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Paperback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951092
ISBN
9781890951092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951085
ISBN
9781890951085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover Editor(s): Berland, Kevin Joel. Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 528 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633459
ISBN
9781469633459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.98

Paperback. Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio Casali, an Italian diplomat hired to represent Henry's interests in the Vatican. This book combines a gripping family saga with a charged political battle between the Tudors and the Vatican. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports., geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554899
ISBN
9780099554899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Describes the dramatic four-month campaign that saw the Red Army not only succeed in crossing the Dnepr at multiple points, but also liberate Kiev, capital of the Ukraine. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 357.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472812377
ISBN
9781472812377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126465
ISBN
9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.03

Hardback. Volume one presents documents that establish the structure of the Supreme Court and recount the official record of the Court's activity during its first decade. It serves as an introduction and reference tool for the subsequent volumes in the series. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 850 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
850
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088671
ISBN
9780231088671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.81
€ 111.37

Hardback. This volume addresses the cases that the American Supreme Court heard between 1790 to 1795, with the exception of suits against states. It contains a selection of documents and discussions of the legal practice of the period. Each case is treated as a narrative history. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva; Perry, James R. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088732
ISBN
9780231088732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.93

Paperback. In 1806, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of judgement, because 'like the day of judgement, its decisions are unalterable'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 62. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780563522744
ISBN
9780563522744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. This book provides an introduction to the history, politics, and culture of the country from precolonial times into the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Roorda, Eric Paul; Derby, Lauren Hutchinson; Gonzalez, Raymundo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 85 illustrations, including 10 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBJK; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356882
ISBN
9780822356882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, 10, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801496899
ISBN
9780801496899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.30

Hardback. This is the first study of the modern history, experience, and ethno-religious identity of the Donme, the descendants of seventeenth-century Jewish converts to Islam, in Ottoman and Greek Salonica and in Turkish Istanbul. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3J; HBJF1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768672
ISBN
9780804768672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.95

Hardback. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. Jimmy Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto. Num Pages: 272 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403477
ISBN
9780887403477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. In the Election of 1872 the conflict between President US Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the ruling Republican Party. This book argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPL; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227099
ISBN
9780823227099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.32

Hardback. This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118149
ISBN
9780231118149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.40

Paperback. The inside story of the Emperors of China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784290733
ISBN
9781784290733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Hardback. An illuminating look at today's Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again .. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003887
ISBN
9781612003887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 45.62

Hardback. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25, 17 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JD; HBJD1; RGBF; TBX; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422008
ISBN
9781421422008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.55
€ 52.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849785
ISBN
9781565849785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.63

paperback. Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion. Num Pages: 768 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145885
ISBN
9780195145885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.12

Hardback. Finally, he examines the relation of the Dreyfus Affair to the "culture of forcethat marked French society during the prewar years, thus accounting for the rise of the youthful athlete as a more compelling manly ideal than the bookish and sedentary intellectual. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874338
ISBN
9780801874338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus Affair Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History. 416 pages. A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus Affair. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWJ. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830574
ISBN
9781408830574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

hardcover. 288 pages, 16 pages of photos. A thorough exploration of the desperate fight for Moscow in 1941 including numerous archival records, personal diaries and letters. The battle, not fought in isolation, had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault may well have been true turning point of the war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Ipm
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001203
ISBN
9781612001203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.75

Paperback. Primo Levi's devastating and classic account of what it meant to have survived the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138640
ISBN
9780349138640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.63

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