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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Brings ancient Greek life home to readers through a variety of anecdotes and primary source passages from contemporary authors, allowing comparison between the ancient world and modern life. This title includes over 60 illustrations, a timeline of events, a glossary of terms, and a print and non-print bibliography. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 368 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313358142
ISBN
9780313358142
Condition: New

€ 85.60

paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 photographs, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072598
ISBN
9780252072598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

American Arsenal examines the United States' transformation from isolationist state to military superpower by means of sixteen vignettes, each focusing upon an inventor and his contribution to the cause. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199959747
ISBN
9780199959747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.17

A revisionist narrative of Appomattox, the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199751716
ISBN
9780199751716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.58

Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 49 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTD; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199744343
ISBN
9780199744343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

This study explores the integral role of astrological concepts and imagery in preparing the ground for the Reformation, and in shaping the distinctive characteristics of German Christian culture through the early seventeenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; HRAX; PDX; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199736058
ISBN
9780199736058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.38

The disastrous history of the British transportation of convicts to West Africa after the loss of the North American colonies, and before the opening of Australia as a new destination for Britan's criminal classes Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFD; 1MBF; 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199695935
ISBN
9780199695935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

This volume examines cinematic representations of ancient Greek women from the realms of myth and history. It discusses how these female figures were resurrected on the big screen by different filmmakers during different historical moments, and were therefore embedded within a narrative which served various purposes. Editor(s): Nikoloutsos, Konstantinos P. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; APFA; DSBB; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199678921
ISBN
9780199678921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.57

This volume explores the ways in which the English settlers in Louth maintained their English identity in the face of plague and warfare, through the turbulent decades between 1330 and 1450. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199594757
ISBN
9780199594757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.82

Antiquity on Display offers an insight into the history of the imaginative reproductions of architecture housed in Berlin's Pergamon Museum and the shifting regimes of the authentic in museum displays from the nineteenth century to the present. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 304 pages, 99 in text illustrations and 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AMX; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199570553
ISBN
9780199570553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.19

Publisher
United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532063
ISBN
9780199532063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.69

Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199244584
ISBN
9780199244584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.73

Before his death in 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the publication of these 59 papers on Roman history which complete this distinguished collection of his life's work. Editor(s): Birley, Anthony R. Num Pages: 486 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198144946
ISBN
9780198144946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 206.83

Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265888
ISBN
9780197265888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.66

This edition is the first full scale study of John Cannon and his chronicles. Known to some as 'the poor man's Pepys', Cannon wrote a remarkably candid autobiography, during a crucial period of change in British history. Part 1 includes Cannon's account of his service in the Country Excise. Editor(s): Money, John. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 420 pages, Colour plate section, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264546
ISBN
9780197264546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.87

paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACB; HBLC1; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138279612
ISBN
9781138279612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

paperback. Editor(s): Hilton, Mary. Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; GTC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138250666
ISBN
9781138250666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

paperback. Allan D. Austin explores via portraits, documents, maps and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the American slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415912709
ISBN
9780415912709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.78

Paperback. Describes the region's wealth of monuments, excavations and artifacts, from Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer to Strasbourg and Lyon. This guide combines a scholarly assessment of the area's Roman heritage, examining and interpreting the surviving remains, with practical visitor information such as directions to sites and opening hours. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415488815
ISBN
9780415488815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. This ground-breaking, work is both a reference collection of 27 new essays by leading specialists in their own fields, and also a collective demonstration of major new directions in the study of ancient Greece. Editor(s): Powell, Anton. Series: Routledge Worlds. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 line drawings, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 997.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415170420
ISBN
9780415170420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Paperback. 'Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America' is a short biography aimed at a general audience, but because of its short length, it will also be suitable for use on college courses in American history. The biography concentrates on Lincoln's years as president, with particular emphasis upon his role in determining the course and outcome of the Civil War. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195151008
ISBN
9780195151008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.27
€ 45.86

Paperback. In this corpus we find the first extensive use of the Akkadian language, in it oldest known dialect, for royal inscriptions. Series: RIM the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 203 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442623750
ISBN
9781442623750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.00
€ 80.68

Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 287.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326550
ISBN
9780195326550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

paperback. Explores the rich history of baseball in Cuba and the social, political, and cultural climate through which the game has thrived. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32 pp halftone plates and 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; WSJT; YNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195146059
ISBN
9780195146059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.83

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