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Paperback. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; GLM; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097214
ISBN
9780300097214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Traces the history of early ships and seamanship from pre-dynastic Egypt to the Roman empire. The book describes the ships themselves as well as the crews, weaponry, cargo storage, methods of navigation and harbour facilities. Num Pages: 592 pages, 197 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTM; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801851308
ISBN
9780801851308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349028320
ISBN
9781349028320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAX; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231877
ISBN
9781780231877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.58

Hardcover. aeo Comprises work from leading international scholars examining four major historical themes. aeo Includes several pieces translated into English for the first time. aeo Designed for student use with extensive editorial introduction and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Little, Lester; Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180074
ISBN
9781577180074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.46

Paperback. Shows how food - and its lack - was central to the war's causes and continuation. This title explores how starvation was often a deliberate governmental policy, and reveals how the necessity of feeding whole countries leads to Pearl Harbour, Germany's invasion of Russia, and the Holocaust itself. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBTB; HBWQ; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141028972
ISBN
9780141028972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. The first book in a generation by a British author to tell the story of the Anzio landings and the bloody stalemate that followed Num Pages: 416 pages, 2x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755314218
ISBN
9780755314218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741866
ISBN
9780804741866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. A monumental achievement of research, synthesis, and analysis, this volume on the Nahua Indians of central Mexico (often called Aztecs) constitutes our best understanding of any New World indigenous society in the period following European contact. Num Pages: 672 pages, 27ill.1M. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 172. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719278
ISBN
9780804719278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 73 b/w photos & 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811732093
ISBN
9780811732093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.34

Hardcover. The winner of the first John Newbery Medal, now updated by Robert Sullivan, remains a timeless classic for all ages. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 177 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 150 x 52. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871407153
ISBN
9780871407153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.52

Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Lord. Series: MIP Teams Varia. Num Pages: 238 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; AVA; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441964
ISBN
9781580441964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Hardback. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. A Theoretical Overview. 192 pages, 6 figures. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight: 332.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220973
ISBN
9780230220973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.53

Hardback. The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme in the Holocaust. Yet, at the same time, the century has been marked by a growing commitment to human rights. Series: World Beat Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ; JFFE; JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029810
ISBN
9780842029810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.95

Paperback. A meticulously researched and revisionist study of the nineteenth-century Ontario's Married Women's Property Acts. They were important landmarks in the legal emancipation of women. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802078391
ISBN
9780802078391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.01

Hardcover. Ruprecht hopes to show that Quatremere's true importance emerges only if we situate him in his own times, one generation after Winckelmann, in a very different, and a far more revolutionary and secularizing cultural moment. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACG; HBG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384072
ISBN
9781137384072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.31

Paperback. Although designed in the mid-1930s and in squadron service several years prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, Consolidated's PBY Catalina proved its soundness in combat throughout the four years that the war raged across the Pacific in World War 2. This book deals with tthe US Navy's PBY units and operations in the Pacific during World War 2. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841769110
ISBN
9781841769110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801440274
ISBN
9780801440274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752488660
ISBN
9780752488660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 850 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 310 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1808.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350467
ISBN
9780764350467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.51
€ 60.83

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