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Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287587
- ISBN
- 9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.36
€ 20.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Accessible history of the controversial POW camp run during World War II in northern Ontario. Editor(s): Beaulieu, Michel S.; Ratz, David K. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646736
- ISBN
- 9780888646736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.85
€ 34.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. Offers an account of the developments in the search for Troy. In this title, his wide-ranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records has been includes. It also details the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Mass Market Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522652
- ISBN
- 9780563522652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, Approx 50 colour and b/w images, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473881983
- ISBN
- 9781473881983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.52
€ 24.99
€ 18.52
Hardback. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. This book explores the resulting global trade network located on the peripheries of world empires and shows the illicit ways American colonists met the consumer demand for slaves and East India goods. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps, 11 b/w images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282902
- ISBN
- 9780520282902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.46
€ 59.15
€ 46.46
Paperback. A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Written by arguably the world's leading scholar on the subject. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753801420
- ISBN
- 9780753801420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
€ 19.99
€ 16.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196189
- ISBN
- 9781845196189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Hardcover. This title serves a source of data for those involved in marine law and insurance, historians of the region and naval warfare specialists. It focuses on the hundreds of merchant vessels which were attacked during the Iran-Iraq war. Series: Library of International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTM; JPS; JWL; LBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860640322
- ISBN
- 9781860640322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.67
€ 205.67
Hardback. David M. Robinson explores how grand displays like the royal hunt, archery contests, and the imperial menagerie were presented in literature and art in the early Ming dynasty. He argues these spectacles were highly contested sites where emperors and court ministers staked competing claims about rulership and the role of the military in the polity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073371
- ISBN
- 9780674073371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.18€ 49.02
€ 53.18
€ 49.02
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of the crucial but unrecognized roles Germany's Jews played at home and at the front during World War I Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192049
- ISBN
- 9780300192049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.09
€ 36.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. Presents an account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions, as traditions, but insists that we must confront the contemporary evidence, which is in large part archaeological and art historical, and must make sense of it in its own terms. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 black & white tables, 63 colour illustrations, 38 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415469920
- ISBN
- 9780415469920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 bw in 16pp plates, 3-5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780762746
- ISBN
- 9781780762746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.30
€ 52.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. As a result of the Battle of Hastings the late Anglo-Saxon army has had a bad press. But it also had its victories in the campaigns of Scotland and Ireland. Examining its history, organisation, tactics and equipment, the author concludes that the army in the late Anglo-Saxon state was a part of the mainstream of military developments in this era. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752431413
- ISBN
- 9780752431413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. This casebook is the most extensive collection of documents ever assembled for the study of one of the famous battles in history - the Battle of Crecy (1346). Editor(s): Livingston, Michael. Series: Liverpool Historical Casebooks. Num Pages: 458 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 249 x 33. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382707
- ISBN
- 9781781382707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.55
€ 36.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Research on European food culture has expanded substantially in recent years, telling us more about food preparation, ingredients, feasting and fasting rituals, and the social and cultural connotations of food. At the First Table demonstrates the ways in which early modern Spaniards used food as a mechanism for the performance of social identity. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290815
- ISBN
- 9780803290815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Examines various aspects of ancient warfare from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight. This work looks at war in a wider context and explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict: can a war be just? Why was siege warfare particularly bloody? What role did divine intervention play in the outcome of a battle? Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Half-tones and drawings throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804709
- ISBN
- 9780192804709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it rampaged across Poland in 1939. This book presents an account of one of the most effective fighting force in modern history by the man who commanded it. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042855
- ISBN
- 9780141042855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The Bronze Age, so named because of the technological advances in metalworking and countless innovations in the manufacture and design of tools and weapons, is among the most fascinating periods in human history. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBW; HDD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456973
- ISBN
- 9780752456973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.63
€ 24.99
€ 21.63
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743243032
- ISBN
- 9780743243032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. A detailed and accessible guide to all the major sites of Anglo-Saxon England, illustrated in full colour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 7. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445643151
- ISBN
- 9781445643151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403465
- ISBN
- 9781421403465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472585714
- ISBN
- 9781472585714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.98
€ 34.99
€ 29.98
Hardcover. A detailed examination - in words and pictures - of the principle figures in the SS Num Pages: 656 pages, 1050 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2006.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554333
- ISBN
- 9781781554333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 43.47
€ 53.24
€ 43.47
Paperback. A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827901
- ISBN
- 9780753827901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03