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General & world history

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General & world history

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

€ 63.55

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. 'The Sketchbook War' is not a book about art but the story of war artists, how men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and experiences that were to shape the rest of their lives and the way in which we view war today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956154
ISBN
9780750956154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
CABI Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845937041
ISBN
9781845937041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.05

Paperback. This series supports the AS and A-Levels starting September 2000. The series provides coverage of all the most popular topics, so you can cover the whole of the specification with up-to-date resources. This text concentrates on the Cold War. Series: Heinemann Advanced History. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 4KL; HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435327361
ISBN
9780435327361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.37

Paperback. The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of fascination. This book tells the story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the surrender to a much smaller Japanese force, and the Japanese occupation through the eyes of the soldiers of various nationalities and members of Singapore's beleaguered population. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749950996
ISBN
9780749950996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Think you can tell a killer from a king, a pirate from a pope? There's only one way to find out! The little quiz contains 60 different 'odd one outs'. Featuring royals and reprobates, palaces and poorhouses, take it today and find out just how much you really know about British history. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750955720
ISBN
9780750955720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.22

Hardback. First book to survey international women's cooperation and activism during the wars Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848856714
ISBN
9781848856714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.83
€ 135.20

Paperback. Hitler won support even as he established the Gestapo and concentration camps. What has been in dispute is exactly what the Germans knew about these camps, and how they were involved. The author traces the story from 1933, and shows how war and the prospect of defeat radicalized Nazism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802910
ISBN
9780192802910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. Sigmund Stein was a Jew and also a German with deep roots in rural Germany. When fellow Jews urged Stein to leave Germany in the 1930s and after, he refused. The divided loyalty of a lifetime was finally resolved in Auschwitz. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; G; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634045
ISBN
9781566634045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.98

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.58
€ 56.03

Paperback. Clint Hill reflects on his seventeen years in the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 16-pg. 4-color inserts. BIC Classification: BG; BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476794143
ISBN
9781476794143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. A selection of some of the most influential advisers from 400BC to the present day. Provides an insight into some of the most important and yet often unnoticed men and women in history from around the world. Explores the characteristics that make these the best fixers and manipulators Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849950480
ISBN
9781849950480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GBCB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255131
ISBN
9781781255131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. The first anthology to address the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one substantial and indispensable volume. Editor(s): Levi, Neil; Rothberg, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616541
ISBN
9780748616541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.35
€ 161.76

paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719071836
ISBN
9780719071836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 30 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBTM; KNGS; LBDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 443 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870336416
ISBN
9780870336416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138999015
ISBN
9781138999015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.84

Hardback. This deft volume, which ultimately challenges the conventional scholarly opposition of standards of masculinity and femininity, will appeal to scholars and students of the classical world, European warfare, and gender studies. Editor(s): Fabre-Serris, Jacqueline; Keith, Alison. Num Pages: 360 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417622
ISBN
9781421417622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
HarperOne
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061581083
ISBN
9780061581083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 189 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
189
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888393869
ISBN
9780888393869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Mann examines how the financial patronage of newly empowered local rulers allowed Romanesque architecture and sculptural decoration to significantly redefine the cultural identities of those who lived in the frontier kingdoms of Christian Spain. Num Pages: 296 pages, 78. BIC Classification: 1DS; ACK; AM; HBG; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Number of pages
296
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628939
ISBN
9781442628939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.12

Paperback. Contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide an account of the entire Cold War era. This book illustrates the global impact of the Cold War, and establishes links between the Cold War and the events of 11th September 2001. Editor(s): Hanhimaki, Jussi M.; Westad, Odd Arne. Num Pages: 712 pages, numerous text boxes and line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
712
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199272808
ISBN
9780199272808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.63

Paperback. The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age-the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet's biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545038
ISBN
9780674545038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.43

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