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Paperback. Draws connections between a range of subjects, from the history of the neglect and recovery of the Holocaust to the challenge of 'evil' in understanding the European past. This book shows how much of our history has been sacrificed in the triumph of myth-making over understanding and denial over memory. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532330
- ISBN
- 9780099532330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Browne explains how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and for bad. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224367
- ISBN
- 9781780224367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, over 90 b/w photographs, line schemes, charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322204
- ISBN
- 9780764322204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.68€ 39.69
€ 54.68
€ 39.69
Paperback. Since around 1500 CE, humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. This book offers an overview of global environmental history throughout this remarkable 500-year period. It examines the connections between environmental change and other topics of early and modern world history. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Pomeranz, Kenneth L. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256880
- ISBN
- 9780520256880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Through a variety of case studies, Transnational Histories of Youth in the Twentieth Century examines the emergence of youth and young people as a central historical force in the global history of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Jobs, Richard Ivan; Pomfret, David Martin. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, up to 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469892
- ISBN
- 9781137469892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Hardcover. Explores the interplay of formal politics with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book presents an analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 211
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779343504
- ISBN
- 9788779343504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 270 b/w and color photos, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1242.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325342
- ISBN
- 9780764325342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.61
€ 48.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. Editor(s): Pohl, John M.D.; Lyons, Claire L. Num Pages: 368 pages, 129 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 1QDAR; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938770012
- ISBN
- 9781938770012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.25
€ 81.25
Paperback. A plain-English guide to Britons in battle, from the Roman invasion to the ongoing Iraqi war Charging through the Britain's military past, this accessible guide brings to life the battles and wars that shaped the history of Britain-and the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470032138
- ISBN
- 9780470032138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.44
€ 21.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Presenting a communicational perspective on the British empire in India during the 20th century, the book seeks to examine how, and explain why, British proconsuls, civil servants and even the monarch George V, as well as Indian nationalists, interacted with the media, primarily British and American, and with what consequences. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364343
- ISBN
- 9781349364343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Paperback. The magnum opus of the First World War, from the outstanding historian at the King's College Department of War Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349000077
- ISBN
- 9780349000077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. Examines various aspects of ancient warfare from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight. This work looks at war in a wider context and explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict: can a war be just? Why was siege warfare particularly bloody? What role did divine intervention play in the outcome of a battle? Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Half-tones and drawings throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804709
- ISBN
- 9780192804709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. The essays in this 1985 volume direct attention to important questions on the relationship between food and history. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I.; Rabb, Theodore K. Num Pages: 346 pages, d.tabs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510. 8vo.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KEX0285015
- ISBN
- 9780521315050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118948996
- ISBN
- 9781118948996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 6th Print
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060677015
- ISBN
- 9780060677015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.82
€ 22.82
Paperback. While world history materials date back to prehistoric times, the field itself is relatively young. This book covers key events that have altered world history such as terrorism, global consumerism, and environmental issues. Editor(s): Stearns, Peter N. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740484
- ISBN
- 9780814740484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451485
- ISBN
- 9780801451485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Paperback. An insightful introduction to war, its political theories and historical realities. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748948
- ISBN
- 9781780748948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
CD-Audio. In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of two million years of human history using one hundred objects selected from the Museum's vast and renowned collection. This box set includes an illustrated booklet with additional background information and photographs. Num Pages: 20 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 137 x 41. Weight in Grams: 462. In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of two million years of human history using one hundred objects selected from the Museum's vast and renowned collection. This box set includes an illustrated booklet with additional background information and photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 156 x 137 x 41. Weight: 464.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408469880
- ISBN
- 9781408469880
CD
Condition: New
€ 97.50€ 68.40
€ 97.50
€ 68.40