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Paperback. Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? The author shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolutionary uprising by the ordinary citizens of Athens in 508-507 BC. He also examines the consequences of the development of direct democracy for dissident Athenian intellectuals. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001906
ISBN
9780691001906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483431
ISBN
9780801483431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. A groundbreaking history of abolition in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Num Pages: 784 pages, 66 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300227116
ISBN
9780300227116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907991004
ISBN
9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Looks at the transformation of the Roman world under the combined impact of Christianity and barbarian incomers. This book charts these and other significant developments which marked the transformation of Ancient Rome into medieval Byzantium. It provides a clear analytical narrative of pivotal political, military, and religious developments. Series Editor(s): Richardson, J. S. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627912
ISBN
9780748627912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.81

paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
New edition
SKU
KRF0005325
ISBN
9780349109442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first ever complete history of Britain's Second World War female secret agents, including many of the women's accounts of their experiences working with resistance movements before and after D-Day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445634319
ISBN
9781445634319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.84

Hardcover. This biography of writer, translator, teacher, and feminist Ada Gobetti, the first in English or Italian, frames her activism in the Resistenza as a chapter in a lifetime of resistance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465724
ISBN
9781580465724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 275 x 5. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653747
ISBN
9781841653747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JPA; JPHC; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510726925
ISBN
9781510726925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Liberties and Commons for All. 376 pages, Illustrations. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight: 384.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260009
ISBN
9780520260009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. In December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life. Num Pages: 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250118493
ISBN
9781250118493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. Quatre Bras was the battle that turned a campaign - a tale of triumph and disaster. This book combines the testimony with a study of the topography of the battlefield and knowledge of Napoleonic warfare to tell the story of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457604
ISBN
9780752457604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.70

Hardback. Alexander the Great is one of the most famous leaders of all time.This controversial reassessment concludes that Alexander's claim to the status of military genius is not supported by evidence. The author contests he was clearly a misfit and increasingly traumatized, showing all the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp plate section, or none, approx 6 b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783461974
ISBN
9781783461974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.39

Hardback. The ground-breaking Voices From the Past series tells the stories of the great conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Battle of Waterloo to the fall of Hitler's Germany, through the words of the politicians, the press, the generals, and the ordinary soldier and civilian that lived and fought through those momentous times. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJH; BK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473851597
ISBN
9781473851597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. A fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightful socio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution, and the course it took over five and a half decades. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118942284
ISBN
9781118942284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781467783477
ISBN
9781467783477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

Paperback. The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever - and forgotten - Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007548149
ISBN
9780007548149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJSA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226151625
ISBN
9780226151625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415779463
ISBN
9780415779463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 32. 292 pages. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight: 342.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521236041
ISBN
9780521236041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. Germany's nightfighter force was virtually non-existent at the start of the war, but by 1942 was equiped with some 389 fighters fitted with advanced airbourne radar which helped to destroy hundreds of RAF bombers. This text includes interviews with some of the leading aces. Series: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour and 100 b&w illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 246 x 7. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326965
ISBN
9781855326965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.43

Hardcover. A century after Amundsen's triumph and Scott's tragedy, our fascination with Antarctica remains as acute as ever. This glorious visual history traces our search for the South Pole, from our earliest encounters through the Heroic Age to modern times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; HBJQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 276 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Conway
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9781844861378
ISBN
9781844861378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 10.00

Paperback. Explores the idea that by 1700 Paris had become the capital that would transform forever our conception of the city and of urban life. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W throughout. 1x 8-page color insert. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620407684
ISBN
9781620407684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

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