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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. This book argues that Herodotus was right after all. Series: Yale Library of Military History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177664
ISBN
9780300177664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Lester H. Num Pages: 755 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
755
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970816
ISBN
9780865970816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. A revealing study of Lebanese sectarianism drawn from extensive fieldwork Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334134
ISBN
9780745334134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807496
ISBN
9781472807496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. The 39 selections in this volume represent the increasingly diverse areas of research and range of lasting accomplishments in American anthropology during the interwar period through World War II. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Num Pages: 543 pages, 2 maps, 4 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
Number of pages
543
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227909
ISBN
9780803292963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi and moderate Hutus, in 1994. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294567
ISBN
9781910294567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Paperback. The Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader, shows his spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities. "The New York Times" called the Emir "one of the few great men of the century," while Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians while in exile in Damascus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; BGX; HBJH; HBLL; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
World Wisdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936597178
ISBN
9781936597178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. This is a unique and fascinating autobiography which tells the story of twentieth-century Germany and its black population through the eyes of a member of the first black German community, Theodor Michael. Translator(s): Rosenhaft, Eve. Num Pages: 216 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383117
ISBN
9781781383117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime since 1988. This biography makes it plain that inside Burma itself little has changed. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099491156
ISBN
9780099491156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198766230
ISBN
9780198766230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089923
ISBN
9780719089923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious Asian Huns and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400299
ISBN
9781474400299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Paperback. Walter Laqueur has drawn on interviews, memoirs and his own experiences to present a generational history of the young people who were forced to flee their homelands in the decade following Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648854
ISBN
9781860648854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Children of Beowulf, Warriors of God, Pioneers in Europe Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Robinson
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845291617
ISBN
9781845291617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Hardback. Possibly the most important battle in Roman history, Actium drew the final curtain on the Roman Republic and ushered in the Roman Empire Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473847149
ISBN
9781473847149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Find out how fashionable eighteenth-century York became the capital of chocolate. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633466
ISBN
9781445633466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475160
ISBN
9780801475160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. The 16th Durham Light Infantry were supposed to be just an 'ordinary' battalion. But their experiences as they fought their way up through Italy show that there is no such thing as 'ordinary'. This is their story. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848844018
ISBN
9781848844018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.36

Paperback.
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780852557860
ISBN
9780852557860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Hardcover.
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780717168811
ISBN
9780717168811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750691
ISBN
9780804750691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Hardback. The little known story of the five hundred volunteers from California known as the "California Hundred and Battalion." This is not a narrative or reworded history, the words are from those who were there. Gain new insights into California's involvement in the Civil War. Num Pages: 560 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313912
ISBN
9780764313912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Mark Goldie's authoritative and highly readable introduction to the political and religious landscape of Britain during the turbulent era of later Stuart rule. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 892.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271108
ISBN
9781783271108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. The dramatically compelling story from the Renaissance to the seventeenth-century wars of religion Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp of colour and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745970158
ISBN
9780745970158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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