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Paperback. Almost 100 years after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, World War I continues to be badly understood and greatly oversimplified. This work contains a selection of articles and book chapters written by major scholars of World War I, giving readers perspectives on the war that are both historical and contemporary. Editor(s): Neiberg, Michael S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758335
ISBN
9780814758335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Taking the perspective of native Americans, this work aims to explain some of the general principles on which pre-Hispanic Andeans lives were based. It also describes how the imposed Spanish colonial system altered the organization and belief systems of the native inhabitants of northern Peru. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735209
ISBN
9780804735209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118422
ISBN
9780231118422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

Paperback. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349607617
ISBN
9781349607617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.67

Hardback. Editor(s): Calloway, Colin G. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312102814
ISBN
9780312102814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.28

Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742535411
ISBN
9780742535411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.14

Paperback. Describes how blacks, Africans, and Afro-Americans, deeply influenced white's perceptions, values, and identity, and that although two world views existed, there was a deep symbiotic relatedness that must be explored if we are to understand either or both of them. Num Pages: 388 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006086
ISBN
9780691006086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

hardcover. This volume brings together the work of leading American, British, and Dutch scholars who present a series of interpretive case studies on a wide variety of political, economic, religious, and cultural issues surrounding the "Glorious Revolution". Editor(s): Hoak, Dale; Feingold, Mordechai. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724067
ISBN
9780804724067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 514 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674961913
ISBN
9780674961913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

Paperback. On August 18, 1775 a black man was hanged and burned to oblivion. For nearly 235 years, the man and his story have remained obscure. By looking at the world of this free African American harbor pilot, the narrative of American Revolution takes on a different dimension. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 b/w halftones, 1 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199922871
ISBN
9780199922871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Paperback. Here is the full story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to the last surviving settlements in fifteenth-century Greenland. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 illustrations, 141 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500290514
ISBN
9780500290514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Siena of the 13th and 14th centuries was one of the great cities of Europe, and its artists were among those who reshaped the nature and place of painting. Maginnis' book asks the fundamental questions about the painters' lives and work and shows how Sienese society shaped them. Translator(s): Erasmi, Gabriele. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 110 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACK; AFC; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271023380
ISBN
9780271023380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.42
€ 45.60

Paperback. Presents the history of the hidden civilizations of the first people of the South American Andes. This guide offers an account of how the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, Chimu, Inca and other people lived. It explores the daily life of the Incas from birth and childhood, to adulthood, marriage, the rituals of death and burial. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 200 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 674. The Extraordinary History of the Hidden Civilizations of the First Peoples of the South American Andes, with Over 200 Photographs and Illustrations. 128 pages, over 200 colour photographs. Presents the history of the hidden civilizations of the first people of the South American Andes. This guide offers an account of how the Chavin, Nazca, Moche, Wari, Tiwanaku, Chimu, Inca and other people lived. It explores the daily life of the Incas from birth and childhood, to adulthood, marriage, the rituals of death and burial. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; JFSL9. Dimension: 294 x 234 x 10. Weight: 674.
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844768677
ISBN
9781844768677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.49

Hardback. Philip Freeman brings together for the first time the greatest works of early Christian Ireland, from the letters of Patrick himself to the life of Brigid, Ireland's first female saint, and the voyage of Brendan and his monks across the unknown ocean. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199372584
ISBN
9780199372584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Four principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of Leon-Castile during the 11th and 12th centuries are presented here in English. The four chronicles were all composed in a surge of Spanish historical writing between c.1110 and c.1150. Translator(s): Barton, Simon; Fletcher, Richard. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719052262
ISBN
9780719052262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.69

Paperback. It includes new photographs, redrawn charts, a new section on the Holocaust in Greece, an updated bibliography, and a new foreword by the museum director.Published on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Num Pages: 260 pages, 250, 250 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883583
ISBN
9780801883583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. The picture encyclopedia in question was a popular work invented by preacher-turned-publisher Johann Siegmund Stoy in 18th century Germany. This study of an individual object provides an unusual perspective on the German bourgeois enlightenment Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GBA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322872
ISBN
9780226322872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472587039
ISBN
9781472587039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472586957
ISBN
9781472586957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472586889
ISBN
9781472586889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472586629
ISBN
9781472586629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472586407
ISBN
9781472586407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. The World and Africa and Color and Democracy are two of W E. B. Du Bois's most powerful essays on race. He explores how to tell the story of those left out of recorded history, the evils of colonialism worldwide, and Africa's and African's contributions to, and neglect from, world history. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations, 1 map, music. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199386741
ISBN
9780199386741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345802712
ISBN
9780345802712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.50

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