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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is regarded as Chinas golden age, equivalent in British history to the Elizabethan era. Through the themes of people and places and a wealth of objects, this book provides an introduction to the Ming period. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124834
ISBN
9780714124834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. Shows how the British cultivated the Hashemite Sherifs of Mecca more as an alternative focus during the First World War for Muslim loyalty from the Ottoman Sultan, who as Caliph had declared a jihad against the Allies when the Turks joined the Central Powers, than a leader of an independent and united Arabia. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791668
ISBN
9781905791668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A group of distinguished Scottish medievalists examines various aspects of the history of Celtic or Gaelic-speaking Scotland from the sub-Roman period to the sixteenth century. Editor(s): Cowan, E.J.; McDonald, R. Andrew. Num Pages: 296 pages, geneal. tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
John Donald Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566579
ISBN
9781906566579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877979
ISBN
9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. The book is part of Edexcel's own series of resources for the GCE 2008 specification, and is designed to provide students with the best preparation possible for their examinations. Packed full of exam tips and activities, students can be sure they will develop all the historical skills they need to be fully prepared. Series: Edexcel GCE History. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; 4KL; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 274 x 218 x 5. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846907517
ISBN
9781846907517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smyth, Jim. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268101749
ISBN
9780268101749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415629478
ISBN
9780415629478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. Tells the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, and also of a continent uniquely prone to interference from 'semi-detached' elements, such as Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Britain and the United States. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037172
ISBN
9780141037172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. A topical subject offering interesting parallels between the news revolution in the age of James I and Charles I and our internet age. An important contribution to the history of print and books. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839347
ISBN
9781843839347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.03

Hardback. Explores the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1526.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162011
ISBN
9780300162011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 44.17

Paperback. A probing enquiry into Sino-Tibetan relations, both at the level of high politics and everyday interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044714
ISBN
9781849044714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year - between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294536
ISBN
9781910294536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585107957
ISBN
9781585107957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. Tells the story of South Africa's shocking propaganda campaign which sold apartheid across the world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399140
ISBN
9780745399140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? This book sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117528
ISBN
9781845117528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Drawing upon early literary sources, the evidence of period illuminated manuscripts, frescoes and other iconography, this book details the lasting legacy of the swansong of Byzantine naval power. Illustrator(s): Dzis, Igor. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807281
ISBN
9781472807281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Hardback. Illustrated with maps, photographs of Walcheren today, and contemporary images from the Dutch archives. Provides a medically informed (but easily understandable) account of the mysterious fever which decimated the expeditionary force and blighted the British army for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848844681
ISBN
9781848844681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the founding of Memphis around 5000 BC onwards. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour maps and 70 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLA; HBTP; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 396.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140513318
ISBN
9780140513318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420898
ISBN
9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336329
ISBN
9780745336329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. The author returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571280360
ISBN
9780571280360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Hardcover. American social critics in the 1970s seized on narcissism as the sickness of the age. But they missed the psychoanalytic breakthrough that championed it as the wellspring of ambition, creativity, and empathy. Elizabeth Lunbeck's history opens a new view on the central questions faced by the self struggling amid the crosscurrents of modernity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JMAF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724860
ISBN
9780674724860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

paperback. Offers an account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 80. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184448
ISBN
9781859184448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Hardcover.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752493367
ISBN
9780752493367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

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