A little history of the world
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" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educatesgombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a timehe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerather than focusing on dry facts and dates, egombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic ageoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: e' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time
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Where’s a wally history of the world partworks4 complete binders50 per issue) collection only
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This set is the ideal geography and history referencethe introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's world'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlasesoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history books'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academicsdetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldcarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam husseinall place names on the maps are fully indexed
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Seen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imaginedoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined themencompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in todayan intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empire
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet
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Title: the secret history of the worldbinding: paperbackproduct category: booksfirst edition: falsecondition: very goodauthors: jonathan black
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A history of the world in 100 objects, neil macgregor hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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The times mapping history complete history of the world 7th editionthe ultimate work of historical reference by richard overy
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Title: a history of the worldbinding: paperbackauthor(s): marr, andrew
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history of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
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Harmsworth history of the world, parts 25 to 39 and parts congresbury
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Universal history of the world - volume 3 (ancient rome) and volume 8 (reformation and exploration)price negotiablecollection onlygood condition with slight fading on coverswould like to sell together, but can sell separately
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Where’s wally history of the world magazines circa in ring binders 1-52
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - no inscriptions - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume contains a large number of images derived from the conflict spanning from through to - a very nice collector's setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages - () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume discusses various events that unfolded during the global conflict which spanned from to - a very nice collector's set
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A brief history of the law society was written by eand has been signed by him, published in by the royal society read more
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Covering every aspect of the tour from its beginnings and early heroes to its incredible feats of endurance and fierce rivalries, this is the complete history of one of the world's greatest sporting eventsoxfam bookshop cheltenham "tour de france: the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race" plots the evolution of this great event, covering every tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race init features legends such as jacques anquetil, eddie merckx, miguel indurain, seven-time winner lance armstrong and the new generation of riders such as alberto contador and british heroes bradley wiggins and mark cavendishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The world encyclopaedia of locomotivesa complete history of the world’s great locomotives and fabulous train journeyscash on collection read more
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible priceall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying results
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Oxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamaan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe name of a previous owner is written on the fthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrations" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all present
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A detailed military history of the english civil warblack and white photographs and mapsit contains coherent and free floating histories of all the key campaigns and battles from edgehill to worcester during the periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages very goodoxfam bookshop truro hardback book with red boards in a very good conditionillustrated dust jacket in a very good condition, minor shelf marking
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This is a concise history of the philosophy and practice of alchemy from its beginnings to the twentieth centurybut what i admire about it most is how enlightening and enlivening it isshe is the author of more than thirty books on a wide range of subjects
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A history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()churchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etca collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecomplete in four volumesvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdwith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumescondition: good) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other texts condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedpages are bright and cleanit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoples
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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The never-before-seen history of westeros and the lands beyondat long last, it has arrived with the world of ice and firemartin's dazzlingly conceived universe; the world of ice and fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swordsand linda antonsson, has written a comprehensive history of the seven kingdoms, featuring the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead up to the events in the bestselling a song of ice and fire seriescollected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and maps, family trees for the houses stark, lannister and targaryen, and in-depth explanations of the history and culture of westerosif the past is prologue, then george rsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the definitive companion volume to george rmartin's masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introductionmartin, in collaboration with elio mwith hundreds of pages of all-new material from george r
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They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our worldoxfam bookshop woodbridge from the bestselling author of a history of the world in 21 women they were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politiciansjenni murray presents the history of britain as you've never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope and change, and who still have the power to inspire us todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop ealing a perfect introduction to history for young and old, this illustrated journey through our world's culture and events travels from the big bang to the ipod and into the futurefor adults and older children, these detailed images reward a close study to test your own knowledge of political, cultural and historical eventsit looks at wars and disasters; introduces artists, explorers and leaders; shows us living in castles, yurts and skyscraperseach scene puts global events in perspective, in space and timeand it does not neglect the imagination here too are dragons, mythical figures and tv characters, alongside world-changing inventions borne from the imaginations of scientists and explorersthis is a trip through time, past dinosaurs, vikings, aztecs and spaceshipsfor young children, each spread provides a slew of talking points, with the world's stories concisely representedvery good condition: minor shelfwear see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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"john keegan's history of the 2nd world warit's a 50th anniversary history" (delivery quite possible but needs costing first)7 newspaper histories (part 6 is missing, sorry)part 7 is a reprint of the daily telegraph announcement of war - 4th sept
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To this day a brief history of time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wondersoxfam bookshop cheltenham was there a beginning of time? could time run backwards? is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?these are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkersit begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from newton to einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the big bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theoryit was published in tandem with the app, stephen hawking's pocket universesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis new edition includes recent updates from stephen hawking with his latest thoughts about the no boundary proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational waves
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Unlike most other texts, 'a history of the british isles' is not just a history of englandoxfam bookshop cheltenham jeremy black's vigorous and fascinating study tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the worldproper weight is given to all four, often fractious, components of the british isles - england, ireland, scotland and wales - providing the reader with an admirably balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the earliest pre-history right up to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the british isles have passed to achieve their current identity
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