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Paperback. Draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settled, spread and created a rich, vivid, strange civilization that had its first culmination in the pharaoh Khufu building the Great Pyramid. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399713
ISBN
9780141399713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Ranging from the first human settlement in the Nile Valley (c. 120,000 BC) to the appearance of Alexander the Great (c. 331 BC), this history blends archaeological and textual evidence into an informed narrative. Numerous quotes from the original documentary sources are included. Num Pages: 528 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631193968
ISBN
9780631193968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Hardcover. A history of American sports told through one hundred iconic objects Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465097746
ISBN
9780465097746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 235 x 181. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674395527
ISBN
9780674395527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.43
€ 135.72

Paperback. This edition brings the discussion of perennial hot-button issues such as big-time sports programs up to date and addresses such current areas of contention as the changing role of governing boards and the financial challenges posed by the economic downturn. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20, 4 black & white line drawings, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402673
ISBN
9781421402673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.68

hardcover. This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Num Pages: 522 pages, 27 B&W. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781597974400
ISBN
9781597974400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.80
€ 49.36

Paperback. Clarifies air power's role in modern warfare. This book provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of the part air power has played in military engagements. It chronologically examines air power's involvement in World Wars I and II, the Cold War period, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, campaign by campaign. Editor(s): Olsen, John Andreas. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 b&w photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974332
ISBN
9781597974332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. * A significant contribution to our understanding of how politics affects real people, and a brilliant blend of sweeping narrative and detailed analysis: this is a major and potentially prize-winning work Num Pages: 736 pages, Integrated: 17, 17pp b/w int. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 498. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0003779
ISBN
9780349112695
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Manicas argues that ideology is the defining characteristic of the social sciences in this critical review of the discipline. He contends that social science was originally based on a false ideal of science and that the historical assumptions of it are in general, too "Eurocentric". Num Pages: 354 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631165835
ISBN
9780631165835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. Hebrew Scriptures Greeks Canaanites Israelites Romans Christians Muslims Crusaders. You will meet them all in this lively guide book, as you tour from event to event in the history of this small piece of land, wedged between Egypt and the Fertile Crescent. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HRAX; HRJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294920
ISBN
9789652294920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Hardcover. Documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times all the way up to today. This book ranges through the five periods in Tibetan history, offering introductory maps of each followed by details of western, central, and eastern regions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 121 colour plates, 36 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732442
ISBN
9780226732442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.11

Paperback. This book offers an innovative collaborative approach to the study of a particular region of the Ottoman empire, the southwestern Peloponnese (or Morea), Greece. Num Pages: 310 pages, 93 b/w illus, 19 tbs, CD-Rom. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876615348
ISBN
9780876615348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.55

Paperback. This instant Sunday Times bestseller tells the story of two fighter pilots, an American and a German, whose remarkable encounter during the Second World War became the stuff of legend Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782392569
ISBN
9781782392569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425252864
ISBN
9780425252864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.17

Hardcover. This text reveals that ideas on race crossed racial boundaries in a process that produced not only well-known theories of biological racism but also countertheories that were early expressions of cultural relativism, cultural pluralism and latter-day Afrocentrism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009462
ISBN
9780674009462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardback. No up-to-date book on Venezuelan politics out there Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047951
ISBN
9781849047951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Hardcover. In this reassessment of the career of Nelson A. Miles - which he began as a volunteer officer in the Civil War - the author suggests that comments made by his enemies influenced the way Miles's career has been viewed by historians and tries to readdress this. Num Pages: 568 pages, 23 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 903.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873385947
ISBN
9780873385947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.95

Hardcover. Two and a half centuries after the American Revolution the US stands as one of the greatest powers on earth and the undoubted leader of the western hemisphere. The author maintains that the Founding Fathers clearly understood the connection between public finance and power: a well-managed public debt was a key part of every modern state. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226181578
ISBN
9780226181578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Explains the niceties of Heidegger's German and Greek to the English-speaking readers. This title makes sense of some of Heidegger's ideas that are often either paraphrased in obscure language or rejected as stark contraventions of the canons of Anglo-American philosophy. Editor(s): Inwood, Michael. Series: Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190950
ISBN
9780631190950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardback. Makes use of a wider range of Heidegger's writings than other books on him. Explains the niceties of Heidegger's German and Greek to the English-speaking reader. Makes sense of some of Heidegger's ideas that are often either paraphrased in obscure language or rejected as stark contraventions of the canons of anglo-american philosophy. Editor(s): Inwood, Michael. Series: Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190943
ISBN
9780631190943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.92

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