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The People's Peace. Britain Since 1945, Updated Edition, Paperback - ***

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This comprehensive and widely acclaimed study of British history since 1945 has been has been expanded to include a new chapter looking at the conf...

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Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma in England, 1660-1834, Hardback - ***

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Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, telling...

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Ludwig van Beethoven: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - ***

55,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Mark Evan (Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Profe...

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The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Early Modern England, Hardback - ***

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This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that e...

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Animal Classification in Central China: From the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age, Paperback - Ningning Dong

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Reducere. This monograph uses an archaeological approach to decipher folk classification of animals in ancient societies. Ningning Dong collates faunal data ...

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Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia, Paperback - Adrienne L. Kaeppler

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Including both traditional and contemporary arts, this book introduces the rich artistic traditions of the Pacific island chains of Polynesia and M...

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Country Music: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Richard Carlin

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Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture through its key artists and...

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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Peter Singer

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Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in...

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The Fall of Robespierre. 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris, Hardback - ***

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The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robe...

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The Civil War at Sea - Craig L. Symonds

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Reducere. DescriptionContinuing in the vein of his Lincoln Prize-winning book Lincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents a...

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The Battle of Midway, Hardcover - Craig L. Symonds

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Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

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The Battle of Midway, Paperback - Craig L. Symonds

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Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

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Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Miri Rubin

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The Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides...

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European Union: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John Pinder

56,99 RON

A thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition, it includes coverage of the huge changes which have taken place in the EU since 2013, together wit...

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Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Richard Curt Kraus

56,99 RON

A concise explanation of a still controversial movement. Even as we approach its 50th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow open ...

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Oxford and OLE Miss, Hardcover - Jack Lamar Mayfield

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Reducere. Oxford and Lafayette County were formed from the Pontotoc Treaty and the Chickasaw Cession of 1832 and the revised agreement in 1834. This treaty w...

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Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - George Garnett

48,99 RON

Looks at the differing ways the invasion was viewed, and how its legacy has been interpreted by the following generations. Examines how historians ...

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Genocide: A World History, Paperback - Norman M. Naimark

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Contributor(s): Author: Norman M. NaimarkGenocide occurs in every time period and on every continent. Using the 1948 U.N. definition of genocide as...

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Locke: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John Dunn

56,99 RON

John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An...

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The Russian Revolution, Paperback (4th Ed.) - Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Contributor(s): Author: Sheila FitzpatrickThe Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years follow...

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Philosophers Take on the World, Paperback - David Edmonds

56,99 RON

DescriptionEvery day the news shows us provoking stories about what's going on in the world, about events which raise moral questions and problems....

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Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Christopher Janaway

56,99 RON

Schopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, conce...

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Saints: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Simon Yarrow

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The idea of saints and sainthood are familiar to all, irrelevant of religious faith. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Yarrow looks at the ori...

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Cancer: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Nick James

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DescriptionEvery year around 10 million people are diagnosed with cancer, around 80% of whom are destined to die from the disease, accounting for 1...

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Descartes: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Tom Sorell

58,99 RON

Descartes is perhaps best known for his statement, "Cogito, ergo sum, " the cornerstone of his metaphysics. But he did not intend the metaphysics t...

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Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - W. J. Rorabaugh

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DescriptionAmericans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Prot...

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Beethoven: Variations on a Life, Hardback - Mark Evan Bonds

109,99 RON

Beethoven's music expresses far more than just the iconic scowl we so often imagine when listening to his works. In this fresh perspective, Mark Ev...

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The Maya: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Matthew Restall

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Reducere. The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with European...

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Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Michael Tanner

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Reducere. With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Mi...

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The Music of James Bond, Paperback - Jon Burlingame

135,99 RON

DescriptionThe story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life dram...

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Rome's Mediterranean Empire. Books 41-45 and the Periochae, Paperback - ***

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The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterra...

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Habermas: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Gordon Finlayson

56,99 RON

Jurgen Habermas is the most renowned living German philosopher. This book aims to give a clear and readable overview of his philosophical work. It ...

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Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress - Hasok Chang

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Reducere. What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with the...

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Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Patrick Gardiner

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Reducere. Scholars have largely misunderstood Soren Kierkegaard, remembering him chiefly in connection with the development of existentialist philosophy in t...

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Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Allen C. Guelzo

56,99 RON

DescriptionThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically aft...

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Thames illustrated. a picturesque journeying from Richmond to Oxford, Paperback - ***

145,99 RON

This book, "The Thames illustrated. a picturesque journeying from Richmond to Oxford", by John Leyland, is a replication of a book originally publi...

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Imagining Ireland's Pasts. Early Modern Ireland through the Centuries, Hardback - ***

815,99 RON

The book describes how various authors addressed the history of early modern Ireland over four centuries, and explains why they could not settle on...

