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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037622
ISBN
9780691037622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

Paperback. The fascinating family drama of Henry VIII and his four children, re-created from the original sources by best-selling Tudor historian John Guy Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w halftones, 11 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198700876
ISBN
9780198700876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159241
ISBN
9780231159241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.79
€ 74.53

paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Raymond. Num Pages: 400 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531120
ISBN
9780714531120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.20

Paperback. In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Second Printing
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130484
ISBN
9780691130484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.62

Paperback. Series: Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 409 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068377
ISBN
9780520068377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.78

Hardback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807326
ISBN
9780774807326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.85

Paperback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBCB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807333
ISBN
9780774807333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.23

Hardback.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751599
ISBN
9780804751599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726779
ISBN
9780226726779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this period. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; HBG; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628908
ISBN
9781442628908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.44

Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813166155
ISBN
9780813166155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.79

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836919
ISBN
9781843836919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.59

Paperback. The first translation into a modern language in over a hundred years of a vital source for the history of church and empire in Late Antiquity. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 562 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
562
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846314940
ISBN
9781846314940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.19

Paperback. An English translation of the Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813), a primary source for the history of medieval Byzantium, with introduction and notes. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812211283
ISBN
9780812211283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

This edition is the first full scale study of John Cannon and his chronicles. Known to some as 'the poor man's Pepys', Cannon wrote a remarkably candid autobiography, during a crucial period of change in British history. Part 1 includes Cannon's account of his service in the Country Excise. Editor(s): Money, John. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 420 pages, Colour plate section, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264546
ISBN
9780197264546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.76

paperback. A study of the nature and extent of the social reforms and political involvement of Athanasius during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantinople. For Athanasius, the idea of reform was part of the renewal of the centralised institutions of the empire. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823213351
ISBN
9780823213351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. Focusing on the Catholic intellectual critique of modernity during the period immediately before and after the turn of the twentieth century, this book examines how the Catholic Church attempted to retain its identity in an age of pluralism. It shows a Church fundamentally united on major issues. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131865
ISBN
9780231131865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 81.84

Paperback. The history of medieval Ireland was shaped by the friction between Irish and English cultures. The ecclesiastical dimension of this relationship is studied here, examining how a mixed episcopate evolved, with religious orders from both peoples, and how this affected Irish politics and history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621106
ISBN
9781900621106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.32

Hardback. Challenges the tired orthodoxy that the Church of England had a bad First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270514
ISBN
9781783270514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.54

Paperback. Boris Johnson brings the legacy of Sir Winston Churchill back to life, to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 X 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444783056
ISBN
9781444783056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardback. Featuring new archival material, and unpicking the relationship between the CIA, the US government and the Soviet Union, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc sheds new light on espionage, the Cold War, US diplomatic history and the history of 20th century Europe. Series: Library of Modern American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 34. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763934
ISBN
9781780763934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 135.20

Paperback. Reveals the true story behind the growth of the Cistercian order. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221022
ISBN
9780812221022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.35

Paperback. A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271207
ISBN
9781783271207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.22

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