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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women. Num Pages: 710 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 942. Good copy 8vo. .Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304439
ISBN
9780306806582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Marius B. Translator(s): Shinkichi, Eto. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614205
ISBN
9780691614205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.46

Paperback. Presents the stories of the war: a firefight where the resistance came from 'men in black'; a night spent chain-smoking in the guard tower counting the tracer bullets being fired over the city; and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid to fight. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KSG0009499
ISBN
9780552154376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rather than focus on the departures of the sixteenth-century Reformation from medieval traditions, the essays in this volume explore one of the most remarkable yet still under-studied chapters in its history: the survival and transformation of mysticism between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Editor(s): Poor, Sara S.; Smith, Nigel. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; HRCC9; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038984
ISBN
9780268038984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

paperback. After an analysis of original Old Burmese and other primary sources, the author discovered that four out of the five events considered to be the most important in the history of early Burma, and believed to have been historically accurate, are actually late-nineteenth and twentieth-century inventions of colonial historians. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802018
ISBN
9780896802018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HBTB; HPC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 4. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802063489
ISBN
9780802063489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration. Series: Cleveland Masterwork. BIC Classification: ACK; AGC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804946
ISBN
9781907804946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299175
ISBN
9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. A classic work that rereads questions of "muthos" and "logos" in multifaceted contexts. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
505
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951603
ISBN
9781890951603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New ed of 2 Revised ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299199
ISBN
9780942299199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Hardcover. Series: Library of Modern Russian History. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539481
ISBN
9781784539481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.14
€ 137.06

This text examines the early modern period and begins by focusing on France, examining the Valois and Bourbon monarchs and the modes of operation they employed. The second part of the text looks at early modern Europe, making the distinction between "absolute" and "limited" monarchs. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582056176
ISBN
9780582056176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Amberley
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445602745
ISBN
9781445602745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780716528241
ISBN
9780716528241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFHF; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816696918
ISBN
9780816696918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFHF; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696963
ISBN
9780816696963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Japan in the 16th century was made up of effectively independent kingdoms led by warrior leaders. The author examines this period of Japanese history, looking at the commanders and armies and the way in which the destruction of the elite Takeda army affected the Samurai on all sides. Illustrator(s): Hook, Christa. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 15 colour and 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; JWD; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 250 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326194
ISBN
9781855326194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. The Nahua Indians of central Mexico were the most populus of Mesoamerica's cultural-linguistic groups at the time of the Spanish conquest. These essays on the postconquest Nahuas and Nahua-Spanish interaction bring together pieces that reflect various facets of the author's research interests. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719544
ISBN
9780804719544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. * A powerful and time-honoured collection of interviews with the veterans of Vietnam. Editor(s): Baker, Mark. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349102399
ISBN
9780349102399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. New York is the oldest continually occupied city in America, with hundreds of place names offering a guide to the city's history. This book traces the origins of the names of Manhattan's streets, avenues, parks and corners, from it's life as a Dutch trading port to a modern, multicultural city. Num Pages: 207 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814727126
ISBN
9780814727126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardcover. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 141 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590337592
ISBN
9781590337592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.50
€ 57.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 141 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546952
ISBN
9781594546952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.50
€ 52.37

paperback. A short and vivid biography, which deconstructs the Napoleonic myth and reveals the reality of his rule. Series: Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126509
ISBN
9781842126509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An account that traces the progress of Napoleon's plans of conquest from their earliest stages in 1793 through to his defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar, and the final collapse of the invasion plans in 1805. This book includes contemporary letters, prints and illustrations. Num Pages: 512 pages, 100 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845883805
ISBN
9781845883805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

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