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Discovering the Past: The Renaissance by Rose Barling & Valerie Boyes
Rose Barling & Valerie BoyesThe Discovering the Past series is an integrated series of colour textbooks that offer enquiry-based tasks. This text provides a detailed study of the causes and consequences of the Italian...
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A Sense of History: Italian Renaissance by Martin Roberts
Martin RobertsThe complexities of the Italian Renaissance are explained here through individual artists and the places and times in which they lived. The breadth and beauty of the artistic flowering that...
Biography & True Stories, Classics and World Literature
Plutarch: Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics)
Plutarch (translated by Robin Waterfield)Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time...
$18.95
History, Religion
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks HC/DJ
Jonathan SacksDespite predictions of continuing secularisation, the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge of religious extremism and violence in the name of God. In this powerful and timely book, Jonathan Sacks...
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A History of Women in the West 1 From Ancient Goddesses to Christian saints by Georges Duby et al
Edited by Pauline Schmitt-Pantel, Georges Duby, Michelle PerrotIn the words of the general editors, A History of Women seeks to understand women's place in society, their condition, the roles they played and the powers they possessed, their...
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History, History > Ancient
The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History 1000 BC - 51 AD by Peter Berresford Ellis HC/DJ
Peter Berresford EllisWriting for the general reader, Peter Berresford Ellis provides a full survey of the rise of one of the greatest of Europe's ancient civilizations. He covers the first millennium of...
$25.00
Classics, History
Plato: The Symposium Translated by Christopher Gill (Penguin Classics)
Plato, Translated by Christopher GillIn the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender...
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Biography & True Stories, Cambridge
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Tacitus: Agricola by Tacitus (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics) by Edited by A.J. Woodman et al
Edited by A.J. Woodman with C.S. KrausThe first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years...
Biography & True Stories, History
Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green
Edited with an Introduction by Jesse Green"Frank Hamilton Cushing's stay at Zuñi pueblo from 1879 to 1884 made him the first professional anthropologist actually to live with his subjects. Learning the language and winning acceptance as...
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Art/Art HIstory, History
Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England by Juliet Fleming HC/DJ
Juliet FlemingTattoos and graffiti immediately bring to mind contemporary urban life and its inhabitants. But in fact, both practices date back much further than is generally thought--even by scholars. Drawing on...
$85.00
Design & Technology, History
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture by C. Payne Hardcover/ Dust Jacket
General Editor Christopher PayneSotheby's furniture department have identified, valued and sold some of the world's finest pieces of furniture. This guide informs the reader of the many centuries of furniture style and decorative...
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Books, Banks, Buttons : And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages by Chiara Frugoni HC/DJ
Chiara FrugoniOnce regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a period of extraordinary technological innovation. This romp through the inventions of the period tells...
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Botany, History
Botanical Riches: Stories Of Botanical Exploration by Richard Aitken HC/DJ
Richard AitkenGardeners' Chronicle on botanical exploration, 1881- 'Of all the deadly occupations this is surely the most fatal.' Explorer Frank Kingdon Ward on his first sighting of the blue poppy in...
$35.00
Biology, History
Biology for Beginners by Wilson McCord Jr. (No. 77)
Wilson McCord Jr.Sex For Beginners is a beautifully illustrated, often humorous documentary comic book that examines human sexuality from the standpoints of history, social relations, and sexual politics.Diverse authorities such as Sade,...
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Biology, History
Sex for Beginners by Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt (No. 34)
Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi RosenblattSex For Beginners is a beautifully illustrated, often humorous documentary comic book that examines human sexuality from the standpoints of history, social relations, and sexual politics.Diverse authorities such as Sade,...
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History, Humour
Existentialism for Beginners by David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee
David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee"Existentialism For Beginners" takes an affectionate, good-humoured look at a style of thinking that, while pervasive in influence, has often been seen as obscure, difficult, cryptic and dark. Publisher: Writers...
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History, Non-Fiction
The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat Collective (ex-libris)
S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat CollectiveThe Black Holocaust for Beginners answers a series of questions regarding all dimensions of the Black Holocaust - from its widespread and destructive effect on African cultures through to its...
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History, Non-Fiction
Black History for Beginners (No. 24), First edition by Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan Willmarth
Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan WillmarthCovering a rich but often ignored history, the author chronicles the black struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa right up to the Civil Rights movement and different kinds of...
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History, History > Ancient
The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture by Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie SchimmelThis title is translated by Corinne Attwood. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire...
$45.00
History, History > Medieval
The Birth of Europe 400-1500 by Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le GoffIn this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history....
$35.00
History, History > Modern
A Sense of History: Expansion, Trade and Industry by James Mason NEW
James MasonThe series, A Sense of History uses a combination of narrative and unusual sources to tell good stories well. It invites teachers and pupils to explore the past together and...
$15.00
Botany, History
Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws (2011, Hardcover)
Bill LawsThe fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilisations. Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest...
$25.00
Cambridge, History
Cambridge Perspectives in History: Hitler, Chamberlain and appeasement by Frank McDonough
Frank McDonoughThe book examines the central roles played by Hitler and Chamberlain in the events which led to the outbreak of the Second World War. It focuses on Anglo-German relations from...
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