Regional & national history
Results 2861 - 2880 of 24244
Regional & national history
Hardback. Focuses on the attempts of three ascetics - John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor - to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; HBJF1; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280427
- ISBN
- 9780520280427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87€ 57.89
€ 74.87
€ 57.89
Paperback. 'Beyond the Legend' is the biography of William Speakman VC. It covers the whole of his sometimes controversial life, from his childhood in Altrincham, Cheshire to his later life in South Africa and his return to Altrincham, as well as his actions in the Korean War, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752494302
- ISBN
- 9780752494302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. A new biography of the last tsar, Nicholas II, who was overthrown in 1917 and killed, along with his family, on 17 July 1918. An accessible, very readable narrative history of the tragic story of the end of the Romanov dynasty. Num Pages: 256 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136831
- ISBN
- 9781472136831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635125
- ISBN
- 9780691635125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. Tells the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to define the modern Alps and set the standard for skiing across the world. This book aims to explore intersections between work, tourism, leisure, development, environmental destruction, urbanism, and more. Series: Sport in World History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map, 28 b/w images, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition, None
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284289
- ISBN
- 9780520284289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. In sixteen hundred and sixty-six .. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473623545
- ISBN
- 9781473623545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity. Num Pages: 350 pages, 176 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 784. 350 pages, 176 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 17. Weight: 782.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521756983
- ISBN
- 9780521756983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.73
€ 44.99
€ 44.73
Paperback. An account of one of the largest battles of World War II and its place in Germany's Eastern campaign. Num Pages: 486 pages, 21 b/w illus. 13 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107610149
- ISBN
- 9781107610149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307282
- ISBN
- 9780226307282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.88
€ 51.99
€ 39.88
Hardcover. Includes eleven essays, from an international cast that trace the development of political culture in the Roman Republic. This title covers such themes as the flourishing of civic society, as with the introduction of the Roman Games, and the emergence of a theory of politeness. Editor(s): Welch, Kathryn; Hillard, T.W. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125005
- ISBN
- 9781905125005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JPSN2; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376577
- ISBN
- 9781910376577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Republished to mark the centenary of the battle of the Somme Geoff Dyer's classic book is 'the great Great War book of our time' (Observer) Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782119265
- ISBN
- 9781782119265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 349 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTV; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972858
- ISBN
- 9780865972858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.93
€ 19.93
Hardback. This volume constitutes a multidisciplinary intervention into the emerging field of postcolonial studies in Italy, bringing together cultural and social history, critical and political theory, literary and cinematic analyses, ethnomusicology and cultural studies, anthropological fieldwork, and race, gender, diaspora, and urban studies. Editor(s): Romeo, Caterina. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281456
- ISBN
- 9781137281456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.86
€ 146.86
Paperback. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493743
- ISBN
- 9781908493743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.80
€ 19.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. Challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. This title examines the political, social and economic changes that transformed Britain. It looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011752
- ISBN
- 9780141011752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. From the award-winning, critically acclaimed Charles Bowden, a stunning work of reportage on Ciudad Juarez--the blood-soaked town caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's escalating drug wars Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372. Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. 352 pages, b/w photos. Presents a devastating chronicle of a city in collapse. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight: 382.
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568586458
- ISBN
- 9781568586458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. "First published 2012"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 362 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138906105
- ISBN
- 9781138906105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BM; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408838099
- ISBN
- 9781408838099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.69
€ 15.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 206 x 28. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549111
- ISBN
- 9781848549111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88