Food & Cooking, & Diet
Cookery and diet of our ancestors from prehistory onwards, from archaeological data to historic recipes.
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Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans [Hardback]
Maria Ivanova (Editor); Bogdan Athanassov (Editor); Vanya Petrova (Editor); Desislava Takorovo (Editor); Philipp Stockhammer (Editor)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781789250800
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Ever since the definition of the Neolithic Revolution by Vere Gordon Childe, archaeologists have been aware of the crucial importance of food for the understanding of prehistoric developments. Numerous studies have classified and described cooking... .... Learn More -
1796-1797 Du pont d'Arcole à la bataille de Rivoli: Les derniers jours de la Première campagne d'Italie [Hardback]
Jean-Marie Mongin (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9782840484592
Published by : Heimdal
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Le Directoire, en 1796, décide de frapper l’empire austrohongrois au coeur. Deux armées échouent en Allemagne alors que la petite Armée d’Italie, sous les ordres de Bonaparte, en une fulgurante et géniale campagne lamine les Autrichiens. En moins ... .... Learn More -
The French Imperial Guard Volume 2: Cavalry [Hardback]
André Jouineau (Author); Jean-Marie Mongin (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9782840484967
Published by : Heimdal
“The Guard Attacks!”. The Imperial Guard, this glorious phalange, the fruit of the Emperor Napoleon’s greatest attention, was almost an army within the “Grande Armée”. This study of the Guard’s organisation, uniforms and equipment is fully compreh... .... Learn More -
The Social Archaeology of Food: Thinking about Eating from Prehistory to the Present [Paperback]
Christine A. Hastorf (Author)
£22.99ISBN: 9781316607251
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithi... .... Learn More -
Roger Sauvage: Un du Normandie-Niémen [Hardback]
Roger Sauvage (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9782840484523
Published by : Heimdal
L’un des As du Normandie-Niémen avec seize victoires homologuées, Roger Sauvage a publié peu après son retour en France le récit de son expérience au sein de cette unité de chasse franco-russe devenue mythique dans l’histoire de l’aviation. Racont... .... Learn More -
Meals in a Social Context: Aspects of the Communal Meal in the Hellenistic & Roman World, 2nd Edition [Paperback]
Inge Nielsen (Author)
£15.25ISBN: 9788779340060
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)
This collection of outstanding essays gives an in-depth look at the role of meals in creating a sense of family and community in the Mediterranean world in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. By looking at the dining habits of Greeks and Romans, Je... .... Learn More -
Sous les ordres de Rommel: Des déserts d'Afrique du Nord aux plages de Normandie [Hardback]
Hans Höller (Author); Markus Reisner (Author); Andreas Hartinger (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9782840484615
Published by : Heimdal
Né en 1921 près de Wiener Neustadt, l’Autrichien Hans Höller vivra une épopée incroyable à travers les tourments de la Seconde
Guerre mondiale, dans laquelle il nous plonge avec force dans cette autobiographie hors du commun. Au sein de la 1... .... Learn More -
From Cooking Vessels to Cultural Practices in the Late Bronze Age Aegean [Paperback]
Julie Hruby (Editor); Debra Trusty (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781785706325
Published by : Oxbow Books
Late Bronze Age Aegean cooking vessels illuminate prehistoric cultures, foodways, social interactions, and communication systems. While many scholars have focused on the utility of painted fineware vessels for chronological purposes, the contribut... .... Learn More -
Medieval Masterchef [Paperback]
Joanita Vroom (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9782503575797
Published by : Brepols
The focus in this varied collection of studies by key scholars in the field is on cuisine and foodways in the Mediterranean and north-western Europe during Medieval and Post-Medieval times (ca. 6th- 20th centuries). The scope of the contributions ... .... Learn More -
Tommies: The British Army in the Trenches [Paperback]
John Sadler (Author); Rosie Serdiville (Author)
£7.99ISBN: 9781612004846
Published by : Casemate UK
Series: Casemate Short History
British soldiers have been known as Tommies for centuries, but the nickname is particularly associated with the British infantryman in the trenches of World War I.
In August 1... .... Learn More
