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Hardback. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. This book explores the resulting global trade network located on the peripheries of world empires and shows the illicit ways American colonists met the consumer demand for slaves and East India goods. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282902
ISBN
9780520282902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.91
€ 46.87

It has long been a commonly shared wisdom that humans need government to bring social order to what would otherwise be a chaotic and dangerous world. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612347325
ISBN
9781612347325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024892
ISBN
9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Classic oral history of the British Empire combining PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ, TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT and TALES FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS. Num Pages: 816 pages, 32pp. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119205
ISBN
9780349119205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.66

Hardback. This exciting reinterpretation of the path to Revolution follows Virginia planters' attempts to break with England and shows how their grassroots effort at self-sufficiency solidified into political resistance, war, and independence. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945612407
ISBN
9780945612407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540136
ISBN
9780199540136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.76

Paperback. Offering a nuanced, historically grounded, and critical perspective, this book presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. Editor(s): Torpey, John. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; JPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517998
ISBN
9780742517998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.20

Paperback. From the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-sized information books, an introduction to the life and times of Pompeii as revealed by modern archaeology. With foldouts and double-page spreads. Translator(s): Palmer, Caroline. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 180 illustrations, 110 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0007751
ISBN
9780500300114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The culture of the Middle Ages was as complex, if not as various, as our own, as the essays in this volume ably demonstrate. The essays cover a wide range of tipics, from church sculpture as "advertisement" to tricks and illusions as "homeeconomics." Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879723392
ISBN
9780879723392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J. T. Series: Problems in Focus. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013118
ISBN
9780333111376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453381
ISBN
9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.30

Hardback. World War II. Tells the epic story of the 475th Fighter Group from combat reports, offical American, Australian, and Japanese documents, and from interviews and conversations with the veterans themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 700 b/w and color photos, color profiles. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405181
ISBN
9780887405181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, over 100 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764318672
ISBN
9780764318672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Examines the impact of collective memory. This study makes a contribution to developing a theory of memory and international relations and also examines specific cases of collective memory's influence resulting from the legacies of World War II, the Holocaust, and September 11. Editor(s): Langenbacher, Eric; Shain, Yossi. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589016408
ISBN
9781589016408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.76

Hardback. This volume examines and documents the impact of the Jewish experience on the life and work of the influential theoretician of international politics, Hans J. Morgenthau. It explores the very real impact anti-semitism and Morgenthau's German-Jewish heritage had on his political thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFSR1; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103746
ISBN
9780739103746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.44

Paperback. These essays suggest that influence and power may have paradoxically been available to women despite, and sometimes precisely because of, their subordinate position in society Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065040
ISBN
9780252065040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.50

For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139333
ISBN
9780691139333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.33
€ 53.85

Paperback. For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154329
ISBN
9780691154329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.27

Hardback. Part history, part memoir, this book takes readers into the trenches of the Cold War and demonstrates what Public Diplomacy can do. It also provides examples of what could be done in countries where anti-Americanism runs high. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454753
ISBN
9781845454753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.16

Hardcover. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, this book explores how "pranks" are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796290
ISBN
9780814796290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.61

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