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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was one of the most devastating conflicts in its history. This book illuminates what it was like to live through a time of terrifying violence, religious fervor and radical politics. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 37. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141008974
ISBN
9780141008974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Fejfer, Jane; Moltesen, Mette; Rathje, Annette. Num Pages: 480 pages, 85 colour plates, 45 b/w plates, 22 maps & 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542586
ISBN
9788763542586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.15

Hardcover. The postcards in this fascinating volume trace the Wall from its beginnings as a simple stretch of barbed wire, to the daunting final structure containing over 300 watchtowers. Haunting images include Allied and East German soldiers coldly observing one another with binoculars and John F. Kennedy in 1963 declaring his solidarity with all Berliners. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 112 pages, 102 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AKL; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243228
ISBN
9781851243228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Clear narrative of the naval dimension of the Peloponnesian War, one of the first conflicts for which we have a detailed narrative source. Num Pages: 288 pages, Approx 10 b/w maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473861589
ISBN
9781473861589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Looks at a country in thrall to a charismatic dictator. Tracing fascism from its conception to its legacy, this title unpicks why the regime enjoyed so much support among the majority of the Italian people. It examines the extraordinary hold the Duce had on Italy and how he came to embody fascism. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539896
ISBN
9780099539896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Representing a history of drinking "from below", this book explores the role of the alehouse in seventeenth-century English society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271542
ISBN
9781783271542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.90

Paperback. An alternative, narrative history of the Russian Revolution published in its centenary. Series: Left Book Club. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399034
ISBN
9780745399034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HDDH; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546542
ISBN
9780099546542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842172605
ISBN
9781842172605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 43.73

Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385509
ISBN
9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.86

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226290317
ISBN
9780226290317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 101 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMKL; HBJD1; HBLC; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904768678
ISBN
9781904768678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Hardback. Introduces academics, students and political analysts to some of the trends in the study and state of culture and international history: modernity, NGOs, internationalism, cultural violence, the "Romance of Resistance," and the culture of diplomacy. This book features two case studies for each subsection. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 17 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452056
ISBN
9781845452056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.46

Paperback. This book aims to advance our understanding of household and family religion in Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults. The volume explores the new recognition that religious expression associated with household, family, and domicile is significant and must be investigated in a serious way. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Olyan, Saul M. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
342
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118255339
ISBN
9781118255339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458298
ISBN
9780752458298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Carey, Paul. Num Pages: 160 pages, Photographs and drawings. BIC Classification: HBLH; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 636. A Guide to Historic English Needlework. 160 pages, Photographs and drawings. Illustrator(s): Carey, Paul. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBLH; WFB. Dimension: 268 x 212 x 11. Weight: 630.
Publisher
Carey Company
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952322580
ISBN
9780952322580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.83

Paperback. * The thirty years of English rule in France that followed the battle of Agincourt - by the acclaimed author of AGINCOURT: THE KING, THE CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE Num Pages: 512 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349122021
ISBN
9780349122021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161848
ISBN
9780231161848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.64

Hardback. This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; HBLL; HBWL; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508454
ISBN
9781137508454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.53

Paperback. The Black Death Num Pages: 296 pages, 73 illustrations, (9 colour ). BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; JFFC; PDZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750932028
ISBN
9780750932028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. This book provides a text, translation and detailed commentary for this seminal work for the study of Roman history. Num Pages: 331 pages, 34 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584. Text, Translation and Commentary. 336 pages, 34 b/w illus. 5 maps. This 2009 book provides a text, translation and detailed commentary for this seminal work for the study of Roman history. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 17. Weight: 618.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521601283
ISBN
9780521601283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. The breech-loading, single-shot .458 in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. This study tells the story of the Martini-Henry and its impact on the battlefield. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780965062
ISBN
9781780965062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, over 40 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684. 144 pages, Illustrationsstrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPS. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 24. Weight: 684.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340451
ISBN
9780764340451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. The biography of the blacksmith's son who rose to be Henry VIII's right-hand man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445640013
ISBN
9781445640013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.88

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