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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. Using maps and illustrations, this title charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze that destroyed the Mongol fleet. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 8. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034565
ISBN
9781846034565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.44

Paperback. Japan in the 16th century was made up of effectively independent kingdoms led by warrior leaders. The author examines this period of Japanese history, looking at the commanders and armies and the way in which the destruction of the elite Takeda army affected the Samurai on all sides. Illustrator(s): Hook, Christa. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 15 colour and 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; JWD; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 250 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326194
ISBN
9781855326194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282. A Sourcebook and Reader. 248 pages, illustrations. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight: 282.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256040
ISBN
9780520256040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. It's the perfect gift book for every inventor and tinker in your life!"Remarkable .. get the book for yourself. It'll hold you for many hours." (Wall Street Journal)"A fascinating compendium for trivia seekers." (Publishers Weekly)>"Highly entertaining .. " (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 246 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814788127
ISBN
9780814788127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon. Editor(s): Sears, Stephen W. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410300
ISBN
9780815410300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The stories of those who refused to fight in the First World War Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445648941
ISBN
9781445648941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.22

Hardback. Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria. It examines the social and political context of Victorian spying and the role of intelligence in the Anglo-Boer wars. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752445359
ISBN
9780752445359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.76

Hardcover. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933457
ISBN
9780861933457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. A study of vendetta and banditry, applying insights from the field of social anthropology. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521522649
ISBN
9780521522649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.67

Paperback. The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and other such theatres of war, but on the Home Front it was the arduous efforts of women that kept the country running. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 pages of integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473834149
ISBN
9781473834149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.99

Paperback. A fascinating insight into how the people of Chatham coped with the problems of the First World War Num Pages: 148 pages, 176 pages of integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827882
ISBN
9781473827882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. This remarkable uses an array of sources to tell the fascinating and largely forgotten story of the fall of Singapore. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781473824027
ISBN
9781473824027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 7.28

By comparing Anglo-Saxon charters, sermons, and law codes with Langland's Piers Plowman and similar poems, Yeager demonstrates that this legal and homiletical literature had an influential afterlife in the fourteenth-century poetry of William Langland and his imitators. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643475
ISBN
9781442643475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. First-hand account of Syrian uprising Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 305 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044509
ISBN
9781849044509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Brunet, Stephen. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664977
ISBN
9781624664977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Hardback. Editor(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Brunet, Stephen. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664984
ISBN
9781624664984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.33
€ 55.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBN; HBJF; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578656
ISBN
9781877578656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.87

Paperback. Avalon is Britain's very own Atlantis - a mystical kingdom rich in myth and lore. Legends tell how the body of King Arthur was taken to Avalon, where he would wait till his nation's hour of need. The truth is that Avalon was a very real place with a turbulent history of its own. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844132232
ISBN
9781844132232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies. Editor(s): Boardman, Steve; Davies, John Reuben; Williamson, Eila. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838456
ISBN
9781843838456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.02

Hardcover. To date there has been a paucity of books on this remarkable aircraft. Among its claims to fame are the following: the only RAF bomber to serve in its original role from first day of war to last, and in every theatre; the first type to bomb Germany; the first type to bomb Berlin; the first type to drop the 4,000lb 'Cookie' bomb; and so on. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909808140
ISBN
9781909808140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 47.27

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