General & world history
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General & world history
Paperback. A consideration of tenth-century Europe on the eve of the second millennium. Fichtenau offers a survey of all the main spheres of life: the social order, the rural economy, schooling and religious belief and practice in both the secular and monastic church. Translator(s): Geary, Patrick J. Num Pages: 494 pages, xxii, 472 p. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226246215
- ISBN
- 9780226246215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.29
€ 51.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Presents a collection of non fiction essays, articles, and appreciations of fellow writers. This work examines the author's evidence of the inequities of Apartheid as she saw them in 1959, her shocking account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a country free at last. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747548232
- ISBN
- 9780747548232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. Since the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s. Num Pages: 316 pages, 18 b/w images and 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287303
- ISBN
- 9780520287303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. The articles contained in this volume are indicative of a new effort, in the best of current research on the early medieval west, to examine the period from new angles that more fully illumine its vitality and creativity than has been done in the past. Num Pages: 146 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819185631
- ISBN
- 9780819185631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.55
€ 74.55
hardcover. Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the overarching themes of Lincoln's political thought and leadership through provocative and divergent interpretations from leading scholars. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBG; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885880
- ISBN
- 9781574885880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07€ 52.22
€ 63.07
€ 52.22
Paperback. Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the overarching themes of Lincoln's political thought and leadership through provocative and divergent interpretations from leading scholars. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBG; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885897
- ISBN
- 9781574885897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.35
€ 42.35
Hardcover. Until now there was no overview of the air war in Vietnam and the debate it has produced-a debate in which some historians argue that the U.S. could have won the war if it had employed more air power. Frankum fills this gap by deftly tying together the air campaigns over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543027
- ISBN
- 9780742543027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.86
€ 38.99
€ 32.86
Hardcover. Suggests that all human history falls into one of three categories: prehistoric "kinship" societies; the "tributary" societies of ancient and early modern times; and contemporary "free-market" societies. Num Pages: 275 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. DW has minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012881
- ISBN
- 9781850432630
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 132 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841655406
- ISBN
- 9781841655406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.22
€ 8.99
€ 8.22
Paperback. Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject. Num Pages: 368 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113142
- ISBN
- 9780349113142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map, 10 color images, 10 b/w photos, 26 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; HBG; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280595
- ISBN
- 9780520280595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBLW; HBW; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445600208
- ISBN
- 9781445600208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.17
€ 25.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives' tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense. This title exposes errors that have been perpetuated for far too long. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616085964
- ISBN
- 9781616085964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Engrossingly saturated with fascinating lore, colorful anecdotes and deft portraits. Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times" Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351453
- ISBN
- 9780393351453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
€ 16.99
€ 15.99
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€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Birch Brook Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913559475
- ISBN
- 9780913559475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.09
€ 36.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters featured in this book describe a soldier's daily life. Editor(s): Bridgman, Dianne; Masuda, Hana. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987453
- ISBN
- 9780295987453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Presents the story of the romance between an American Eighth Air Force serviceman and a Suffolk girl during the Second World War. Using letters preserved by the author's mother, this title reconstructs the relationship from the day of its beginning in March 1944, to its culmination in marriage in July 1945. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452524
- ISBN
- 9780752452524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardcover. Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224087025
- ISBN
- 9780224087025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.97
€ 25.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative. Num Pages: 548 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822307624
- ISBN
- 9780822307624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Hardcover. This guide to the world of late antiquity offers eleven essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries. Experts provide information and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of an era marked by the rise of two world religions and political upheavals that remade the map of the known world. Editor(s): Bowersock, G. W.; etc. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 63 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 260 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1798.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674511736
- ISBN
- 9780674511736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68€ 56.02
€ 60.68
€ 56.02
Hardcover. The Hurricane served in every theatre during the Second World War as a fighter, night fighter, ground attack aircraft and even on board ship guarding vital convoys. This book offers first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233004549
- ISBN
- 9780233004549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.00
€ 25.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker; Freedman, Paul H. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217025
- ISBN
- 9780812217025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Last Ride of the Valkyries: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmachthelferin...
Ltc (Retired) Jimmy L. Pool
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
€ 85.25€ 59.33
€ 85.25
€ 59.33