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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
€ 36.99
€ 26.35
Hardcover. Called by some a 'Mediterranean Jutland,' the Battle of the Otranto Straits involved warships from Austria, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. This is the story of the largest naval engagement in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253343796
- ISBN
- 9780253343796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.71
€ 33.71
Paperback. This Main Selection of the History Book Club is "an outstanding work on one of the most significant battles of World War II" ("Journal of Military History"). 45 photos. 32 maps. Num Pages: 492 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613359
- ISBN
- 9780700613359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
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€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Factual, yet human and vivid and eminently readable, The Battle for Guadacanal, is military history at its best Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068911
- ISBN
- 9780252068911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC. Their forbidden tongue is equally mysterious, it is related to no other, but today the Basques are enjoying what may be the most important cultural renaissance in their long existence. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284130
- ISBN
- 9780099284130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. This first full-length treatment of the Barons' Crusade examines the call for holy war and its consequences in Hungary, France, England, Constantinople, and the Holy Land. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238730
- ISBN
- 9780812238730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.63
€ 88.63
Hardback. Focusing on the socio-cultural as well as the political dimensions of the Sergius cult, this study sheds light on the lives of the ordinary faithful, as well as on religion's place in the strategic calculations of hostile empires. It discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 246 pages, 17 figures, including b/w photographs and line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216853
- ISBN
- 9780520216853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.81€ 57.39
€ 73.81
€ 57.39
Paperback. In a work of splendid scholarship that reflects both a firm mastery of difficult sources and a keen intuition, one of Britain's foremost medievalists tells the story of the Christianization of Europe. 36 illustrations. 10 maps. Num Pages: 575 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 575
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218598
- ISBN
- 9780520218598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. James Charles Roy leads a group of jaded American tourists on a historical tour of the Emerald Isle they only thought they knew Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1DD; HBG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813391526
- ISBN
- 9780813391526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. In the course of this historical analysis, this book takes on some of the most influential critical perspectives on Japanese social and labour history. It will interest scholars of labour history. Editor(s): Gordon, Andrew. Translator(s): Boardman, Terry. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 figures, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JPWF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320180
- ISBN
- 9780822320180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.35
€ 26.35
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€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780801490620
- ISBN
- 9780801490620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.59
€ 23.99
€ 20.59
Hardback. Provides an analysis of the aristocracy in the county of Champagne under the independent counts. This work argues that three factors, the rise of the comital state, fiefholding, and the conjugal family, were critical to shaping a loose assortment of baronial and knightly families into an aristocracy with shared customs, institutions, and identity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240191
- ISBN
- 9780812240191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497148
- ISBN
- 9780801497148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.12
€ 34.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. Beginning with an examination of Japan's pre-war ultranationalist climate and the harsh code that precluded the possibility of capture, the author investigates the circumstances of surrender and capture of men like Sakamaki and their experiences in POW camps. It is based on his interviews with dozens of former Japanese POWs along with memoirs. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985084
- ISBN
- 9780295985084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333471
- ISBN
- 9781590333471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.32€ 63.40
€ 83.32
€ 63.40
Multiple-component retail product. An essential text which provides a lucid, up-to-date narrative, incorporating the latest archaeological and textual discoveries. Winner of the AHS's 1997 James Henry Brested Award. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 840 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBA; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1608.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 840
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415167628
- ISBN
- 9780415167628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.07
€ 118.07
Paperback. A concise overview of the growth of Mediterranean civilizations from Paleolithic times through the rise of Muhammad in the 7th century. The book surveys ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and examines life in various Roman provinces. It ends with a discussion of the rise of Christianity. Num Pages: 272 pages, numerous illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1QDA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195155631
- ISBN
- 9780195155631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.52
€ 134.52
Paperback. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683244
- ISBN
- 9781846683244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A major new account of the role and performance of the American army in the First World War. Series: Armies of the Great War. Num Pages: 481 pages, 27 b/w illus. 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107648869
- ISBN
- 9781107648869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.03
€ 41.99
€ 40.03
paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 15 color illus. 71 halftones. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HRKP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691170275
- ISBN
- 9780691170275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. What would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time. Num Pages: 152 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386838
- ISBN
- 9780873386838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Hardback. The Allure of Battle is an accessible, provocative, and entertaining book that illuminates fresh debate about the conduct of warfare and the character of battle for readers of military history. Num Pages: 728 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195383782
- ISBN
- 9780195383782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.26
€ 43.99
€ 42.26