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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222975
ISBN
9780812222975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.63

Hardback. Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 52, 8 colour plates, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ; RGV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231641
ISBN
9780230231641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.19

Hardback. How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? This book reveals the way ordinary men used bows and arrows in their day-to-day lives, and the way that their skills became recognised by the kings of England as invaluable in warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465876
ISBN
9780752465876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.47

Paperback. Reveals the power behind the English longbow - one of history's most devastating weapons Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752449517
ISBN
9780752449517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.35

hardcover. A wealth of archival material allows an insider's view of the orchestra that has become an icon of Canadian culture and enriched the lives of Torontonians and all Canadians for over eighty years. Num Pages: 256 pages, 102 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; AVRB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035882
ISBN
9780802035882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.08

Hardcover. In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618077
ISBN
9780230618077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.79

Hardback. The period immediately after World War II was a vital one for diplomatic relations and, with the Soviet Union emerging as a new superpower, it was particularly important for Britain's relations with America. This book focuses on the role of the British Embassy in Washington during this period. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859807
ISBN
9781848859807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.46
€ 133.93

Hardcover. Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln's death, we, like Walt Whitman, "love the President personally." Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065305
ISBN
9780393065305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.29

Hardcover. Presents the story of the Beecher-Tilton scandal that shook American culture in the 1870s because the key players were such vaunted moral leaders. The book offers a tale of love, deception, faith and the indeterminacy of truth. It revises the conception of 19th-century morals and passions. Num Pages: 430 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259383
ISBN
9780226259383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. This volume brings together nine original essays by cultural historians. The works aim to exhibit the promise of a cultural approach to understanding the range of American experiences from the seventeenth century to the present. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226259550
ISBN
9780226259550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.18

Paperback. "[A]n astonishingly interesting interpretation.. Fox is wonderfully shrewd and often dazzling."-Jill Lepore, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 432 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352634
ISBN
9780393352634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138944169
ISBN
9781138944169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763897
ISBN
9781780763897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 40.76

Paperback. In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a business community dedicated to supplying the needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton, the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South. This book offers an encyclopedic history of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War. Num Pages: 500 pages, index, bibliography, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Mercer University Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881461725
ISBN
9780881461725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. At one time British ships carried half of world's trade, transporting every conceivable freight from and to all four corners of the globe - and in times of crisis its tremendous merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. This title relates the Merchant Navy's colourful history and brings to life the day-to-day experiences of the seamen. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812326
ISBN
9780747812326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

This work is the story of the Louisiana soldiers who fought at Vicksburg, as told through their letters, diaries, and remembrances. It presents a day-by-day account from the Confederate vantage point. Correspondents describe daily life in the trenches from their individual perspectives. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 b&w illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585442799
ISBN
9781585442799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. The Historia surveys a tumultuous century in which two competing dynasties struggled for supremacy, while great magnates seized the opportunity to carve out their own principalities. Richer tells of synods and coronations, deception and espionage, battles and sieges, disease and death, and even the difficulties of travel. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674061590
ISBN
9780674061590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.28

Hardback. The Historia surveys a tumultuous century in which two competing dynasties struggled for supremacy, while great magnates seized the opportunity to carve out their own principalities. Richer tells of synods and coronations, deception and espionage, battles and sieges, disease and death, and even the difficulties of travel. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060036
ISBN
9780674060036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.28

Paperback. The second volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 816 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116358
ISBN
9780349116358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 896 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 51. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140483
ISBN
9780349140483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.38

paperback. Illustrates how the quixotic status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming race, immigration and nationality in the US Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791097
ISBN
9780814791097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472812643
ISBN
9781472812643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591142331
ISBN
9781591142331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Examines the range of explanations of the conflict, as well as its significance for the Middle East, for key international relationships, and for the future of the international system. The authors address questions such as: What policies were adopted, and against what opposition? What state interests were served or compromised in the process? Editor(s): Fawn, Rick; Hinnebusch, Raymond A. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588264381
ISBN
9781588264381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.41

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