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Paperback. This book is recognised as a definitive work on the Highland Clearances. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8pp b/w plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Birlinn General
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780273846
ISBN
9781780273846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. -- Hobart M. Van Deusen, "Natural History" Num Pages: 266 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DCF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231050357
ISBN
9780231050357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. A long awaited and deserved new edition of this enduring and moving classic. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 158.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340863534
ISBN
9780340863534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. 1905: Foreign Minister Edward Grey enters secret talks with France about sending British forces to their aid in the event of German attack. The details were only revealed to the Cabinet and Prime Minister in 1911, by which point the 'hidden perspective' was firmly entrenched. Owen argues that the outbreak of war in 1914 was far from inevitable. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007764
ISBN
9781908323989
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. This is an accessible history of the Central Intelligence Agency that takes the reader from its early days of intelligence gathering and analysis to its more recent execution of foreign policy by covert operations. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444351361
ISBN
9781444351361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.68

Paperback. This is an accessible history of the Central Intelligence Agency that takes the reader from its early days of intelligence gathering and analysis to its more recent execution of foreign policy by covert operations. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444351378
ISBN
9781444351378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.55

Paperback. Written by one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland, The Hidden Famine examines the impact of Ireland's Great Famine on the city of Belfast. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps/ 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313719
ISBN
9780745313719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.72

Hardcover. Presents an account of the fate of Paris' public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris' public landscape became sterile and dehumanized in the 1940s and '50s, this book instead finds that the city's streets overflowed with ritual, drama, and spectacle. Num Pages: 400 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226870236
ISBN
9780226870236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Hardback. This unique exploration of commemoration and memory traces Jacque Cartier's evolving image over five centuries to show how changing notions of the past have shaped identity formation and nationalism in English- and French-speaking Canada. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817417
ISBN
9780774817417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Paperback. From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto and several hundred armed men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast, from Florida to the Mississippi River. This book investigates the broad cultural and literary aspects of the resulting social and demographic collapse or radical transformation of many Native societies. Editor(s): Galloway, Patricia Kay. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803271227
ISBN
9780803271227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 123 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 212 x 12. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772891408
ISBN
9788772891408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.57

Paperback. The Past has become a national obsession, spawning innumerable heritage organisations and occupying hours of TV time. How and when did this passion for the past become a collective fixation? This title traces the rise of heritage consciousness over the years since its origins in the writings of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century antiquarians. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440965
ISBN
9780752440965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. The heresy of the Free Spirit was an important continental European heresy of the 14th century, and this volume examines the Free Spirit movement as it appeared in its own age, concluding that it represented a spectrum of belief that emphasized voluntary poverty and quietistic mysticism. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268010942
ISBN
9780268010942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337761
ISBN
9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. New, enlarged, and comprehensively revised edition of the seminal sourcebook on the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 656 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521535618
ISBN
9780521535618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.80

Paperback. A revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, which considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520057371
ISBN
9780520057371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107451759
ISBN
9781107451759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006861041
ISBN
9780006861041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the Graeco-Macedonian settlements founded in the East. This book pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects, making a distinct contribution to ongoing questions and opening new avenues of inquiry. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
F First Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273825
ISBN
9780520273825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.60
€ 76.18

Hardback. Provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the cities founded or refounded in Europe, The Islands, and Asia Minor during the Hellenistic period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 494 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083295
ISBN
9780520083295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 72.77

Paperback. Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form an impression of the Hellenistic world. Editor(s): Derow, Peter; Bagnall, Roger S. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101332
ISBN
9781405101332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.71

Hardback. Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form an impression of the Hellenistic world. Editor(s): Derow, Peter; Bagnall, Roger S. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101325
ISBN
9781405101325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.61

Hardback. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, this book explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b/w images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281271
ISBN
9780520281271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.18
€ 64.94

Paperback. In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria and into India. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the author explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b/w images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292468
ISBN
9780520292468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

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