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General & world history

Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, 163 illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; AMX; HBG; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Power Publications Australia
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780909952396
ISBN
9780909952396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.04

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

€ 114.10
€ 86.61

paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243341
ISBN
9781851243341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBG; HBJH; HBLW; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177627
ISBN
9780231177627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.70
€ 56.67

Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428949
ISBN
9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Sgt John Basilone is one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. This biography looks inside the life of Basilone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 black/white photos, one 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 333.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312611446
ISBN
9780312611446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Information is broken down into manageable bite-sized chunks, refreshing your memory of all those things you once knew but have forgotten, and filling you in on the bits that the school syllabus didn't include. From building the pyramids in Egypt to the fall of the Berlin Wall, everything you used to know - and much that you didn't - is here. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782434481
ISBN
9781782434481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
106
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210156
ISBN
9780805210156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. An odyssey through 2,000 years of filth and fury, where men were men, the nights were black, the world was your outside toilet and everything tasted faintly of leeks. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099492986
ISBN
9780099492986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. aeo This is currently the only book in print that treats the topic of hunger from a long--range historical perspective. aeo The contributors to the book are drawn from a broad array of disciplines; among them are Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, and John Post. Editor(s): Newman, Lucile F. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFA; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866288
ISBN
9781557866288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. The essays in this 1985 volume direct attention to important questions on the relationship between food and history. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I.; Rabb, Theodore K. Num Pages: 346 pages, d.tabs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510. 8vo.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KEX0285015
ISBN
9780521315050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardback. Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War. Editor(s): Ritzenhoff, Karen A.; Tholas-Disset, Clementine. Num Pages: 308 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137449092
ISBN
9781137449092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.97

Paperback. This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665414
ISBN
9780712665414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.58

Hardcover. A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth; Dreyfus, Jean-Marc. Series Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFE; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097560
ISBN
9780719097560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.40

Paperback. Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, this book is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predicted. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593386
ISBN
9780099593386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Zinn, Howard. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609801328
ISBN
9781609801328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282216
ISBN
9780520282216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. Features military blunder miscellany, from Ancient Greece to modern-day, including such ill-fated plans as: Xerxes' defeat in Greece at Marathon; Alexander's invasion of India; Napoloeon's occupation of Spain; the French humiliation by Prussia in 1870; and, Islanwanda, massacre of a British army by the spear armed Zulus. Series: How to Lose Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Original
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061358449
ISBN
9780061358449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.62

Hardback. The book explores how human societies have used, constructed, and interpreted their pasts. It ranges chronologically from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, and in worldwide geographical scope. The book probes the concept of the 'invention of tradition' and moves beyond historical writing to embrace a much wider range of media and genres. Editor(s): Lambert, Peter; Weiler, Bjorn. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197266120
ISBN
9780197266120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.27

Paperback. An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007140978
ISBN
9780007140978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621006046
ISBN
9781621006046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.47
€ 163.84

Hardback. This book aims to advance our understanding of household and family religion in Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults. The volume explores the new recognition that religious expression associated with household, family, and domicile is significant and must be investigated in a serious way. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Olyan, Saul M. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405175791
ISBN
9781405175791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.90

Paperback. Focusing on the way Jewish history - particularly the Holocaust - and tradition inform postwar Canadian and American Jewish literature, this text highlights their concerns and work in the context of the broader traditions of mulitculturalism, postcolonial writing, and critical theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773516656
ISBN
9780773516656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change Series: Canons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119074
ISBN
9781782119074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

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