The cambridge illustrated history of warfare
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Oxfam shop ulverston the cambridge illustrated history of warfare provides a unique account of western warfare from antiquity to the present dayit places in context particular key events in the history of armed engagement, from the greek victory at marathon, through the introduction of gunpowder in medieval england and france, to the jungle warfare of vietnam and the strategic air attacks of the gulf warthe book treats the history of all aspects of the subject: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defence; discipline and intelligence; mercenaries and standing armies; cavalry and infantry; chivalry and blitzkrieg; guerrilla assault and nuclear arsenalsthroughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of military progress: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the west to global dominance over two millennia? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
30 €
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The penguin illustrated history of britain and irelandfrom the earliest times to the present daypaperback in good conditionconsultant editors barry cunliffe, robert bartlett, john morrill, asa briggs and joanna burkeisbn ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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The oxford illustrated history of the british monarchy by cannon & griffithscondition is good
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Title: an illustrated history of oldham's railwaystitle: an illustrated history of oldham's railwaysauthors: hooper, johncondition: goodlist price (msrp): 9product category: booksbinding: paperback
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This set is the ideal geography and history reference'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 academicsoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history bookscarrying 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 presentall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam hussein'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 atlasesdetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldthe 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 worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall place names on the maps are fully indexed
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Red morroccan leather and gilt bound series of the culturally important cassell’s illustrated history of england, published by cassell, petter, and galpin, ludgate hill, ecplease ask for more pics, any other details5kg unpacked, but can courier at cost if required and if you can’t collectmarbled page ends, marbled front & rear inside coversand 596, broadway, new yorkfor around 140 years old, these books are in fabulous conditionin , cassell rejoined, renaming the company cassell, petter, and galpin, as seen in each of these volumesby he was bankrupt, so from , george petter and thomas galpin took over as the petter and galpin printing firm, published by win , the company became cassell, petter, galpin and company with the addition of another new partner, robert turnerdespite there being no printing date given in these books, i can date them precisely to between and : from , john cassell was printing at la belle sauvage yard, not ludgate hillplease see photos of each (spine, covers, selected pages) for details, but there isn’t anything major to report - please ask for more details, there’s a word limit on here! very, very, heavy at over 12regarded as culturally important, this work is still in print todayloads of repros about, not so many originalsi haven’t been able to find any of this age, in this format, anywhere else online, so i would regard these as rarepacked with illustrationsthanks for reading my ad - i look forward to hearing from you soon! read more
120 €
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An illustrated history of london buses from the s up to the s will be of interest to all bus enthusiasts,loads of photos and information ÂŁ5
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illustrated history of the later crusades by charles phillips (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
7 €
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illustrated history of british steam railways by david ross 320 pages (parragon)many colour and black & white photographs new
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Oxfam books & music berkhamsted combining the expertise of more than 30 leading historians and economists, volume i tracks britain's economic history in the period ranging from to , from industrialisation to global trade and empirepaperback book in good condition, slight shelf wear, particularly to the corners, small amount of scratching to the covers, with some marking to the outer edge of the text blockthroughout the volume, british experience is set within an international context and its performance benchmarked against its global competitorssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
25 €
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Lights, camera, action!: an illustrated history of amateur movie camera by john wade - hardcover **brand new**
57 €
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The complete illustrated manual of handgun skills by robert campbell - hardcover *excellent condition*
21 €
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Oxfam books & music perth the flowerers the origins and history of ayrshire needlework, m h swain, w & chambers ltd london and edinburgh see oxfam website for delivery information read more
60 €
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Title: a light in the dark: a history of movie directorsauthor(s): thomson, davidbinding: hardcover
18 €
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It gives a lively, readable global history, illustrated with 80 plates, 14 figures & 17 mapstechniques & technology are examined within the context of the societies that created & utilized themcontents in three parts: from ca bc to ca 500 bc, from 500 bc to the christian era & from the beginning of the christian era to ca ad 500finally the authors analyze the emergence of literature & artthis is from a multivolume work produced under the auspices of unescothey describe classical science, which in greece & india created a new relationship between humans & naturespecial chapters are devoted to the development of religion, which both in the east & in the west was to shape spiritual life for millenniasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe philosophers who laid the basis of all thinking are studied in detailafter an introduction which summarizes briefly the main historical events of the period, the authors deal with such fundamental questions as the formation of the greek & latin tongues, the evolution of the indo-aryan & indo-chinese languagesthe concept of the greek polis, the formulation of the roman res publica (including the gradual evolution of roman law), the constitution of chinese public administration, are noted in detail as so many important contributions to the conduct of affairs
