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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 43. Weight in Grams: 486.
Edition
New
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264665
ISBN
9781853264665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Paperback. This volume includes a wealth of helpful footnotes; more than a dozen maps and illustrations; a chronology of the Archaic Age; a glossary of main characters, places, and terms; suggested further reading; and an index of proper nouns. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 584 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624661136
ISBN
9781624661136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535668
ISBN
9780199535668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

paperback. The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. This book offers a translation of Herodotus' Histories. Translator(s): Holland, Tom. Num Pages: 880 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455397
ISBN
9780140455397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Series: Greek Commentaries Series. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 66. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524139
ISBN
9780929524139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300090949
ISBN
9780300090949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Originally published in 1551, Hernan Chacon's Tractado de la Caualleria de la Gineta reflects an era of radical changes in the chivalresque-military world of renaissance Spain. This new paperback volume in the Exeter Hispanic Texts series provides a text in the original Spanish, edited and introduced in Spanish by Noel Fallows. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 60 pages, 5 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DNF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JW; WSNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895422
ISBN
9780859895422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.72

Hardback. Series: Max Kade German-American Research Institute Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271059372
ISBN
9780271059372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.76
€ 87.13

hardcover. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 267 x 55. Weight in Grams: 3828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
9780884024118
ISBN
9780884024118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 52.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Casemate
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612002699
ISBN
9781612002699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.34

The disappearance and imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle. Num Pages: 488 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPG; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735902
ISBN
9780804735902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.46

Hardcover. On 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454968
ISBN
9781845454968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.05

hardcover. Cockaigne: portrayed in legend, oral history, and art, this imaginary land became the most pervasive collective dream of medieval times-an earthly paradise to counter the suffering and frustration of daily existence and to quell anxieties over an ever-more-exclusive heavenly afterlife. Translator(s): Webb, Diane. Num Pages: 544 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231117029
ISBN
9780231117029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 40.99

Hardcover. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
319
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890609
ISBN
9788772890609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Develops an historical argument with contemporary relevance - Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom, this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural, intellectual, and social life from the mid-19th century onwards. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336976
ISBN
9780822336976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621951
ISBN
9780691621951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. The African community in colonial Mexico under Spanish and Catholic rule. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217752
ISBN
9780253217752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. The stories of the Native Americans encompass heroism and tragedy, humour and stoicism, loyalty and conflict-all part of the riveting experience of Warriors in Uniform Num Pages: 216 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426203619
ISBN
9781426203619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. Selected as one of Civil War magazine's 100 essential titles on military campaigns and personalities. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062100
ISBN
9780252062100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 492 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972728
ISBN
9780865972728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972735
ISBN
9780865972735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742566972
ISBN
9780742566972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.32

hardcover. Deploying concepts of interpretation, liberation, and survival, esteemed literary critic Herbert Lindenberger reflects on the diverse fates of his family during the Holocaust. Combining public, family, and personal record with literary, musical, and art criticism, One Family's Shoah suggests a new way of writing cultural history. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 238 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341135
ISBN
9780230341135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.77

Paperback. Deploying concepts of interpretation, liberation, and survival, esteemed literary critic Herbert Lindenberger reflects on the diverse fates of his family during the Holocaust. Combining public, family, and personal record with literary, musical, and art criticism, One Family's Shoah suggests a new way of writing cultural history. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 238 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341159
ISBN
9780230341159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

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