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Paperback. Born in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803251663
- ISBN
- 9780803251663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.78
€ 23.99
€ 21.78
Hardcover. Third Edition. Previous owner's inscription. Heavily scored. Keywords: Literary Criticism - Irish - General
- Publisher
- Hodges, Figgis & Co, Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1930
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0075521
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great. This title delves into a wide range of primary texts to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266360
- ISBN
- 9780520266360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.88€ 64.94
€ 83.88
€ 64.94
Paperback. A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139647
- ISBN
- 9780349139647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. This title shows how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 334 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234642
- ISBN
- 9780520234642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardcover. Praise for Meeting the Fox "Orr Kelly has dramatically brought to life the desert war by masterfully weaving the view of higher headquarters with the pathos of the foxhole. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471414292
- ISBN
- 9780471414292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.57
€ 41.99
€ 32.57
Hardcover. First edition - Good copy with worn and torn dustwrapper - REL0116 - 127pp. - Marshall Morgan, London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Marshall Morgan London
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCK0002871
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 85.00
€ 85.00
Hardcover. First edition - Good copy in original cloth - Rel0112 - 118pp. - Marshall Morgan, London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Marshall Morgan London
- Number of pages
- 118
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- SKU
- KCK0002867
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
paperback. The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Bringing to life soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, this title tells the human story of a tragic war. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp pictures plus more in text. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 426 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141013503
- ISBN
- 9780141013503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140297966
- ISBN
- 9780140297966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.68
€ 24.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, this book follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Num Pages: 960 pages, Over 100 contemporaneous photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 100th Anniversary edition with NEW INTRODUCTION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847924513
- ISBN
- 9781847924513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.99
€ 33.99
€ 22.99
paperback. Explores the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them. In this title, the author tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's Terror. Num Pages: 784 pages, Integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141013510
- ISBN
- 9780141013510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.14
€ 25.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Lev and Svetlana, kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, stayed true to each other and exchanged thousands of secret letters as Lev battled to survive in Stalin's camps. This book tells the story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955901
- ISBN
- 9780241955901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. A provocative history of Israeli society in the 1950s that demonstrates how a voluntarist collectivism gave way to an individualist ethos Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611680812
- ISBN
- 9781611680812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759922
- ISBN
- 9780804759922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773669
- ISBN
- 9780804773669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabism--and its ultimate demise. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778756
- ISBN
- 9780804778756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
paperback. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0006272
- ISBN
- 9780752817910
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0006245
- ISBN
- 9780752817910
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 674 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 674
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894865425
- ISBN
- 9781894865425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94€ 50.30
€ 63.94
€ 50.30