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Paperback. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240. How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization. 272 pages. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 21. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801215
ISBN
9781408801215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595243
ISBN
9781898595243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.24

Paperback. The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118912461
ISBN
9781118912461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardcover. Humanity has forgotten how to live with the oceans. In this book, a magisterial account of 100,000 years of seaside civilization, the author recovers the coastal experience from its origins among the people who dwelled along the African shore to the bustle and glitz of today's megacities and beach resorts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922232
ISBN
9780226922232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324296
ISBN
9780226324296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.45

paperback. Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once? Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.(New York & London)
Edition
1st Edition,2003
Condition
New
SKU
9780393925685
ISBN
9780393925685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. 1.5 million Polish civilians - arbitrarily arrested by Stalin as enemies of the people following the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 - were deported to slave labor camps throughout the most inhospitable forests and steppes of the Soviet Union. This title presents a story of young Stefan Waydenfeld and his family. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Aquila Polonica
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607720034
ISBN
9781607720034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers provides an "important and compelling" look at today's new power realities Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586482060
ISBN
9781586482060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.14

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8, charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482441
ISBN
9780801482441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, over 600 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 229 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329289
ISBN
9780764329289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.12
€ 58.00

Hardback. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This book details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, and how they were armed. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 195 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1512.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472801463
ISBN
9781472801463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w photos, illus & tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Government of British Columbia Canada
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771894831
ISBN
9780771894831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474286466
ISBN
9781474286466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Brings together nineteen significant articles on the role of textile industries in the Industrial Revolutions of Britain, Europe, Japan, and the United States. This title surveys the contribution the textile industries have made to economic change. Textiles have played a major role in industrial transition. Num Pages: 440 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631181194
ISBN
9780631181194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 233.71

Paperback. Beginning with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, this volume draws upon eye-witness German accounts supplemented with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. Series: Soviet Russian Military Experience. Num Pages: 528 pages, figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642987
ISBN
9780714642987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138963252
ISBN
9781138963252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.27

Paperback. A treasure trove of history's interesting bits, from one of the writers of QI Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541009
ISBN
9781848541009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Editor(s): McNeill, William H.; Waldman, Marilyn Robinson. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; HBG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561554
ISBN
9780226561554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Examines the origins and development of early medieval commerce through an analysis of the dirham hoards from European Russia and the Baltic - between 750-900 - when Viking and Rus' merchants took fur and slaves south through European Russia to the markets of Khazaria and the 'Abbasid caliphate. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3F; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860786573
ISBN
9780860786573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.67

Paperback. Offers an account of the growth and uses of Western learning in Japan from 1720 to 1830. This book features dates of the beginning of official interest in Western learning and of the expulsion of Siebold from the country, the first stage of a crisis that could be resolved only by the opening of the country of the West. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804706698
ISBN
9780804706698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a dozen different countries, The Jesuits, II continues in the illustrious tradition of its predecessor to make an important contribution to religious memory. Editor(s): O'Malley, John W.; Bailey, Gauvin Alexander; Harris, Steven J.; Kennedy, T. Frank, S.J. Num Pages: 924 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
924
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520687
ISBN
9781487520687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.91
€ 55.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Edition
Rev Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878202171
ISBN
9780878202171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.50

Hardback. Following what may be conventionally called the Jewish ethno-cultural model and tracing its performance throughout history, this book attempts to apply a synthetic, comprehensive approach to the Jewish phenomenon - an alternative to the metaphysical and religious ones - and to evaluate it in the comparative context. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843437
ISBN
9781934843437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.83

Hardback. Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitation of the resources of the New World. Editor(s): Bernardini, Paolo; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1K; 3H; 3JF; GTB; HBG; HRJ; JFC; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811530
ISBN
9781571811530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 216.88

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