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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Discovered in Suffolk in 1942, the Mildenhall Treasure is one of the most important collections of Late Roman silver tableware from the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861592005
ISBN
9780861592005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

paperback. Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070693
ISBN
9780252070693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. 2nd volume in an ambitious series Detailed narrative of period of intense and dramatic military activity including Emperor Julian's fatal Persian campaign and the disastrous Battle of Adrianople. Analyses Roman armies, strategy and tactics and those of her enemies Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp plates, plus integrated b/w drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783462735
ISBN
9781783462735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 44.01

Hardback. This volume examines Russian military history from the rise of the Muscovite state to 2001, even peeking briefly into the future. The volume covers Russia's land forces extensively, but also covers the development of the Russian Navy, and the creation and development of the Russian Air Force. Editor(s): Kagan, Frederick W.; Higham, Robin. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLC; HBLL; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312226350
ISBN
9780312226350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 191 pages, over 400 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331022
ISBN
9780764331022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.25
€ 46.30

Hardback. Shows how the development of the militia in eighteenth century Ireland was closely bound with politics and the changing nature of the Protestant Ascendancy. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498. In Defence of the Protestant Interest. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. 208 pages. Shows how the development of the militia in eighteenth century Ireland was closely bound with politics and the changing nature of the Protestant Ascendancy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JWD. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837244
ISBN
9781843837244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160377
ISBN
9780231160377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Shows how Thomas Jefferson's opinions of Patrick Henry influenced William Wirt's depiction of him. This book traces Henry's life through his relationship with the world of books. It examines Henry's education; his legal career; his use of books to improve his speaking style; and his relationship to the antislavery movement. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927589
ISBN
9780813927589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.09

Paperback. This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
586
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226028408
ISBN
9780226028408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.28

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926117
ISBN
9780813926117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925783
ISBN
9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.84

Hardback. Editor(s): Rawlings, Hunter R., III. Translator(s): Rawlings, Elizabeth Trapnell. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. 216 pages. Editor(s): Rawlings III, Hunter R.; Rusten, Jeffrey S. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight: 438. Translator(s): Rawlings, Elizabeth Trapnell.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450631
ISBN
9780801450631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Hardback. The first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler offers a comprehensive account of a literary and social figure whose importance in twentieth-century Irish culture is increasingly recognised. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554. Copy in fine dust wrapper. Newspaper review pasted to inside front cover and some minimal pen scoring. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0013129
ISBN
9780199641567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 90.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838050
ISBN
9781843838050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.69

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sweetnam, Mark S. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846823299
ISBN
9781846823299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 42.31

paperback. Herodotus' great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. This title asks fundamental questions about how Herodotus represented this difference. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 411 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520264236
ISBN
9780520264236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.97

Hardback. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335440
ISBN
9781785335440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.17

Hardcover. People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility also introduced an erotic element. This title asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the understanding of the self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038353
ISBN
9780226038353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 78.49

Paperback. People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. The author traces this complex notion of self from Plato's Greece to Seneca's Rome as she unveils divided selves, moral hypocrisy, and lustful Stoics - and offers fresh insights about seminal works. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226211725
ISBN
9780226211725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463027
ISBN
9781580463027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. Republished to mark the centenary of the battle of the Somme Geoff Dyer's classic book is 'the great Great War book of our time' (Observer) Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119265
ISBN
9781782119265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785780448
ISBN
9781785780448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848319264
ISBN
9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.97

Paperback. From its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden played host to a dynasty of powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; BGH; BK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594727
ISBN
9780099594727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

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