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Paperback. Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. This book explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer insights into Roman social life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 color plates 122 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029092
ISBN
9780691029092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.23
€ 48.64

Paperback. Traces the development of the omnibus through the horse-drawn era to that of mechanical propulsion, when, after experiments with steam and electric battery units, the petrol engine reigned supreme until just before the Second World War. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 56 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806509
ISBN
9780747806509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 400 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 285 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1478.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323416
ISBN
9780764323416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.76
€ 46.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Hill, Thomas D.; Hill, Thomas E., Jr.; Deskis, Susan E. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cornell University Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935995138
ISBN
9780935995138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Paperback, grey spine. 32pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
G Philip London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Rev e.
SKU
KON0819292
ISBN
9780540011124
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardback. A bold transatlantic history of American independence revealing that 1776 was about far more than taxation without representation Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 396 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300214246
ISBN
9780300214246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.64

Hardback. A history of how the Russians, ever since the Six Day War, were involved in planning, instigating and supporting further Arab military action against Israel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048194
ISBN
9781849048194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066694
ISBN
9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.17
€ 46.60

Paperback. The French Riviera: A History ranges from the Terra Amata in Nice, occupied from 380,000 years ago and one of the oldest inhabited prehistoric sites in the world, through to settlement by Greeks, Romans, Franks, Ostrogoths and Visigoths, wars and revolutions, to the establishment of the Silicon Valley of France in Sophia-Antipolis in 1974. Num Pages: 128 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785898334
ISBN
9781785898334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Num Pages: 768 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 50. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006861560
ISBN
9780006861560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447716
ISBN
9780801447716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. Editor(s): Klaesoe, Iben Skibsted. Num Pages: 165 pages, 8 colour & 52 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
165
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763505314
ISBN
9788763505314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.41
€ 40.81

Paperback. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
13051st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138475
ISBN
9780231138475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Canongate Us
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0008627
ISBN
9781841958262
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Complete with exclusive interviews with prominent figures such as Truman, Ben Gurion, Agnon and Boutros-Ghali, Me and the Middle East gives us front-row tickets to the events that shaped the region for years to come, and a glimpse into the unique personalities behind them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297372
ISBN
9789652297372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; KC; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315377
ISBN
9780822315377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This book aims to make accessible the sources and controversies concerning a key period in the history of the Roman Empire -- the reign of Diocletian and its immediate aftermath. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616602
ISBN
9780748616602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.51
€ 136.95

Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 color illus., 80 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; AMX; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 321 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019097
ISBN
9780253019097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. Victoria's Children of the Dark tells the story of Queen Victoria's invisible subjects - women and children who laboured beneath her 'green and pleasant land' harvesting the coal to fuel the furnaces of the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456980
ISBN
9780752456980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded in 1941, the author became a special correspondent for Red Star, the Red Army newspaper, observing on the Eastern front with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever known. This title offers an account of the war on the Eastern Front. Translator(s): Beevor, Antony; Vinogradova, Luba. Num Pages: 400 pages, app 50 b/w integrated photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950156
ISBN
9781845950156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution to the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patient and practitioner. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200387
ISBN
9780415200387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 400 pages, 350+ black and white photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG; JWH; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2222.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317743
ISBN
9780764317743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.52
€ 56.19

Paperback. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Num Pages: 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566. 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203136
ISBN
9780520203136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. This book examines the problems of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain from the ancient world, through the medieval and early modern periods to the modern state. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JKSW; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200363
ISBN
9780415200363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

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