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General & world history

Paperback. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282179
ISBN
9780520282179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. The authors use major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, to tell for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Editor(s): Goncharov, Sergei; Lewis, John Wilson; Litai, Xue. Series: Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control. Num Pages: 412 pages, 42 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721158
ISBN
9780804721158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.42

Hardback. There are over three dozen violent insurgencies around the globe today, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. Waging Insurgent Warfare weaves together an impressive analysis of how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190600860
ISBN
9780190600860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463027
ISBN
9781580463027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Farmer, Sharon; Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801434457
ISBN
9780801434457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.55

Paperback. Beginning with the intriguing case of Herod the Great's Jewishness, this title discusses what made or did not make Jewish identity during the period, the question of conversion, the prohibition of intermarriage, matrilineal descent, and the place of the convert in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 441 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226937
ISBN
9780520226937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.35

Hardback. Philology--the discipline of making sense of texts--is enjoying a renaissance within academia. World Philology charts the evolution of philology across the many cultures and time periods in which it has been practiced and demonstrates how this branch of knowledge, like philosophy and mathematics, is essential to human understanding. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052864
ISBN
9780674052864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.81
€ 51.34

Paperback. This volume provides a concise introduction to the diverse ideas about disease and its treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to 21st-century America and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in different cultures. Series: Themes in World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBG; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278171
ISBN
9780415278171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.56

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813030616
ISBN
9780813030616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. The Expressiveness of the Body meditates on the contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299892
ISBN
9780942299892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. The first detailed intellectual history of the Jewish Enlightenment, acclaimed as a work of great conceptual clarity and penetrating analysis. Translator(s): Naor, Chaya; Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904113102
ISBN
9781904113102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408880111
ISBN
9781408880111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln. Series: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln. Num Pages: 576 pages, 48 b&w images thru-out. BIC Classification: HB; HBG; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476777269
ISBN
9781476777269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. In the wake of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, the author and his parents fled their home in Germany and relocated to one of the few cities in the world that offered shelter without requiring a visa: the notorious pleasure capital, Shanghai. This title unfolds the Jewish life in the exotic sanctuary of Shanghai. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076244
ISBN
9780252076244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

hardcover. Editor(s): Schroer, Silvia. Num Pages: 383 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525530207
ISBN
9783525530207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.11
€ 86.22

Paperback. The Chieftain Main Battle Tank was the heaviest armoured and armed tank used in modern flashpoint wars such as the Iran-Iraq War, Bosnia and the Gulf War. This manual explores the design, development and operation of the tank, one of the most influential vehicles used in modern warfare. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841767192
ISBN
9781841767192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Countryside Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853069369
ISBN
9781853069369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.42

Paperback.

This volume, the first of its kind by western scholars, describes the development amongst the diverse inhabitants of the immense landmass between Carpathians and Urals of a political, economic and social nexus out of which would emerge the future Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Series: Longman History of Russia. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582490918
ISBN
9780582490918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Paperback. Features leading scholars across several disciplines who investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. This book shows how Britain's liberal version of modernity was the product of a peculiar set of historical circumstances that continues to haunt our neoliberal present. Editor(s): Gunn, Simon; Vernon, James. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289536
ISBN
9780520289536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Popular uprisings in Poland and Hungary shake Moscow's hold on its eastern European empire. Across the American South, and in the Union of South Africa, black people risk their livelihoods, and their lives, in the struggle to dismantle institutionalised white supremacy and secure first-class citizenship. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571312337
ISBN
9780571312337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFQ; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497292
ISBN
9780801497292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.70

Paperback. Explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. This book examines the impact of the pre-war emphasis on worldwide garrison, occupation and policing duties for the Empire's defence of the mindset of the Army's leadership and its lack of preparation for a continental war. Series: Military History and Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415407786
ISBN
9780415407786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Paperback. Spanning the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford, this is a story of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 plate sections. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546689
ISBN
9780099546689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained.. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32pp colour plates, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1624.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006863489
ISBN
9780006863489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.48

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