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Paperback. This volume completes a landmark history of Christianity. Reviewed and shaped by an international team of 43 consulting scholars, this history assigns a rightful place to the peoples of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Near East in the unfolding of the Christian story. In the process a fuller and richer view emerges of Christianity. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 814. Volume II Modern Christianity from 1454 to 1900. 500 pages, Illustrations, maps. This volume completes a landmark history of Christianity. Reviewed and shaped by an international team of 43 consulting scholars, this history assigns a rightful place to the peoples of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Near East in the unfolding of the Christian story. In the process a fuller and richer view emerges of Christianity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight: 806.
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570759895
ISBN
9781570759895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.33

Hardcover. Explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems - including money, standardized measurement, rhetoric, and haggling. This title links Greek political, economic, social, and intellectual history in different ways. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226405094
ISBN
9780226405094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.67

As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century. This survey examines how and why the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1945 through 1963 and the resulting influence on key questions from normalization and de-normalization up to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBW; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442232006
ISBN
9781442232006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.45

Hardcover. This is the first history in over a century of what is arguably Oxford's oldest College. As one of the few organizations in the UK whose history goes back so far, this is an account of the College from its origins over seven and a half centuries ago to the present day. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 colour plates; 80 black and white figures; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199284290
ISBN
9780199284290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.34

Paperback. Chronicles the history of the United States from the end of World War II, through the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to President Obama in 2009. Series: A History of US. Num Pages: 304 pages, 385 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJ; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 231 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199735532
ISBN
9780199735532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 10.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195188875
ISBN
9780195188875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913738498
ISBN
9780913738498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the busiest and powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in 1797. Num Pages: 736 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953044
ISBN
9780241953044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.08

Paperback. Chronicles the internal politics and events and focuses on the external affairs of Venice, and the conflicts with other European states and with the Turks in the East. Editor(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Translator(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022843
ISBN
9780674022843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.13

Hardback. Chronicles internal politics and events and focuses on the external affairs of Venice, principal conflicts with other European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and the papacy) and with the Turks in the East. Editor(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Translator(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022867
ISBN
9780674022867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.75

Hardback. Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was admired for his writings in Italian. This book chronicles internal politics and events, and external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states and with the Turks in the East. Editor(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Translator(s): Ulery, Robert W., Jr. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022836
ISBN
9780674022836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.67

Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137497
ISBN
9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, 111 halftones, 73 maps. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 43. Weight in Grams: 933.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
6th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561608
ISBN
9780226561608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. A history of educational ideas from classical Greece to the 20th century, relating these ideas to the social, political and economic trends of significant periods of history. Series: Woburn Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBT; JFCX; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713040418
ISBN
9780713040418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Paperback. History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 792 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
778
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415325059
ISBN
9780415325059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.48

Paperback. Details the life of William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616088477
ISBN
9781616088477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, this title offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. It focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891679
ISBN
9781861891679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.13

Hardback. A unique and overdue insight and study into how the landscape, institutions and collective memory has influenced the representation of the past on British television from 1946 to the present day, promoting a very singular view of what it means to be British. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080920
ISBN
9780719080920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.07

Paperback. Features reviews on book pages of national newspapers, and in history magazines. The author chronicles her five-year legal battle with David Irving that culminated in a sensational trial in 2000. In her acclaimed 1993 book "Denying the Holocaust", she called David Irving, "one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial". Series: P.S. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060593773
ISBN
9780060593773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

Hardback. Considers the ways in which historical narratives summon up a past and lay down a future in the ever-multiplying intellectual debates of contemporary public culture. This book looks at some struggles to control public history, examining popular newspaper accounts of events - misrepresentation from the "bottom up" - in geopolitics and art. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882142
ISBN
9780801882142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.39
€ 56.32

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