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Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300150919
- ISBN
- 9780300150919
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.58
€ 42.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular. Editor(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Translator(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403861
- ISBN
- 9781421403861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.94
€ 52.94
Hardback. This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, emphasising the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804729819
- ISBN
- 9780804729819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Hardcover. "496p. Associated Names: Harper, Robert A. good. Cloth." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1951
- SKU
- KON0702058
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 89.17€ 10.00
€ 89.17
€ 10.00
Paperback. Explores the Catholic Church's social and political influence in Latin America. This collection of essays presents an analytic and descriptive history of the Church and its development during the colonial period. It is suitable for courses in the colonial period in Latin American history. Editor(s): Schwaller, John F. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027045
- ISBN
- 9780842027045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Hardback. Explores the Catholic Church's social and political influence in Latin America. This collection of essays presents an analytic and descriptive history of the Church and its development during the colonial period. It is suitable for courses in the colonial period in Latin American history. Editor(s): Schwaller, John F. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 252 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027038
- ISBN
- 9780842027038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.36
€ 168.36
Paperback. Tells the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great battles of World War II. Series: Memories of War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887365
- ISBN
- 9781574887365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.34
€ 16.34
Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240795
- ISBN
- 9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.62
€ 49.99
€ 42.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349417445
- ISBN
- 9781349417445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 218.03
€ 218.03
Hardcover. Evelyn was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial book about trees, Sylva, and many pamphlets on assorted subjects. This work is a vivid portrait of the social, personal and political life of a society in ferment by one of its major players. Num Pages: 1050 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1050
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152913
- ISBN
- 9781857152913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. John Evans explores a fascinating time for Britain's railways. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445663869
- ISBN
- 9781445663869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.95
€ 20.99
€ 20.95
Paperback. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. This work tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Editor(s): Ernest, John. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858905
- ISBN
- 9780807858905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.46
€ 39.46
Paperback. "Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American fig" Num Pages: 372 pages, 19 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462. "Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American fig" Num Pages: 372 pages, 19 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780306806537
- ISBN
- 9780306806537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.58
€ 17.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. 1st Edition. Scarce. 204pp. Green cloth, gilt titles on spine; some wear with corners bumped. Previous owner's inscription on ffep
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Putman. The Knickerbocker Press New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1887
- SKU
- KEX0065005
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 95.00
€ 95.00
Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925769
- ISBN
- 9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.49
€ 51.49
paperback. This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1088. Clean copy with some tearing to front cover. Tear has been repaired with tape. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Constable and Company Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023900
- ISBN
- 9780094659902
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Its State and Direction. 764 pages, illustrations. First published in 1953, this volume traces the role played by the English navy during the years 1689-97. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 161 x 220 x 41. Weight: 1076.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107645110
- ISBN
- 9781107645110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385239547
- ISBN
- 9780385239547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.40
€ 20.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. In 1903, Frank Sherman photographed a cattle roundup, including a surprise visit from President Theodore Roosevelt, to make postcards for his souvenir shop in Colorado Springs. Here are his images preserved on glass negatives all these years later. Enjoy authentic views of the cowboys. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404368
- ISBN
- 9780887404368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.02
€ 25.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, this book transcends family biogrpahy to become a social history of a national experience, a metaphor for America. This 20th anniversary edition brings the Ledford's remarkable story up to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BG; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190594
- ISBN
- 9780813190594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34