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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Dictatorship and Demand shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016989
ISBN
9780674016989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.68
€ 64.46

Paperback. Dictatorship in South America explores the experiences of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile with brutal military dictatorships in the Cold War period. Based on the strong and recent currents of historiography emerging from these countries, it offers a compelling narrative that brings popular perspectives to bear on national histories. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190558
ISBN
9781405190558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Hardback. "This work should prove to be a joy and a delight to both novices and experts. Its depth of coverage within its topics places it well beyond more general works. . . . [Its] usefulness in the areas of history, literature, and the arts can justify its purchase by any library with patrons whose interests are set in the medieval period." RQ Num Pages: 614 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; GBC; HBG; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
614
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313245527
ISBN
9780313245527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.27
€ 68.16

Paperback. Translator(s): Schippel, Larisa; Bau, Maxim; Baumgardt, Kristina; Bedson, Tatjana; Copa, Agnieszka; Fettke, Stefanie; Hensche, Stephanie; Komarovicz, Julia. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2ACG; HBLW; JP. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838200248
ISBN
9783838200248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. Dien Bien Phu, in 1954, was the great climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the defeat of the French colonial regime by the Viet Minh nationalists. This book is an account of that great battle, by a leading defence analyst who was himself an eye-witness. Series: History of War S. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 maps, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc.
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781574888409
ISBN
9781574888409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.03

Hardback. A collection of letters that tantalizes questions about the role of Christianity and the church in an increasingly secular world. It provides a fresh perspective on religious and secular life in the postwar era. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 123 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139210
ISBN
9780691139210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLH; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695881
ISBN
9780748695881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.28

Hardcover. In the 1930s the Nazis established a band of archaeologists, the SS-Ahnenerbe, under the command of Himmler, to prove the superiority of the Aryan race, and the right of the German people to rule Europe. This is the story of the expeditions, part 'science,' part espionage, and part fantasy, from the mountains of Tibet to the lost world of Atlantis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555002
ISBN
9781781555002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Take a cast of archaeologists and historians who inhabit different worlds. Add a medieval king who died in battle, and was revived by Shakespeare as the ultimate anti-hero. Throw in a forensic quest with almost unbelievable twists, and a theatrical modern burial with no parallel, and you have the material for an irresistible story for our times. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 45. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292020
ISBN
9780500292020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Hardcover. Digging for VictoryA" tells the story of Homefront gardens & gardening during the Second World War. Using contemporary photographs and ephemera this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account covers the role and fate of both the 'ordinary' garden as well as the larger gardens and estates. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour and monochrome photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 207 x 26. Weight in Grams: 984.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sabrestorm Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955272370
ISBN
9780955272370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. Presents the mystery of what happened to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In this title, the authors track the outlaws and the enigmatic Etta Place through South America, where they fled in 1901. Information about William T Phillips, who claimed to be Butch Cassidy, is also included. Num Pages: 412 pages, 52 photographs, 16 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282902
ISBN
9780803282902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. "A lively first-hand account of Florentine history in the lifetime of Dante and Giotto."-- Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812212211
ISBN
9780812212211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his "Roman History" survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 119 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1924
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674991934
ISBN
9780674991934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.36

Hardback. This book aims to make accessible the sources and controversies concerning a key period in the history of the Roman Empire -- the reign of Diocletian and its immediate aftermath. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616602
ISBN
9780748616602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13
€ 133.61

Paperback. This book aims to make accessible the sources and controversies concerning a key period in the history of the Roman Empire -- the reign of Diocletian and its immediate aftermath. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616619
ISBN
9780748616619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600345
ISBN
9780691600345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630281
ISBN
9780691630281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 82.35

Paperback. Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. This work builds a case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. It offers an estimate of this much-maligned historian. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712775
ISBN
9780292712775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721258
ISBN
9780292721258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

Hardcover. "A superb piece of scholarship."--Anthony Long, author of "Hellenistic Philosophy" Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073029
ISBN
9780520073029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.27

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605562
ISBN
9780691605562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.36

Hardback. Unfolding a panoramic history of medieval Valencia, this title presents a set of documents from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona. It focuses on 500 government charters covering the years 1264 to 1270, and the culmination of the king's warrior fame in Christendom. Num Pages: 592 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691054759
ISBN
9780691054759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.70
€ 143.04

Hardback. Open up to readers the humanistic panorama of medieval life as seen from the traveling court of a conqueror king. This work collects 500 charters that cover a kaleidoscope of topics, including public baths, castles, the renaissance of law, irrigation, mosques and monasteries, hospitals and banks, even exotic women. Num Pages: 600 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691054766
ISBN
9780691054766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.70
€ 141.81

Paperback. Using the declassified Japanese documents, memoirs, and diaries, this book presents a comprehensive overview of Japan's international relations from the end of the Pacific War to the present day. Editor(s): Iokibe, Makoto. Translator(s): Eldridge, Robert D. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415498487
ISBN
9780415498487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

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