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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037622
ISBN
9780691037622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.65
€ 51.34

Paperback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951092
ISBN
9781890951092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. A revised edition of a groundbreaking work tracing the rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations in ancient Greece, arguing that they served to celebrate the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 539 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
539
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951597
ISBN
9781890951597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951085
ISBN
9781890951085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. A masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future Num Pages: 440 pages, 63 illustrations, 10 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271371
ISBN
9780803271371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.87

Paperback. The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117201
ISBN
9780349117201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. This book traces these and other examples of this 'jerky' and uneven process through its regional differences. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWD; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087391
ISBN
9781849087391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897202
ISBN
9788772897202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.98
€ 53.08

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633190
ISBN
9780691633190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603988
ISBN
9780691603988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

paperback. Famine moves a Greenlandic family into a new settlement in the 1850's where the joys and tragedies of pre-Christian times are depicted Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 104 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996193832
ISBN
9780996193832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.70

Paperback. Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach. Editor(s): Townson, Nigel. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248885
ISBN
9780230248885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

paperback. This is an original and sweeping analysis of the hitherto neglected, yet pivotal. late Franco dictatorship in Spain that draws on extensive new research. Editor(s): Townson, Nigel. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349281275
ISBN
9781349281275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Paperback. The three Punic Wars lasted nearly 100 years, from 264BC to 146BC. They represented a struggle in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome, bent on imperial conquest, and the great maritime power of Carthage. This is a comprehensive account of a complicated historical period. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763552
ISBN
9781841763552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Hardback. Translator(s): Bryant, Nigel. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271313
ISBN
9781783271313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. The true story behind Robin Hood and his merry Men from early folklore to Hollywood Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849013017
ISBN
9781849013017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

paperback. The first accessible, authoritative and complete account of Vasco da Gama's historic and audacious attempt to seize the spice routes and re-conquer the Holy Land. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1x8pp plate. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9781848870192
ISBN
9781848870192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312227654
ISBN
9780312227654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Presents a surprising, immediate, sometimes humbling, sometimes uplifting insight into what British society was reading about, and thinking, during the Great War. Editor(s): Fountain, Nigel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550. Dustwrapper torn otherwise aVery good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0270438
ISBN
9781783350414
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Provides us the lives of the twelve men, from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush, who presided over America's imperial fortunes - the good, the bad and the truly awful. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520412
ISBN
9780099520412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.44

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