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Paperback. Takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. This work includes anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations that shed light on little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 49 halftones, 66 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASZ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226640921
ISBN
9780226640921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651804
ISBN
9780745651804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651798
ISBN
9780745651798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137033222
ISBN
9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137574121
ISBN
9781137574121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132518
ISBN
9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Copy with heavy shelf wear and yelloiwng. Cover is loose from top of spine but pages remain bound together. Minor staining. Clear text
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Anvil Books.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Edition
1st Paperback Edition.
SKU
KOC0013151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 125.00

Paperback. This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Sutton Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750909303
ISBN
9780750909303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. These tales and descriptions of the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska were written by one of the world's most famous big game hunters. Illustrator(s): Rungius, Carl. Num Pages: 384 pages, 64 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBJK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568331553
ISBN
9781568331553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. 8vo.Good copy in original wrappers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Behrman House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
SKU
KEX0252397
ISBN
9780874412314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Brings together the viewpoints of protagonists in the Holocaust restitution drama, from lawyers and diplomats to Holocaust survivors and historians. This work examines the key aspects of Holocaust litigation, including claims involving bank assets, slave labor, insurance, and looted art. Editor(s): Bazyler, Michael J.; Alford, Roger P. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799871
ISBN
9780814799871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

hardcover. A new generation of China scholars offers a fresh look at the unusual cross-cultural territory constituted by China's missionary-established Christian colleges before 1950 in this fascinating work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 14 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759489
ISBN
9780804759489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.24

Hardback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215287
ISBN
9780823215287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.06

paperback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215294
ISBN
9780823215294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226349763
ISBN
9780226349763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. Focuses on the relationship between the law and the concept of the person in modern Arab societies. It directly addresses the questions of continuities, transformations and ruptures of such notions, combining legal, historical and socio-legal perspectives. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HBTB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649974
ISBN
9781860649974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Hardcover. First edition - Good copy in original cloth with worn dustwrapper - REL0106 - 104pp. - Angus and Robertson, Sydney Australia
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Angus and Robertson Sydney Australia
Number of pages
104
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1941
SKU
KCK0002861
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany's World War II commanders. This book looks at the life of this daring soldier, focusing on his style of command and the tactical decisions that earned him his fearsome reputation. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Command. Num Pages: 64 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBWN; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846036859
ISBN
9781846036859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardback. First edition - Duplicated and stapled as issued - KAW0046 - 69pp. - Migrant Settlement Council for Victoria, Victoria Australia
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Migrant Settlement Council for Victoria Victoria Australia
Number of pages
69
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
SKU
KCK0001980
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462001
ISBN
9781608462001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.73

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