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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The mainland and islands of Greece were settled by peoples moving from Asia Minor in c.5000 BC, while a further wave in c.5000 BC introduced bronze-working to the region. This title recreates the world of these peoples through an examination of their material culture. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780968582
ISBN
9781780968582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Eamonn Ceannt was one of the founding members of the Irish Volunteers. His unit saw intense fighting during the Rising but surrendered when ordered to do so by his superior officer Patrick Pearse. Ceannt was held in Kilmainham Gaol until his execution by firing squad on 8 May 1916, aged 34. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172716
ISBN
9781847172716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 Pages of B&W plates and 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKT; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848841253
ISBN
9781848841253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Eric Rudsdale's role as a curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect opportunity to record life on the home front in his diaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458212
ISBN
9780752458212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 386 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966587
ISBN
9780913966587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966594
ISBN
9780913966594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A masterful history of Rome's first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword. Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 24, b/w and col photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349123837
ISBN
9780349123837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wang, David Der-Wei; Wei, Shang-Jin. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 575 pages, 7fig. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
575
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017818
ISBN
9780674017818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92
€ 54.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307743749
ISBN
9780307743749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 8, 3 black and white, 5 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. 246 pages, 8, 3 black and white, 5 line drawing. Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC1; JHBZ. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight: 422.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837312
ISBN
9781843837312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.49

paperback. This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 in-text illustrations and 80 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; HBLA; HBLA1; HDDG; HDDK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780199680863
ISBN
9780199680863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.17

paperback. This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade, shipping, and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel, the leading historian in this field, uses a wide range of sources to explain why, despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade for nearly two centuries. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 484 pages, 4 figures, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198211396
ISBN
9780198211396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926991320
ISBN
9781926991320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Discussing the work of Durkheim, the author of this book discounts the theory that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in his work. He aims to show that Durkheim's sociology, especially his sociology of religion, was formed in relation to 19th and 20th century Jewish intellectual life in France. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226777245
ISBN
9780226777245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.39

Hardcover. Edited accounts from the estates of Durham Priory provide a rich vein of information for the economic history of the time. Editor(s): Britnell, Richard. Series: Publications of the Surtees Society. Num Pages: 453 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 221 x 32. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Surtees Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854440733
ISBN
9780854440733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.19

Paperback. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN The epic history of Dunkirk, May 1940: when over 300,000 trapped Allied troops were dramatically rescued from destruction at the hands of Nazi Germany by an extraordinary seaborne evacuation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296035
ISBN
9780008227876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN The epic history of Dunkirk, May 1940: when over 300,000 trapped Allied troops were dramatically rescued from destruction at the hands of Nazi Germany by an extraordinary seaborne evacuation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296021
ISBN
9780008227876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The true story of the 41,000 British soldiers who were left behind after the evacuation of Dunkirk, May 1940. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp B/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 50. Weight in Grams: 450. The Men They Left Behind. 528 pages, 8pp b&w plate section. Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300,000 BEF servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory gained from the jaws of defeat. This title reveals the story of the 40,000 men sacrificed in the rearguard battles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 50. Weight: 450.
Publisher
Constable
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845299774
ISBN
9781845299774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972267
ISBN
9780241972267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardback. Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, the third duke of Alba, is remembered as a fanatical monster who laid waste much of the Netherlands rather than surrender it to Protestant heretics. Kamen attempts a re-evaluation of the duke, assessing this complex figure in the context of his times and personal faith. Num Pages: 204 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102833
ISBN
9780300102833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. A collection of essays by American and Mexican scholars, offering perspectives on the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Topics addressed include the influence of Great Britain; the role of the first war correspondents; and the reasons for the collaboration by many Mexicans with US troops. Editor(s): Francaviglia, Richard; Richmond, Douglas (both of University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA). Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652320
ISBN
9780875652320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.60

Hardcover. Interdisciplinary study of one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Norman period. Series: Writing History in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 325 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153543
ISBN
9781903153543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

hardcover. In word and image, the story of Ireland's capital city, from independence, told for the first time .. 'A unique and fascinating history of a great city - jewels and Dublin gems on every page' Joe Duffy Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 269 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1382. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022021
ISBN
9781473620025
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. DUBLIN An intriguing collection of previously unavailable photographs from the Independent Newspaper Group archive captures the spirit of the sixties in the capital. Editor(s): Hinch, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 960. DUBLIN
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781174661
ISBN
9781781174661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 8.70

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