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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This authoritative account of the Taliban's remarkable rebirth in Pakistan and Afghanistan traces the roots of the region's Islamic extremism and examines the role of America's political policies and strategic military decisions in enabling the troubling resurgence of the dangerously repressive fundamentalists. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216165
ISBN
9780300216165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Hardcover. A close look at the presidency of Jefferson Davis. It seeks to provide a clear picture of his leadership and ability to handle domestic, diplomatic and military matters under the most trying circumstances - without the resources of the north and without the formal recognition of other nations. Num Pages: 576 pages, 39 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611706
ISBN
9780700611706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.72

Paperback. Beautiful, mysterious, and tragic, Cleopatra remains one of the most mesmerizing women of all time-and here is her story, based on the latest archaeological research. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 Colour Photographs, 20 Black and White Photographs, 3 Maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 206 x 16. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426205453
ISBN
9781426205453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Siena of the 13th and 14th centuries was one of the great cities of Europe, and its artists were among those who reshaped the nature and place of painting. Maginnis' book asks the fundamental questions about the painters' lives and work and shows how Sienese society shaped them. Translator(s): Erasmi, Gabriele. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 110 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACK; AFC; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271023380
ISBN
9780271023380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.86
€ 44.83

Hardback. Many important right-wing political figures from the late nineteenth century and inter-war period have been over-shadowed in history by Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. This title assesses the careers of seventeen of the most important figures in right-wing politics in Central and Eastern Europe during this period. Editor(s): Haynes, Rebecca; Rady, Martyn. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845116972
ISBN
9781845116972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13
€ 125.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292. The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 160 pages. Lewis and Clark found evidence that the American continent was visited and settled long before Columbus. The authors reveal that these discoveries threatened powerful interests in Washington--including the Smithsonian Institution--and culminated in Lewis's murder. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431220
ISBN
9781591431220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world, their nature, context and social importance. It also includes a section which reviews the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853996962
ISBN
9781853996962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.97

Paperback. 2 September 2016 marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire which changed the city of London forever. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 275 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1302.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537487
ISBN
9781784537487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708321898
ISBN
9780708321898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777213
ISBN
9781910777213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.23

Hardback. "Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis, daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his wife, Varina Howell Davis, was born into a war-torn South in June 1864. Arriving only a month after the death of beloved Confederate hero, J.E.B. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 photographs, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346373
ISBN
9781612346373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.14

Hardcover. In the late 1910s, Henry Ford relocated his industry to a Detroit suburb called Dearborn. Due to the high wages he paid, this became the first place in the nation where the modern "American dream" was realized: it was here that the ordinary person could own a house and a car. Num Pages: 230 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804903
ISBN
9780875804903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.26

Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362130
ISBN
9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 64.01

Paperback. The story of Reconstruction is about how a middle class formed in America and how its members defined what the nation would stand for, both at home and abroad. Presenting the history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this book provides an understanding of the Reconstruction. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 b&w illustrations + 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136302
ISBN
9780300136302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.54

Paperback. The author examines such issues as black suffrage, disengranchisement, taxation, westward migration, lynching and civil rights to detect the trajectory of Northern disenchantment with Reconstruction. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013667
ISBN
9780674013667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Dubrow, Heather; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167664
ISBN
9780226167664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.29

Paperback. Analyses the interrelationships between Cordoba's immigrant entrepreneurs, workforce, labour movement, gender relations, and culture on the one hand, and social revolution, modernization, and the Atlantic community on the other between the 1890s and the 1960s. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 photographs, 2 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243712
ISBN
9780803243712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.90

Paperback. This work examines the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1956) and the Republic of Sudan that followed in order to understand how colonialism worked on the ground, affected local cultures, influenced the rise of nationalism, and shaped the postcolonial nation-state. Series: Colonialisms S. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235595
ISBN
9780520235595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479805006
ISBN
9781479805006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.65

Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674214613
ISBN
9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.38
€ 68.48

Hardcover. Almost unimaginably immense, North America stretches from a few degrees short of the North Pole to a few degrees shy of the equator. Archaeologists are now racing to unravel the mysterious past of the forgotten peoples who once inhabited this sprawling land. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLC; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471042372
ISBN
9780471042372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. Presents translations of some of the important ancient writings on the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. This book offers comprehensive coverage of Alexander, from his family background to his military conquests, death and legacy. It includes a bibliography of modern works, visual sources and a map of Alexander's expedition. Editor(s): Heckel, Waldemar; Yardley, J. C. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228202
ISBN
9780631228202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.69

Paperback. The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of fighter pilot John Simpson, DFC, who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the epic air battle. Num Pages: 224 pages, 79 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445607054
ISBN
9781445607054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. The close links between the Scots and English law in the Middle Ages have long been recognised. Based on extensive research, this book examines the brieves of novel dissasine, mortancestry and right, and legal remedies for the recovery of land, as well as aspects of the early history of the Scottish legal profession and the Court of Session. Series: Edinburgh Classic Editions. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474407465
ISBN
9781474407465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.52

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