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History: earliest times to present day

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. 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

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. 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

Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420898
ISBN
9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336329
ISBN
9780745336329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. The author returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571280360
ISBN
9780571280360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Hardcover. American social critics in the 1970s seized on narcissism as the sickness of the age. But they missed the psychoanalytic breakthrough that championed it as the wellspring of ambition, creativity, and empathy. Elizabeth Lunbeck's history opens a new view on the central questions faced by the self struggling amid the crosscurrents of modernity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JMAF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724860
ISBN
9780674724860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

paperback. Offers an account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 80. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184448
ISBN
9781859184448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Hardcover.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752493367
ISBN
9780752493367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 182 x 4. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850455205
ISBN
9780850455205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221967
ISBN
9780571221967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Hardback. Radical Pacifism in Modern America illuminates the complex relationships between gender, race, activism, and political culture, identifying critical factors that simultaneously hindered and facilitated grassroots efforts at social and political change. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 547.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239522
ISBN
9780812239522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. A landmark history of the rise, abolition, and legacy of slavery in the New World. Num Pages: 520 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681060
ISBN
9781781681060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.11

Paperback. When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was paralysed with grief. His death was a catastrophe for Victoria, who not only adored her husband but had, through twenty-one years of marriage, utterly relied on him: as companion, father of their children, friend, confidant, and unofficial private secretary. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537465
ISBN
9780099537465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Railroads linked remote hinterlands with cities; overland and undersea cables connected distant continents. This title recounts the enduring consequences these technological, economic, social, and cultural revolutions had on Muslim communities from North Africa to South Asia, the Indian Ocean and China. Editor(s): Gelvin, James L.; Green, Nile. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
329
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275027
ISBN
9780520275027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544658
ISBN
9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Translator(s): Edwards, Graham Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475603
ISBN
9780801475603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825563
ISBN
9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? This title deals with these questions. Series: The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 halftones. 23 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACC; ACG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 259 x 20. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159041
ISBN
9780691159041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.23

Paperback. Presents the story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. This title follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099536079
ISBN
9780099536079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330529488
ISBN
9780330529488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938. 620 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight: 936.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
620
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499791
ISBN
9780801499791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.62

Paperback. In the chaos after the Reich an astonishing 2.5 million ordinary citizens were killed. This harrowing history uncovers the extraordinary stories of real German people from all walks of life in the aftermath of the Second World War Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719567667
ISBN
9780719567667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

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