately to the invasion of Iraq. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415424042
ISBN
9780415424042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.57

Paperback. Focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, this title explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282537
ISBN
9780520282537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.28

Paperback. The best single-volume reference book for classical battles. Brings together the accounts of the ancient historians and isIdeal for Wargamers Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 maps 18 battle plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848327900
ISBN
9781848327900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.64

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846140877
ISBN
9781846140877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846140891
ISBN
9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Beyond the Persecuting Society constructs a history of toleration from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Laursen, John Christian; Nederman, Cary J. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HRA; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215670
ISBN
9780812215670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. John Chadwick summarizes the results of research into Mycenaean Greece. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 366. 220 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. John Chadwick summarizes the results of research into Mycenaean Greece. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 11. Weight: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521290371
ISBN
9780521290371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. Describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the cultural history of Europe and America. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Edition
New Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283792
ISBN
9780140283792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Browne explains how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and for bad. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224367
ISBN
9781780224367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
492
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719038006
ISBN
9780719038006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.88

Hardcover. On Human Bondage a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119162483
ISBN
9781119162483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.23

Paperback. This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics. Editor(s): Bodel, John. Series: Approaching the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116244
ISBN
9780415116244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

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