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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. The volume continues P. G. Walsh's admired translation with commentary of Augustine's City of God. Books I-XIV have been published in eight earlier volumes between 2003 and 2016, and this ninth volume in the collection looks at books XV and XVI. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G.; Collard, Christopher; Image, Isabella. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940179
ISBN
9781786940179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.16
€ 124.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472524027
ISBN
9781472524027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.42

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of global population displacement in the twentieth century, and provides a new analytic approach to the subject by exploring its causes, consequences, and meanings Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 black and white maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198744474
ISBN
9780198744474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.75

Paperback. aeoProvides a fresh and provocative assessment of one of the leading figures of British history. aeo Interweaves interpretative narrative of Cornwalla s life with an in--depth assessment of his long--term historical narrative. aeo Draws from original source material throughout, explaining the difficulties faced in handling contemporary evidence. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204800
ISBN
9780631204800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.78

Paperback. * Provides students with an affordable collection of key articles on the English Civil War. * Includes a substantial introduction which contextualises the articles and the issues they raise> * Examines and provides a guide to major recent and current areas of debate on the causes, course and consequences of the Civil War. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631208099
ISBN
9780631208099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

Paperback. Including the personal experiences and biographies of key players, this text examines the causes, course and consequences of the English Civil War. Dr Gaunt offers a concise military account, providing an assessment of the severity of the conflict and the extent of its impact on civilian life. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 26 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Edition
1st
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764177
ISBN
9781841764177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Historian Peter Gay tells of his youth as an assimilated, antireligious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933-39. He describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings - then and now - toward Germany and the Germans. Num Pages: 218 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300080704
ISBN
9780300080704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.70

Paperback. By 1540, piracy, with some encouragement from the English and French governments, was thriving in the Caribbean. This book brings to life Francis Drake and less civilized English privateers and smugglers, buccaneers like Henry Morgan, and those who suffered all manner of hardship for riches and generally died young and poor. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJM; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270305
ISBN
9780803270305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. The award-winning memoir of a white boy growing up in Rhodesia as it went through a bloody transition to majority rule Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; BGA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330450102
ISBN
9780330450102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A caustic and highly emotional account of Zimbabwe under the tyranny of Mugabe's last days Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Picador Paperbacks
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330507776
ISBN
9780330507776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Explores the multiple dimensions of the Irish lord lieutenancy as an institution - political, social and cultural - between its gradual emergence in the wake of the Tudor proclamation of the 'Kingdom of Ireland' in 1541, and the office's abolition in the context of revolution, independence and partition in 1922. Editor(s): Gray, Peter; Purdue, Olwen. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 plates section. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359607
ISBN
9781906359607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.52
€ 46.68

Paperback. Portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. In this title, the author describes his Alexander as "the most brilliant (and ambitious) field commander in history. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 754. A Historical Biography. 672 pages, illustrations. Portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. In this title, the author describes his Alexander as "the most brilliant (and ambitious) field commander in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBLA. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 39. Weight: 748.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Rd by Eugene N. Borz ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275867
ISBN
9780520275867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Num Pages: 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566. 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203136
ISBN
9780520203136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752471259
ISBN
9780752471259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. Covering both history and literature, Greece and Rome, this title features studies that range from the real nature of Athenian society to poets as diverse as Sappho and Juvenal, and all of them, without laboring any parallels, make the ancient world immediately relevant to our own. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255074
ISBN
9780520255074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.13

Paperback. Told with the full cooperation of many of the survivors, this is the story of WWII's greatest escape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857886498
ISBN
9781857886498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605986920
ISBN
9781605986920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.54

Hardback. Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world's most forbidding heights and how difficult it is to imagine nature in terms other than conquest and domination. Num Pages: 366 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLL; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 36. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
366
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047990
ISBN
9780674047990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

Hardcover. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000.. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498. The Passing of a Way of Life. 288 pages, 35 ills. At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3000. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JPR. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453471
ISBN
9780857453471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636627
ISBN
9780691636627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.37

Paperback. Peter Wilson provides a concise yet comprehensive account of the Holy Roman Empire and its profound impact during its last three centuries of existence. Drawing on a wealth of research, the expanded new edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and now features a new chapter on 'Nation and Identity'. Series: Studies in European History. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDH; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239784
ISBN
9780230239784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047478
ISBN
9780141047478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. It considers not just major western European states, but also the often neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe. Editor(s): Wilson, Peter H. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 247 x 27. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118730027
ISBN
9781118730027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

Hardback. The admired American painter Winslow Homer rose to national attention during the Civil War. But one of his most important early images remained unknown for a century. "Near Andersonville" (1865-66) is the earliest and least known of these impressive images. This title reveals the long-hidden story of this remarkable Civil War painting. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 color illustrations, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053205
ISBN
9780674053205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.75

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