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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the founding of Memphis around 5000 BC onwards. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour maps and 70 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLA; HBTP; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 396.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140513318
ISBN
9780140513318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Hardback. Illustrated with maps, photographs of Walcheren today, and contemporary images from the Dutch archives. Provides a medically informed (but easily understandable) account of the mysterious fever which decimated the expeditionary force and blighted the British army for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848844681
ISBN
9781848844681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Drawing upon early literary sources, the evidence of period illuminated manuscripts, frescoes and other iconography, this book details the lasting legacy of the swansong of Byzantine naval power. Illustrator(s): Dzis, Igor. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807281
ISBN
9781472807281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? This book sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117528
ISBN
9781845117528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Tells the story of South Africa's shocking propaganda campaign which sold apartheid across the world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399140
ISBN
9780745399140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585107957
ISBN
9781585107957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year - between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294536
ISBN
9781910294536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. A probing enquiry into Sino-Tibetan relations, both at the level of high politics and everyday interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044714
ISBN
9781849044714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Hardback. Explores the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1526.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162011
ISBN
9780300162011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.12
€ 44.50

Paperback. A topical subject offering interesting parallels between the news revolution in the age of James I and Charles I and our internet age. An important contribution to the history of print and books. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839347
ISBN
9781843839347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. Tells the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, and also of a continent uniquely prone to interference from 'semi-detached' elements, such as Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Britain and the United States. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037172
ISBN
9780141037172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415629478
ISBN
9780415629478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.92

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smyth, Jim. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268101749
ISBN
9780268101749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

Paperback. The book is part of Edexcel's own series of resources for the GCE 2008 specification, and is designed to provide students with the best preparation possible for their examinations. Packed full of exam tips and activities, students can be sure they will develop all the historical skills they need to be fully prepared. Series: Edexcel GCE History. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; 4KL; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 274 x 218 x 5. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846907517
ISBN
9781846907517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.61

Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877979
ISBN
9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. A group of distinguished Scottish medievalists examines various aspects of the history of Celtic or Gaelic-speaking Scotland from the sub-Roman period to the sixteenth century. Editor(s): Cowan, E.J.; McDonald, R. Andrew. Num Pages: 296 pages, geneal. tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
John Donald Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566579
ISBN
9781906566579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Hardcover. Shows how the British cultivated the Hashemite Sherifs of Mecca more as an alternative focus during the First World War for Muslim loyalty from the Ottoman Sultan, who as Caliph had declared a jihad against the Allies when the Turks joined the Central Powers, than a leader of an independent and united Arabia. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791668
ISBN
9781905791668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is regarded as Chinas golden age, equivalent in British history to the Elizabethan era. Through the themes of people and places and a wealth of objects, this book provides an introduction to the Ming period. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124834
ISBN
9780714124834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. New angle on the popular 'animal interest' line, profusely illustrated with rarely seen original archival material. Num Pages: 140 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473862111
ISBN
9781473862111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion. 281 pages, 45 b/w pls. Oxbow says: Subtitled 'A Patronage History', this book examines the commissioning and financing of works of art and architecture in the Benedictine monasteries and nunneries of south-west England from 1300 to the Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; AMN; HBJD1; HBLC1. Dimension: 171 x 228 x 25. Weight: 880.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
281
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837596
ISBN
9781843837596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. In this admirable book Montgomery Watt traces the influence of Islam in medieval Europe, looking in detail at commerce, science and technology, philosophy, and the development of European self-awareness. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605170
ISBN
9780748605170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. This book explores the formative period when Scotland acquired the characteristics that enabled it to enter fully into the comity of medieval Christendom. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618033
ISBN
9780748618033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.96

Paperback. This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617883
ISBN
9780748617883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660. The New Empire. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. 384 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight: 660.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620531
ISBN
9780748620531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

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