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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Gratuitous sex. Graphic violence. Lies, revenge, and murder. This title retells six piquant episodes from the Italian court just after 1550, as the Renaissance gave way to an era of Catholic reformation. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226269719
ISBN
9780226269719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112589
ISBN
9780226112589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.19

Paperback. Lovers, companions, and husband and wife, Catherine and Prince Grigory Potemkin were also close political partners. This work reveals the complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in light of changes in matters of state, foreign relations, and military engagements. It gives insights into Catherine's passions, and her world. Editor(s): Smith, Douglas. Translator(s): Smith, Douglas. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806075
ISBN
9780875806075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Exploring the intersection between eros and politics in democratic Athens, this book traces the private desires aroused by public ideology and the political consequences of citizens' most intimate longings. It shows how desire can disrupt politics and provides an insight into the democratic unconscious of ancient Athens. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095226
ISBN
9780691095226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.16

Paperback. Presents the life of the wife of the sixth president, covering her early life abroad, her diplomatic mission in Russia, her role as a famous Washington hostess, and her participation in the political and social events of her time. Editor(s): Michelmore, David L. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300212563
ISBN
9780300212563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

paperback. Analyses the changes that occurred in naval organization and administration in the years between the end of the War of Austrian Succession and the conclusion of the Seven Years War. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773536319
ISBN
9780773536319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Leliepvre, Eugene. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48ill.(8col.). BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326026
ISBN
9781855326026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464147
ISBN
9781580464147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

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

€ 49.99
€ 45.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781846825118
ISBN
9781846825118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 26.15

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nyord, Rune; Ryholt, Kim. Num Pages: 521 pages, 27 colour plates, 47 b/w illus, 7 line drawings & 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542081
ISBN
9788763542081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.05
€ 66.02

Hardback. Drawing on ancient historical writings, the array of information gleaned over years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, this book sets out to rediscover the ancient civilization of Bactria. It provides a chronicle of the search for one of the world's enigmatic empires. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 color plates, 32 black-and-white illustrations, and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 562. In Search of Ancient Afghanistan. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. Drawing on ancient historical writings, the array of information gleaned over years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, this book sets out to rediscover the ancient civilization of Bactria. It provides a chronicle of the search for one of the world's enigmatic empires. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 30. Weight: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273429
ISBN
9780520273429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.74

Paperback. The book examines the role that theoretical thinking and intellectual discussion played in preparing the downfall of communism. Drawing on the impact of various 20th century thinkers it revisits debates on the end of history, utopia, and man, as well as controversies over gender and the political implications of theory. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823243006
ISBN
9780823243006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. A collection and translation of seventeenth-century narratives about Europeans travelling across the great Ocean Sea and encountering a people who had maintained an independent existence in the lowlands of Guatemala and Belize. Editor(s): Feldman, Lawrence H. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326243
ISBN
9780822326243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. New in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the laboratories of modern science, comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient world, and amazing revelations about the past power and future significance of the sacred Ark. Num Pages: 480 pages, (16 page plate section (24 colour photos, 21 b/w line illustrations)). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; PDZ; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007142965
ISBN
9780007142965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Hardback. A lively account of the 1924 Revolution in Sudan and the way in which the colonial situation has affected its representation, a case in point in the histories of nationalist anti-colonial movements in Africa and the Middle East. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011152
ISBN
9781847011152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.97

Paperback. Drawn from two medieval collections of form letters for all manner of business and personal affairs, Lost Letters of Medieval Life depicts early thirteenth-century England through the everyday correspondence of people of all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls. Editor(s): Carlin, Martha; Crouch, David. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223361
ISBN
9780812223361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. This book follows the history of Celtic Scotland from the ancient kingdoms of the Picts and Scots to the downfall of Clan Donald at the end of the fifteenth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 232 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609109
ISBN
9780748609109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Paperback. Through ethnographic essays and short stories based on her experiences in Eastern Europe between 1989 and 2009, Kristen Ghodsee explains why many Eastern Europeans are nostalgic for the communist past. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPFC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351023
ISBN
9780822351023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Hardback. Argues that Islam's cultural stasis is not due to the Muslim faith itself, but to the nature of the sacred it is infused with and that penetrates every aspect of life - spiritual and material. This book shows how the sacred in Islam suspends the acceleration of social time, hinders change, and circumvents secularization and modernity. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 280. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129112
ISBN
9780691129112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, 29 color illus. 48 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165851
ISBN
9780691165851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. Updated with thrilling new discoveries for the paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828854
ISBN
9780753828854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Examining the strengths and weaknesses of European and Chinese military techniques during the period, this title provides a balanced perspective on long-held assumptions about Western power, Chinese might, and the nature of war. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 halftones. 6 line illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159577
ISBN
9780691159577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. Editor(s): Thomson, Hugh. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Phoenix London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842125854
ISBN
9781842125854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

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