General & world history
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General & world history
Paperback. An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007198856
- ISBN
- 9780007198856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346939
- ISBN
- 9781612346939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.77
€ 41.99
€ 40.77
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.80
€ 37.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Drawing on recently declassified documents and extensive interviews with Soviet and American policy-makers, this title casts new light on the effect of nuclear threats in two of the tensest moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confrontations arising out of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691019413
- ISBN
- 9780691019413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.87€ 62.95
€ 81.87
€ 62.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023455
- ISBN
- 9781493023455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.53
€ 20.53
Paperback. Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? This text presents a comprehensive comparative history of the conflict from its origins, to it most dangerous moment - the Cuban Missile Crisis. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFW; HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC; JPS; JWMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198780717
- ISBN
- 9780198780717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.59
€ 74.59
paperback. William Dannenmaier served in Korea with the US Army from December 1952 to January 1954, first as a radioman and then as a radio scout with the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment. This memoir offers an account by this common soldier. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069260
- ISBN
- 9780252069260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily struggles and horrors of this devastating war. Num Pages: 352 pages, (b/w illus throughout). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007303571
- ISBN
- 9780007303571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
paperback. * A magisterial history book on why some nations are rich and others poor. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 142 x 44. Weight in Grams: 486. Good copy showing light age and wear. Slight bending to spine and binding, and slight scuffing to interior front cover and half title. Remains a nice copy. Text is clean throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0026192
- ISBN
- 9780349111667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardcover. Welcome to Weird War Two, a catalogue of the weird, the wonderful and the downright eccentric, from deep within IWM's Second World War archives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museums
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904897439
- ISBN
- 9781904897439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Hardback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629131
- ISBN
- 9780745629131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.06
€ 78.06
Paperback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629148
- ISBN
- 9780745629148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.86
€ 25.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes' superb skill in this compelling book. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007137503
- ISBN
- 9780007137503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.28
€ 19.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 15 bw illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472530332
- ISBN
- 9781472530332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.45€ 47.24
€ 51.45
€ 47.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JM; HBG; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 273 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634823029
- ISBN
- 9781634823029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 285.37€ 211.84
€ 285.37
€ 211.84
Paperback. A collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for the Western Civilization survey course that provides an introduction to the materials historians use, the interpretations historians make, and 6,000 years of Western civilization. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, diagrams, figure. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 8 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780077382391
- ISBN
- 9780077382391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.61
€ 181.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452970
- ISBN
- 9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.73
€ 50.73
Paperback. 'Anyone interested in military history or indeed history in general will find it fascinating to read.' The Spectator Num Pages: 448 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3B; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; HBT; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330487245
- ISBN
- 9780330487245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.30
€ 21.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Contains the first English translations of a group of important eighteenth-century German essays that address the question, 'What is Enlightenment?'. This book includes interpretive essays by historians and philosophers, which examine the origins of eighteenth-century debate on Enlightenment and explore its significance for the present. Editor(s): Schmidt, James. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520202269
- ISBN
- 9780520202269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.29
€ 45.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680255
- ISBN
- 9780745680255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.68
€ 21.68
Hardcover. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680248
- ISBN
- 9780745680248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.33
€ 59.33
Paperback. A dozen star historians on what might have happened at history's turning points if the dice had fallen differently. Editor(s): Roberts, Dr. Andrew. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818732
- ISBN
- 9780753818732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. How old is the universe? How are humans related to a sponge? Where did most of the world's water come from? How much would a complete T Rex skeleton cost? Where did the Himalayas come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1214. The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day. 416 pages. How old is the universe? How are humans related to a sponge? Where did most of the world's water come from? How much would a complete T Rex skeleton cost? Where did the Himalayas come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 30. Weight: 1188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408834831
- ISBN
- 9781408834831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.19
€ 33.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. Provides a historical look through the eyes of outsiders as they survey and scrutinize the politics, science, technology, religion, family practices, and gender roles of civilizations not their own. This book emphasizes the broader figurative meaning of looking west in the scope of history. Editor(s): Nader, Laura. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 b/w, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285781
- ISBN
- 9780520285781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.06
€ 44.99
€ 32.06