General & world history
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General & world history
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195389142
- ISBN
- 9780195389142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.61
€ 12.99
€ 11.61
Hardcover. Suggests that all human history falls into one of three categories: prehistoric "kinship" societies; the "tributary" societies of ancient and early modern times; and contemporary "free-market" societies. Num Pages: 275 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. DW has minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012881
- ISBN
- 9781850432630
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The story of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1944 - the turning point year in Bomber Command's war against Germany. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753823989
- ISBN
- 9780753823989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.39
€ 15.99
€ 11.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DDB; 1KJH; 1KLSB; HBG; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 10.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910745557
- ISBN
- 9781910745557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. This survey of the rise and decline of European overseas empires asks how and why these empires were formed, persisted, and eventually fell. The author explains Europe's long occupation of global centre stage and seeks to throw new light on today's postcolonial world and the legacies of empire. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093148
- ISBN
- 9780300093148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. The 16th-century Mediterranean witnessed the expansion of European and Middle Eastern civilizations in the guises of the Hapsburg monarchy and the Ottoman empire. This title considers the relations between these two dynasties in light of the social, economic, and political affairs at the frontiers between North Africa and the Iberian peninsula. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330310
- ISBN
- 9780226330310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack. Num Pages: 488 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366 477pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847171047
- ISBN
- 9781847171047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.02
€ 14.99
€ 13.02
Hardcover. This book examines both the policies of church boards and town councils in organising charitable appeals, as well as the general population's giving behaviour. Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 full color. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3J; HBG; HBLH; JFFA; JKSN; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789089647931
- ISBN
- 9789089647931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.28
€ 19.99
€ 7.28
Hardback. Uncover the power of prayer in world events by delving into 10 key moments in history where faith and prayer intersected with the course of mankind. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRLD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781426216442
- ISBN
- 9781426216442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.75
€ 24.99
€ 17.75
Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719033575
- ISBN
- 9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.76
€ 29.99
€ 6.76
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
€ 33.28
€ 33.28
Paperback. Presents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. Containing photographs and maps, it offers an essential history of the war. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations; maps; portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0005197
- ISBN
- 9780140024814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Stories of the men who served the guns on the D-Day beaches Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBW; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834934
- ISBN
- 9781473834934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 170 b/w and color photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 283 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764323423
- ISBN
- 9780764323423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25€ 46.65
€ 65.25
€ 46.65
Hardcover. The aim of this book is not to seek the effects war has had on the 20th century, but rather to explore how societies chose to remember wars and maniplulate this memory for political and cultural purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages, Includes 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754607359
- ISBN
- 9780754607359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.01
€ 167.01
Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSK0000307
- ISBN
- 9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.63
€ 10.63
Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSK0000306
- ISBN
- 9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.63
€ 10.63
Paperback. The story of the most famous airplane of World War II Num Pages: 100 pages, 50 b&w photos, drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Potomac Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888362
- ISBN
- 9781574888362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.67
€ 24.99
€ 21.67
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591144717
- ISBN
- 9781591144717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Hardback. Professor Bazant describes in detail the implementations of the 1856 Lerdo Law and subsequent decrees. Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Former library book with usual labels to spine endpapers and inside cover. No dust jacket but remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0002119
- ISBN
- 9780521078726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts present descriptions of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. The introduction provides a biographical note on d'Espagnet and traces the influence these works had on later generations. Translator(s): Everard, John; Ashmole, Elias. Series: English Renaissance Hermeticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780824075422
- ISBN
- 9780824075422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.30
€ 173.30
Paperback. Originally published as 'Dreyfus to de Gaulle', this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000682
- ISBN
- 9780340522394
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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
€ 129.90
Hardback. Offers a thrilling selection of tales illustrating how victories were achieved against the odds from the Peninsula War of 1811 to Vietnam in 1967. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBW; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473847491
- ISBN
- 9781473847491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 7.28
€ 32.99
€ 7.28