General & world history
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General & world history
Hardback. From the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts that make up the legend of Alexander, this extraordinary hero of history and myth. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617647
- ISBN
- 9780748617647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.40€ 136.27
€ 142.40
€ 136.27
Paperback. In the 17th century, the vision of Cosmopolis arose - a rationally ordered society. This vision perpetuated the delusion that human nature and society could be fitted into precise and manageable rational categories. This text confronts that agenda - its illusions and its consequences. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JJ; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808383
- ISBN
- 9780226808383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Abuses of history can have dire consequences - look at Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Margaret MacMillan's argument for why history matters shows how treating the past with respect can lead us to a better understanding with the present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682100
- ISBN
- 9781846682100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. Distinguished historians provide uniquely broad coverage of the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sheds new light on the American, French and Haitian revolutions, alongside ground-breaking treatments of Africa's place in world history and Asia's age of revolutions. Editor(s): Armitage, David; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580473
- ISBN
- 9780230580473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.32
€ 47.32
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Publisher
- Spink & Son Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902040691
- ISBN
- 9781902040691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.89
€ 54.89
Hardback. This book includes the design, testing and use of Opel cars, trucks and special vehicles of the period from 1931 to 1945. The paramilitary reliability trials, the NSKK competitions and the increasing military modifications of the Opel Blitz commercial vehicles are also shown. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 250 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302671
- ISBN
- 9780764302671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. .
- Publisher
- Ashford Pr Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852533212
- ISBN
- 9781852533212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
CD-Audio. In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation escalated into a full-blown conflict between the two countries. This audio book chronicles the conflict from all sides. Num Pages: 3 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846570704
- ISBN
- 9781846570704
CD
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468. Reflections on the Twentieth Century. 304 pages. Tzvetan Todorov's book examines the history of the past century by analyzing its spectacular political conflicts and by offering moving profiles of individuals who, at great personal cost, resisted the strictures of the communist and Nazi regimes. . Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 28. Weight: 468. Translator(s): Bellos, David.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843543602
- ISBN
- 9781843543602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.21
€ 26.99
€ 20.21
Paperback. As we approach the centenary of Sir Arthur Evans' rediscovery of the Minoans, the author questions whether the work of subsequent archaeologists in Crete support the defined cultural traits that make the Minoan personality. This book examines recent research and offers a new vision of Minoan Crete. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415088336
- ISBN
- 9780415088336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.14
€ 51.14
Paperback. El Museo Britanico alberga varias de las colecciones mas extensas y magnificas del mundo, que abarcan desde la prehistoria hasta el presente, desde las culturas antiguas hasta las modernas de todo el planeta. Num Pages: 288 pages, 280 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714151045
- ISBN
- 9780714151045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated look at the world of fairground transport. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661407
- ISBN
- 9781445661407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Benum, Edgeir; Johansson, Alf; Smilden, Jan-Erik; Storrud, Alf. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBG; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274772809
- ISBN
- 9788274772809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.36
€ 27.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 462
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621941
- ISBN
- 9780748621941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023455
- ISBN
- 9781493023455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.91
€ 20.91
Paperback. Discusses the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295975191
- ISBN
- 9780295975191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16 pp b/w photos on text stock, 3 b/w photos run w/text, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 4.7.2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316097833
- ISBN
- 9780316097833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.16
€ 25.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Series: Century of the Soldier. Num Pages: 148 pages, 25 b/w ills, 8 b/w diags, 15 photos, 11 colour diags. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 246 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911096221
- ISBN
- 9781911096221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.46
€ 33.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. By turns bizarre, surprising, trivial, and enlightening, History without the Boring Bits offers rich pickings for the browser, and entertainment and inspiration aplenty for those who have grown weary of more conventional works of history. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848668683
- ISBN
- 9781848668683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. Explores the Apollo missions and the most successful years of America's space program. Editor(s): Burgess, Colin. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 520 pages, 55 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226654
- ISBN
- 9780803226654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.56
€ 39.56
Hardback. Cox's Fragmenta II Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752465074
- ISBN
- 9780752465074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Ray Mears shows how the success of a vital World War II mission depended on survival skills. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830161
- ISBN
- 9780340830161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424. 496 pages, maps. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848870918
- ISBN
- 9781848870918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Attempting to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which the religious diversity of the 20th century can be accurately described and responsibly discussed, this book contains contributions from scholars working in a variety of religious traditions. Num Pages: 426 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 354 x 254 x 5. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791579
- ISBN
- 9780226791579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.75
€ 36.99
€ 28.75