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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Knights Templar were the most famous and formidable of all the Western Christian military orders, whilst the Mamluks were a slave caste whose fighting prowess had elevated them to the point of holding real political clout. This book tells the story of three key engagements from the Fifth Crusade to the Seventh Crusade. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBWC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472813336
ISBN
9781472813336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.55

Hardcover. Most authoritative study ever of the subject, based on thorough and meticulous research. Includes 300 detailed camouflage views in full and accurate colour. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 85 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848322233
ISBN
9781848322233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.16

Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity. Editor(s): Steel, Catherine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 441 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521729802
ISBN
9780521729802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223576
ISBN
9780812223576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892515
ISBN
9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Paints a picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney's Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and cribbage. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552170659
ISBN
9780552170659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197242
ISBN
9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. The most incisive and up-to-date analysis of Algeria's recent history in the second 25 years after independence. Editor(s): Crowley, Patrick. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940216
ISBN
9781786940216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.06

Paperback. From the fourth to the fifteenth century AD the Byzantine Empire flourished as a powerful economic, cultural, and military force, whose influence stretched from Spain to Egypt. Peter Sarris explores the fusion of Greek and Roman civilization at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, and charts its struggle for survival against external challenges. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199236114
ISBN
9780199236114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S Patton called the Garand, The greatest battle implement ever devised. This book deals with this rifle. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 15 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086219
ISBN
9781849086219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Hardback. During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. This work weaves this episode into a broader story about the Soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130835
ISBN
9780691130835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. As the Battle of Britain approached its conclusion, two new versions of the famous Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf109 arrived on the scene. The RAF could see that the Luftwaffe were stepping down their incursions into British airspace, and went on the offensive. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim; Hector, Gareth. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrated throughout with colour artwork and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472805768
ISBN
9781472805768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. An unprecedented insight into the grim brutality of the Russian revolution and the terror of the Cold War Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596608
ISBN
9780747596608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY) Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 760.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822265
ISBN
9780753822265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. He has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion Royal Anglians in England's subzero temperatures. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTM0000760
ISBN
9780141040882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating subject. ' Gerald N. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628103
ISBN
9780745628103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408851104
ISBN
9781408851104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215311
ISBN
9780300215311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. In this general introduction to the history of the French Revolution, the author provides a guide to the vast historiography of the French Revolution and tackles the main questions that have preoccupied historians of revolutionary France in the decade after 1789. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199244140
ISBN
9780199244140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.71

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408856529
ISBN
9781408856529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 41. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536787
ISBN
9781784536787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 175 mono/24 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 286 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1456. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTJ0042435
ISBN
9781591144656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 20.00

Paperback. At one time British ships carried half of world's trade, transporting every conceivable freight from and to all four corners of the globe - and in times of crisis its tremendous merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. This title relates the Merchant Navy's colourful history and brings to life the day-to-day experiences of the seamen. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812326
ISBN
9780747812326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

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