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Regional & national history
paperback. A fourth-century army officer recounts the history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens. Editor(s): Hamilton, Walter. Translator(s): Hamilton, Walter. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010226
- ISBN
- 9780140444063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Analyses key aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in their original context of mystery religion, and magic. The author brings to light evidence uncovered about ancient Pythagoreanism and reconstructs the transmission of Pythagorean ideas from the Greek West down to the alchemists and magicians of Egypt, and from there into the Islamic world. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA Oxford
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150817
- ISBN
- 9780198150817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.17
€ 94.17
Paperback. The international history of the development of the atomic bomb, its first use against Japan, and the Cold War nuclear arms race that it gave rise to. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569762
- ISBN
- 9780199569762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604548
- ISBN
- 9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Paperback. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution informs current discussion on the divisions that have reemerged among Western intellectuals over the response to radical Islamism after September 11. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007861
- ISBN
- 9780226007861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919. Translator(s): Payton, Rodney J.; Mammitzsch, Ulrich. Num Pages: 560 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359946
- ISBN
- 9780226359946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. The first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him-from his era and ours. Editor(s): Franklin, Wayne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974072
- ISBN
- 9780393974072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
paperback. Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yokai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This book offers a history of the strange and mysterious in Japan and seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b/w drawings, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253629
- ISBN
- 9780520253629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214441
- ISBN
- 9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009674
- ISBN
- 9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.14
€ 53.48
€ 42.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472701
- ISBN
- 9780801472701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484377
- ISBN
- 9780801484377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745345
- ISBN
- 9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. Introduces the history, culture, and politics of the Czech people through more than 150 primary texts and images. Editor(s): Bazant, Jan; Bazantova, Nina; Starn, Frances. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 568 pages, 64 b&w photos, 8 page color insert, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347941
- ISBN
- 9780822347941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 400 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407628
- ISBN
- 9780887407628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. "Joyce and the G-Men" explores Hoover's suspicions that James Joyce was a Communist. In his FBI file, Culleton tracks the evidence of the FBI's surveillance of Joyce to show the culture of the FBI under Hoover and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349386420
- ISBN
- 9781349386420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 63.81
€ 65.36
€ 63.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Bass, A. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBL; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529056
- ISBN
- 9781349529056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 52.77
€ 53.48
€ 52.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024434
- ISBN
- 9781619024434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.87
€ 16.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area. This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated - riverine craft. This book explores those crafts. Illustrator(s): Johnson, Hugh. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841769318
- ISBN
- 9781841769318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan that pitted the masters of the steppes against the noble Samurai. Using maps and illustrations, this title charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze that destroyed the Mongol fleet. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 8. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034565
- ISBN
- 9781846034565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.50
€ 21.99
€ 15.50
Hardcover. John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, has long been regarded as one of Britain's greatest generals as well as a key English political figure in the first decade of the eighteenth century. Editor(s): Hattendorf, John B.; Veenendaal, Augustus J.; Hovell tot Westerflier, Rolof van. Num Pages: 408 pages, colour photographs Select bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 286 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Karwansaray BV Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789490258047
- ISBN
- 9789490258047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.28
€ 80.28
Paperback. This book is the first, definitive history of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), a unique political force in twentieth century British and Irish politics that drew its support from Protestants and Catholics and became electorally viable despite deep-seated ethnic, religious and national divisions. Series Editor(s): Fielding, Steven; Callaghan, John; Ludlam, Steve. Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719086380
- ISBN
- 9780719086380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.19
€ 20.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195383317
- ISBN
- 9780195383317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.75
€ 20.99
€ 20.75