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Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085206
ISBN
9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.61
€ 53.80

Paperback. New and affordable edition of this major naval history of the First World War Five volumes to be published in time for the centenary of the War Specially commissioned introductions Num Pages: 364 pages, 10 b/w photographs, maps available via web link. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848322011
ISBN
9781848322011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Exploring the final decade of each century from the 15th to the 20th, this work investigates factors such as cultural and economic attitudes, and artistic, scientific and political change. It finds that a consciousness of time has influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 84 b&w illustrations, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082630
ISBN
9780300082630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.17

paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243341
ISBN
9781851243341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 840 pages, 55 black and white halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
840
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199236633
ISBN
9780199236633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484858
ISBN
9780801484858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011589
ISBN
9781847011589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334675
ISBN
9780822334675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Investigating how intimacy is constructed across the restless world of empire Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075681
ISBN
9780252075681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242425
ISBN
9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089317
ISBN
9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780801432668
ISBN
9780801432668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Paperback. Tracing the beginnings of the British colonial enterprise in South Asia and the Middle East, this title brings together key texts from the era of the privately owned British East India Company through the crises that led to the Company's takeover by the Crown in 1858. It ends with the momentous opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Editor(s): Harlow, Barbara; Carter, Mia. Num Pages: 832 pages, 28 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331643
ISBN
9780822331643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Highlighting the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature, this text recovers their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition. Num Pages: 306 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284439
ISBN
9780226284439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968260
ISBN
9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 212 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Ballantine Books Inc.
Number of pages
677
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345349576
ISBN
9780345349576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ballantine
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780345308238
ISBN
9780345308238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Revealing the unique significance of the concentration camp photographs, this text shows how they have become the basis of our memory of the Holocaust and how they have affected our presentations and perceptions of contemporary history's subsequent atrocities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AJCP; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226979731
ISBN
9780226979731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. * Timely history of the battle for the Mediterranean in the 15th and 16th centuries by the forces of Islam and Christendom, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Integrated: 40, int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115375
ISBN
9780349115375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. The Druids have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years; few figures flit so elusively through history. Enigmatic and puzzling, the lack of knowledge about them has resulted in a wide spectrum of interpretations. Barry Cunliffe examines their origins, the evidence for their beliefs and practices, and how we interpret them today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HDDA; HRKP2; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780199539406
ISBN
9780199539406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099474333
ISBN
9780099474333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. "One of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century." -- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Translator(s): Briffault, Herma. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801844300
ISBN
9780801844300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805566
ISBN
9780875805566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. * Offers a unique perspective on modern mechanized warfare * Fills a critical gap in World War II Literature In his rare behind the scenes story of an American armour division during World War II, Benton Y. Cooper provides surprising insight into what it took to keep Patton's tanks rolling across Europe. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Presidio Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780891418146
ISBN
9780891418146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.01

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