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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. First published under the title "The Theatre of the World", this work is a portrait of the crucible of magic, science and religion at the court of the doomed dreamer Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague. It is filled with angels and devils, high art and low cunning, talismans and stars. Num Pages: 288 pages, app 40 integrated b/w illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844135370
ISBN
9781844135370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. An eyewitness account of early, chaotic days of WWII - Nazi German invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw and first months of Occupation. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Aquila Polonica Publishing United States
Number of pages
468
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2 Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607720010
ISBN
9781607720010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Hardcover. Written by a young working mother, this title covers rare eyewitness account of early, chaotic days of WWII - Nazi invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw and first months of Occupation. Num Pages: 468 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aquila Polonica
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607720003
ISBN
9781607720003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.47

Paperback.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582493728
ISBN
9780582493728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.22

Hardback. A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138139220
ISBN
9781138139220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.30

Hardcover. Editor(s): Saran, Richard D.; Ziegler, Norman. Series: Michigan Papers on South & Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 838 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
U OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891480853
ISBN
9780891480853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.48
€ 98.27

Hardcover. A detailed account of General Ioannis Metaxas's attempts to mimic the fascist models of Mussolini, Hitler, and Franco by portraying himself as the 'saviour' of the Greek nation in an effort to build his power base as dictator. Series: International Library of War Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Tauris Academic Studies
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845110376
ISBN
9781845110376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.41
€ 133.93

Paperback. Presents a narrative of the origins of American Methodism, one of the significant popular movements in American history. This work places methodism's rise in the ideological context of the American Revolution and the complex social setting of the greater Middle Atlantic where it was first introduced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HRCC95; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092980
ISBN
9780691092980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41
€ 41.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826327802
ISBN
9780826327802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Shows how urban liberals joined in uneasy alliance with agrarian interests to install Francisco Madero as president and how his attempts to bring constitutional democracy to Mexico were doomed by counter-revolutionary forces. This title illuminates on all levels, local and national, the complex history of an era. Num Pages: 620 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803277700
ISBN
9780803277700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.19

Paperback.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608461820
ISBN
9781608461820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.35

Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804739634
ISBN
9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Hardback. Covers topics such as: histories of the American and Mexican Republics from their colonial founding to their independence from European countries; the problems over Texas, including Anglo immigration, the Texas Revolution, and the controversies surrounding US annexation of Texas; and more. Series: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313327926
ISBN
9780313327926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.25
€ 47.41

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 193 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second edition.
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226760612
ISBN
9780226760612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. Leading personalities, civilian and military, Mexican and American, are given incisive and fair evaluations. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given American expansion and Mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261075
ISBN
9780803261075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.94

Paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850452532
ISBN
9780850452532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142521
ISBN
9781868142521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.00

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403960078
ISBN
9781403960078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.52
€ 52.42

Paperback. The essays in this collection present a textured picture of the medieval world and offer models for how to reflect fruitfully on medieval sources. Editor(s): Glenn, Jason. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442604902
ISBN
9781442604902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.07

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137280855
ISBN
9781137280855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.24

Paperback. The ancient Middle East was the theatre of passionate interaction between Phoenicians, Aramaeans, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, and Romans. This book describes the Middle East under Rome. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine; Rawlings, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 688 pages, 42 halftones, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAR; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025653
ISBN
9780674025653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879072
ISBN
9781473879072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Hardback. This book seeks to enrich our understanding of middle-class life in England during the Industrial Revolution. It compares and contrasts three Lancashire milltowns and surrounding parishes in the early phase of textile industrialization--when the urbanizing process was at its most rapid and dysfunctional, and class relations were most fraught. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741743
ISBN
9780804741743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.88

Hardback. To be one of 'the middling sort' in urban England in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century was to live a life tied, one way or another, to the world of commerce. This study offers a view of middling society during the hundred years that separated the Glorious Revolution from the factory age. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202603
ISBN
9780520202603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.73
€ 48.31

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