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15 €
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illustrated history of the first world war on land sea and in the air some extraordinary photographs of events - nice set of books read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemumby - the great world war - a history: 6 volume set - the gresham publishing company - hardback - cm x 20 cmgeneral editor - frank avolume pages - volume pages - volume pages - (undated) volume pages - (undated) volume pages - volume pages - (undated) these books are all in very good condition - all have firm bindings and clean bright contents - no inscriptions - numerous coloured fold-out maps depicting the various areas of conflict during the war
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48 €
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"the book is a pictorial history of europe's largest fun fair in the 20th centurythe book has a large selection of black and white photosthere is a text based introduction in which the author has selected numerous highlights, many personal quotes or extracts from contemporary newspapers"the front cover shows signs of curling on the top rightthere is a 30mm crease on the back cover, near the left edge, with some mild scuffing on the bottom of the spine and some general scuffing to the edges of the both the front and back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop keynsham softback with glossy cover the book is in good condition
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9 €
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"the oxford illustrated history of britain"all immaculate conditioncastles, cathedrals and gardens256 pages read more"britain discovered""mysteries of celtic britain""castles of britain and ireland"a pictorial atlas of our land and heritage"britains heritage"
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Oxfam bookshop altrincham beautifully produced and illustrated history of the christian church published by folio society inpreface by rowan williams as new condition the book itself has a decorated cloth cover and comes with a slipcasesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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Interesting illustrated history of huyton, roby and surrounding villages with references to local people throughout the agespick up or happy to post for cost of postage
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The oxford illustrated history of britain by kenneth o morgan butler & tann, frome, somerset to be collected read more
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Oxfam shop new street volume 11 of the illustrated history of world war 2complete with dust jacket, some slight foxing but over all in very good conditionpublished in the uksee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket complete with no tears
5 €
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This book covers important aspects of the history of italy between the years tolongman history of italy: italy in the age of the renaissance bytitle: italy in the age of the renaissance series: longman history of italy format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: longman uk release date: language: englishit concentrates on social and political issues and gives particular coverage to sicily and the south
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Published, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'this book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radaroxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
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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 recoveredall 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 resultsat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricethe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 circumstances
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It traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestlerexcellent pages, some edge and board wearhe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discover
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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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Oxfam bookshop newport it traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtontext-block is clean/intact - no highlighting or notesfirst published ; this is the scarcer danube edition of nd impressionex-library with usual markings and stampshe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discover
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This book retells and updates this history of a dark age sometimes receiving christian light using new archaeological discovery and interpretationthe first millennium was a struggle for survival and equally a struggle in beliefoxfam books & music lichfield how did a new belief move from the backwaters of oppressed galilee to centres around the mediterranean, across europe and to britain? why did the brutal romans turn christianity into a state religion? did the heathen saxons accept the faith earlier than is thought? how did the native celts assimilate the roman church? what happened to the church with the interference of kings and the invasion of vikings? acceptance of christ's resurrection changed the lives of emperors, kings, bishops, abbots and people, sometimes for good and occasionally with dreadful consequencesprogression of christianity was never inevitableit recounts the development of our nationhood, culture and religious foundationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Making sense of the troubles: a history of the northern ireland conflict paperback – 30 aug'compellingly written and very even-handeddavid mckittrick has reported on the northern ireland troubles since the s
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