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South Asia in World History, Paperback - Marc Jason Gilbert

180,99 RON 193,99 RON

Reducere. This book explores how world historical processes, from changes in environment to the movement of peoples and ideas, have shaped and continue to sh...

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Women's America: Refocusing the Past, Paperback - Linda K. Kerber

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Reducere. Featuring a streamlined single-volume format, Women's America: Refocusing the Past is more teachable, accessible, and affordable than ever before. ...

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Germany 1858-1990: Hope, Terror and Revival, Paperback - Alison Kitson

411,99 RON

A highly accessible, visual and rigorous resource for AS and A2. Perfect for the main A Level courses, combing extended period cover with detailed ...

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Italy in the Age of the Renaissance. 1300-1550, Paperback - ***

255,99 RON

The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance...

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Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Colin Matthew

56,99 RON

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introducti...

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Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, Paperback - Erika Lee

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Reducere. From 1910 to 1940, over half a million people sailed through the Golden Gate, hoping to start a new life in America. But they did not all disembark...

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Galileo: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Stillman Drake

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In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo's trial, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inqui...

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Pearl of the Desert. A History of Palmyra, Hardback - ***

179,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Rubina (Professor of Classical Archaeology, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University,...

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Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Paperback - Stephen Bertman

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

Reducere. Modern-day archaeological discoveries in the Near East continue to illuminate our understanding of the ancient world, including the many contributi...

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Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000, Paperback - George Reid Andrews

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Reducere. While the rise and abolition of slavery and ongoing race relations are central themes of the history of the United States, the African diaspora act...

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For the Dying Calves: Beyond Literature: Oxford Lectures, Hardcover - Durs Grünbein

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Reducere. Poetically written and originally given as lectures, this is a moving essay collection from Durs Grünbein. In his four Lord Weidenfeld Lectures hel...

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Holocaust. The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews, Paperback - ***

119,99 RON

A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, demonstrating just how central anti-semitism was to Nazi ideology and ...

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Hessians. German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, Hardback - ***

729,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Friederike (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Penn State Abington) B...

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Sustainability. A History, Revised and Updated Edition, Hardback - ***

279,99 RON

From one of the world's leading experts on the subject, a fully updated introduction to the sustainability movement from the 1600s to today.Publish...

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Conquering the Ocean. The Roman Invasion of Britain, Hardback - ***

139,99 RON

This book provides an authoritative new narrative of the Roman conquest of Britain, from the two campaigns of Julius Caesar up until the constructi...

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Empire Unbound. France and the Muslim Mediterranean, 1880-1918, Hardback - ***

756,99 RON

Empire Unbound argues that European empires were not the bounded, stable entities that imperialists imagined. Gavin Murray-Miller demonstrates that...

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Prehistoric Ebbsfleet. Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and South Thameside Development Route 4, 1989-2003, Hardback - Simon Parfit

249,99 RON

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Forming Identities: Technological experimentation in Archaic Corinthian workshops and the origins of the black figure pottery style - Emilio Rodríguez

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Reducere. This book focuses on the manufacturing techniques of Corinthian potters during the Archaic Period, as well as the relationships established with th...

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Fall of France. The Nazi Invasion of 1940, Paperback - Julian Jackson

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This new book by Julian Jackson, a leading historian of twentieth-century France, charts the breathtakingly rapid events that led to the defeat and...

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Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915, Paperback - Kevin Starr

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Reducere. Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, ...

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World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Paperback - Richard Ingersoll

950,99 RON

DescriptionRichard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary surve...

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History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John H. Arnold

56,99 RON

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or ...

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Russian History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Geoffrey Hosking

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Russia's sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especially given its harsh climate, vast and vulnerable ...

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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Paul Cartledge

56,99 RON

This highly original introduction to ancient Greece uses the history of eleven major Greek cities to illuminate the most important and informative ...

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Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Rana Mitter

56,99 RON

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presenc...

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Britain's War: Into Battle, 1937-1941, Hardcover - Daniel Todman

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Reducere. Great Britain's refusal to yield to Nazi Germany in the Second World War remains one of the greatest survival stories of modern times. Commemorated...

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Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives, Paperback - Plutarch

62,99 RON

'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with ...

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Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World, Hardcover - Johan Swinnen

107,99 RON

From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer, to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia, to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, ...

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Decolonization: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Dane Keith Kennedy

56,99 RON

Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By the en...

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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - David Carrasco

56,99 RON

This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec li...

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African History: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - John Parker

56,99 RON

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both in Africa and beyo...

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Doing Oral History, Paperback (3rd Ed.) - Donald A. Ritchie

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Donald A. RitchieDoing Oral History is considered the premier guidebook to oral history, used by professional oral historia...

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The Computer: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Darrel Ince

56,99 RON

What is the basic nature of the modern computer? How does it work? How has it been possible to squeeze so much power into increasingly smaller mach...

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