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History: earliest times to present day

paperback. From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. This book offers a devastating analysis of American Imperialism, drawing alarming connections between its repression of information inside the US and its aggressive empire-building abroad. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099135012
ISBN
9780099135012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLX; JPHF; JPQ; JPSL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241981979
ISBN
9780241981979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

paperback. Analyses the Kennedy Administration and draws controversial parallels between the Presidency of JFK and that of Ronald Reagan. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780745335421
ISBN
9780745335421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.89

Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971462
ISBN
9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
1st
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312085858
ISBN
9780312085858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.74

paperback. The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717142958
ISBN
9780717142958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. The extraordinary and genuine account of Rosemary Say - an attractive and courageous young Englishwoman whose emigration to France in 1939 led her to suffer the horrors of life under the Nazis Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Michael O'Mara
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTM0006516
ISBN
9781843179627
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. This book presents the biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (AD 364-78). Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 476 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283893
ISBN
9780520283893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating episode in seventeenth-century history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199575718
ISBN
9780199575718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.73

Hardcover. In Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 341 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504349
ISBN
9780674504349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardback. Roman Letters offers a rich selection of original translations of ancient Roman letters spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE. Chronologically arranged and grouped according to author or collection, the letters cover various topics and themes selected from a broad range of authors. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BJ; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339505
ISBN
9781444339505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333494
ISBN
9780822333494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. The story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the 20th century is one constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This book argues that the current fragmentation of Egypt's political scene reflects the increasing social division in a country where 'the people' are demanding a redefinition of their national identity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; HRH; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403191
ISBN
9781474403191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; BM; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bookstorm
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928257240
ISBN
9781928257240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. aeo Provides background for students new to the period. aeo Assesses economic, social, religious and political life, covering the impact of long--term change as well as short--term developments. aeo Examines the English Civil War debate in the 1990s and discusses the problems of causation in history. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204510
ISBN
9780631204510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.74

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558408
ISBN
9781904558408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

paperback. Norbert Elias is one of the most important thinkers of our time. This is Elias's last great work, and it displays all the breadth, brilliance and originality of his other major writings. Editor(s): Schroter, Michael. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 290 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620091
ISBN
9780745620091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835073
ISBN
9781843835073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.94

Hardback. Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London's most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736573
ISBN
9780674736573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Norman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BJ; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538379
ISBN
9780199538379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. The widespread idea that Christian missions went hand in hand with Imperialism and colonial conquest is challenged here by a group of eminent historians. By showing the variety of missions and the vital role played by indigenous men and women, they place missions in a long historical perspective. Editor(s): Etherington, Norman. Series: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199253487
ISBN
9780199253487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.47

Paperback. The Middle Ages inherited a tradition of prophesy which, during those centuries, took on fresh vitality. This tradition foretold a millennium in which the world would be inhabited by happy people. This book tells the story of those millenarian fanaticism and points to their persistence today. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; HRCM; HRCZ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712656641
ISBN
9780712656641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. This volume gives a full account of the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20, when the Red Army was crushed by a devasting Polish attack. The author draws on documentary material and shows how this episode largely determined the course of European history for the next 20 years. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712606943
ISBN
9780712606943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Norman Davies travels back in time to highlight the long-term themes and traditions which have influenced contemporary attitudes. His account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801265
ISBN
9780192801265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

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