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Paperback. Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Series: Hot Spots in Global Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBTB; HBWS5; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649306
ISBN
9780745649306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724952
ISBN
9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.37
€ 52.25

Hardcover. Zenobia was acknowledged in her lifetime as beautiful and clever, gathering writers and poets, artists and philosophers around her at the Palmyrene court. This narrative explores the legendary queen and charts the progression of her unequivocal declaration, not only of independence of Rome, but of supremacy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847250346
ISBN
9781847250346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 bw integrated, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767246
ISBN
9781780767246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.56
€ 105.53

Paperback. Traces the origins and development of the conflict during the years of the legislative union between Britain and Ireland. This volume provides both a history of the conflict and a discussion of its causes; headnotes and footnotes set each selection in historical, political, and cultural context, and identify those terms and names. Editor(s): Dworkin, Dennis L. Num Pages: 298 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603847414
ISBN
9781603847414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 308 x 13. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
PeKo Publishing Kft.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155583018
ISBN
9786155583018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. Covers preserved steam machinery. Num Pages: 160 pages, 90 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 216. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860452
ISBN
9781473860452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.02

Paperback. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Num Pages: 575 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922. A Sourcebook of Basic Documents. 558 pages, b/w illus. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight: 832.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
558
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Printing Writing In Book
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234307
ISBN
9780520234307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.41

Hardback. African slavery was pervasive in Spain's Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. Editor(s): Fradera, Josep M.; Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 figs & tables, 5 maps, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJ; 1KL; 3J; HBJD; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459336
ISBN
9780857459336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.29

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102329
ISBN
9780739102329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31

Paperback. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992734
ISBN
9781403992734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.32

Paperback. An exposition of the 10-day battle for the Normandy foreshore as seen through the eyes of the German and Allied soldiers who fought and died in June 1944. This work develops fresh insights into the successes and failures of both sides. It also features extracts from the German telephone log for Omaha Beach, bringing the landings to life. Num Pages: 504 pages, 50 photographs and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 500. Piercing the Atlantic Wall. 504 pages, 50 photographs and line drawings. An exposition of the 10-day battle for the Normandy foreshore as seen through the eyes of the German and Allied soldiers who fought and died in June 1944. This work develops fresh insights into the successes and failures of both sides. It also features extracts from the German telephone log for Omaha Beach, bringing the landings to life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight: 496.
Publisher
Ian Allan Publishing
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780711033238
ISBN
9780711033238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic Conflict. This is the story of HMS Endurance before, during and after the Falklands conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850528794
ISBN
9780850528794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784977054
ISBN
9781784977054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956543
ISBN
9780750956543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335322
ISBN
9780745335322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.65

Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218381
ISBN
9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Hardcover. 41 Squadron is one of the oldest RAF Squadrons still in existence and has seen service from the First World War, policing the Middle East in the 1930s, throughout the Second World War, and more recently in the First Gulf War and Yugoslavia. This is the first comprehensive study, concentrating on its Second World War between August 1942 - May 1945 Num Pages: 1088 pages, 350 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 254 x 50. Weight in Grams: 2074.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
1088
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551936
ISBN
9781781551936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.03

hardcover. Taking the reader through the lives of our monarchs, this book tells a tale of bastardy, courage, conquest, brutality, vanity, vulgarity, corruption, anarchy, absenteeism, piety, nobility, divorce, execution, civil war, madness, magnificence, profligacy, frugality, philately, abdication, dutifulness, family breakdown and family recovery. Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W integrated by Martin Rowson. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Square Peg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224101196
ISBN
9780224101196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JHM; JP; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KST0010467
ISBN
9780295975320
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; HBJK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613748848
ISBN
9781613748848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195338102
ISBN
9780195338102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.66

Paperback. Toynbee includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings. Num Pages: 336 pages, 91, 91 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMN; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRKP; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855078
ISBN
9780801855078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702. Series: Warfare in History. 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight: 662.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837398
ISBN
9781843837398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

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