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Paperback. During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Num Pages: 560 pages, 2-colour maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Presidio Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400079674
ISBN
9781400079674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1232 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 54. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780140433937
ISBN
9780140433937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Kamp, Marianne. Translator(s): Kamp, Marianne; Markova, Mariana. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021380
ISBN
9780253021380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677573
ISBN
9780816677573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22pp b&w plates, maps, bibliography, genealogical tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140050905
ISBN
9780140050905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Hardcover. Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. This title presents an account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacted to events during the Nazi era. It considers the actual customs and experiences of friendship and neighbourliness in a German town before, during, and after the Third Reich. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253344656
ISBN
9780253344656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. Essays illuminate the extraordinarily varied and dynamic intellectual developments underway in India and Tibet during the three centuries prior to the consolidation of British imperial power in 1800. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349044
ISBN
9780822349044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Shami, Seteney. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Social Science Research Council
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979077258
ISBN
9780979077258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626372283
ISBN
9781626372283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.54

Paperback. Crossing many conceptual and disciplinary boundaries, this book will cause much exciting controversy. The author draws upon a wide range of fascinating sources. The text is enhanced with the use of photographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745607818
ISBN
9780745607818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Matthieu. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037369
ISBN
9780268037369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 46.16

Paperback. Explains the structure of the feudal society, describes the rise of economic life and tells of the impact of Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Bibliographical notes. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804705257
ISBN
9780804705257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Hardback. More thrilling tales of adventure and derring-do from the author of the bestselling Shooting Leave. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484. Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game. 340 pages. Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to head over control of central Asia - from the Caucasus to Kabul. This title tells the story of British soldiers, missionaries and mercenaries, horse traders and opportunists who travelled to make their name in the Great Game. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 29. Weight: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849016674
ISBN
9781849016674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545910
ISBN
9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0280919
ISBN
9780571270088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Shows that without effective church leadership under Pius XII, Catholics acted ambiguously during the Holocaust--some saving Jews, others helping Hitler murder them, the majority simply standing by Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214713
ISBN
9780253214713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804723244
ISBN
9780804723244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardcover. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732984
ISBN
9780814732984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Hardback. Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration is an intensive study of the constitutional and political arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson in Washington's cabinet. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107109056
ISBN
9781107109056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. The story of Greece's resistance to European domination past and present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; HBTV; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785353987
ISBN
9781785353987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. This book also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 43 b/w illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841768908
ISBN
9781841768908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087902
ISBN
9781849087902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. This work combines history, anthropology and sociology to answer two questions: why did Ethiopia remain independent under European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized?; and why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its diversity? Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226475615
ISBN
9780226475615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521021265
ISBN
9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

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