History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Editor(s): Stadter, Philip A. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540051
- ISBN
- 9780199540051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.44
€ 16.99
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Paperback. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Translator(s): Talbert, Richard J. A. Series Editor(s): Pelling, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449433
- ISBN
- 9780140449433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Romm, James S. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848466
- ISBN
- 9781603848466
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.27
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Paperback. As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism, justice, intelligence and reason - that contributed to the rise of Rome. Editor(s): Tatum, Jeffrey. Translator(s): Tatum, Jeffrey; Pelling, Christopher; Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449754
- ISBN
- 9780140449754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.61
€ 18.99
€ 18.61
Hardcover. An outstanding new edition of Plutarch, the inventor of biography, focused on five lives that remade the Roman world. Editor(s): Romm, James. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393292824
- ISBN
- 9780393292824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.62
€ 37.99
€ 31.62
Paperback. Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. This title includes prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441581
- ISBN
- 9780140441581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199664337
- ISBN
- 9780199664337
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.93
€ 18.99
€ 18.93
Hardback. What do the wheel, the law, and belief in a single god have in common? All of these ideas first came to people who lived in the ancient Near East. As if these revolutionary developments weren't enough to make a mark on world history, these ancient innovators also came up with the most fantastic invention of all-writing. Series: The World in Ancient Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 99 color & 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195161595
- ISBN
- 9780195161595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.94
€ 61.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, tables & illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198152
- ISBN
- 9781845198152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.22
€ 130.22
Hardback. This volume brings together a wide range of readings on the Athenian Empire. Editor(s): Low, Polly. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625857
- ISBN
- 9780748625857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.49
€ 203.49
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185126
- ISBN
- 9780300185126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
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paperback. Presenting Punic War in 264 BC, this title records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the final destruction of Carthage. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps, plan, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Later Printing Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443622
- ISBN
- 9780140443622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
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Hardcover. For this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton's 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Buttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 116 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Sew Rev
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996618
- ISBN
- 9780674996618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996601
- ISBN
- 9780674996601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
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Hardcover. Polybius' overall theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did. The main part of his history describes the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. It is a vital achievement despite its incomplete state; all but the first five of its original forty books survive. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996595
- ISBN
- 9780674996595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.48
€ 33.99
€ 28.48
paperback. What did daily life hold for women in ancient Greece and Rome? How many women read the great histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? Did Socrates' wife, Xanthippe, debate with her husband on issues of beauty and truth? This is an account of women's lives in Greece and Rome'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847923837
- ISBN
- 9781847923837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.16
€ 21.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Sir. Arthur Evans only ever published around a tenth of the sealings he found during excavations of the destruction levels at the Palace of Knossos. Moreover the drawings that he and other scholars did of the sealings are scattered over the four volumes of his Palace of Knossos and in obscure publications. Series: British School at Athens Studies. Num Pages: 65 pages, with 48pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 211 x 7. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- British School at Athens United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904887242
- ISBN
- 9780904887242
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Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. Sunni-Shia relations in the GCC countries are analysed by the contributors in the wake of recent protests in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Editor(s): Potter, Lawrence G. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HRAM2; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043380
- ISBN
- 9781849043380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 95 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890685
- ISBN
- 9788772890685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Hardcover. Editor(s): Villaume, Poul; Westad, Odd Arne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763525886
- ISBN
- 9788763525886
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Condition: New
€ 59.47€ 46.91
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Hardcover. One of the most fertile and fast-developing themes of recent historiography is treated by the 10 new papers in this volume. The history of the ancient world has traditionally been studied with a view to tracing the origins of those grand developments which eventually occurred. Editor(s): Powell, Anton. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125586
- ISBN
- 9781905125586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.71
€ 80.71
Hardback. The "Maratha period" of the 17th and 18th centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. This book highlights shifts in history writing in early modern and modern India and the connections between historical and literary narratives. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124867
- ISBN
- 9780231124867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.88€ 62.64
€ 80.88
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Paperback. This text examines the causes and consequences of India and Pakistani nuclear tests. The book provides a framework for understanding the global context of these tests, and looks at approaches for nuclear abolition in Asia and the West. Num Pages: 340 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 156. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669250
- ISBN
- 9781902669250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59