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paperback. 'The Civil War was a major event in the lives of southern Indians who had been removed to Indian Territory in the antebellum period. The author describes the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, a bloody disaster for the Confederates but a glorious moment for Colonel Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles. Num Pages: 403 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259195
- ISBN
- 9780803259195
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Deals with a crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. This title argues that in order to understand cinema's emergence, especially as a cultural practice at the turn of the last century, we have to recognise that the experience of sound and hearing was no less significant than that of images and seeing. Editor(s): Abel, Richard; Altman, Rick. Series: Early Cinema in Review: Proceedings of Domitor. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214799
- ISBN
- 9780253214799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
€ 27.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. Explores the influences that triggered the Arabic awakening, the nahdah, from the 1800s onwards. This title enhances our understanding of the nahdah and its intellectuals, taking into account important internal factors alongside external forces. It also explores the key factors that contributed to the rise and development of the nahdah. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640690
- ISBN
- 9780748640690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.74
€ 152.74
Paperback. A.R. Azzam narrates the life of Saladin, placing him in the context of the 10th and 11th-century Sunni revival, a powerful intellectual renaissance that transformed every field of Islamic thought. Saladin was not just the brilliant military commander of popular imagination; his true greatness lay in his political & spirit vision. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Islamic Texts Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903682876
- ISBN
- 9781903682876
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Hardcover. This work makes detailed studies and extensive use of Ottoman chancery documents, aiming to fill many gaps in the historical record. Each section is prefaced by a short introduction that places the documents in historical context and analyzes their content and scope. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648564
- ISBN
- 9781860648564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.38€ 127.06
€ 141.38
€ 127.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HB; KJ; RGCM; YQV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817079
- ISBN
- 9780761817079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.15
€ 102.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; JFSG; JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816693368
- ISBN
- 9780816693368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
€ 27.99
€ 26.09
hardcover. Unique insight into pre-revolutionary Iran from a high-level insider Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 bw in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784536329
- ISBN
- 9781784536329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.99€ 47.49
€ 62.99
€ 47.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 16 b&w illus., 3 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022226
- ISBN
- 9780253022226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 16 b&w illus., 3 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253022301
- ISBN
- 9780253022301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. This analysis of the failure of efforts to achieve liberal reform in Egypt following its independence from Great Britain in 1922 has implications for modern-day nation-building efforts in the Mideast. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338383
- ISBN
- 9780822338383
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053281
- ISBN
- 9780674053281
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.49
€ 21.99
€ 20.49
Hardcover. In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco and building on the work of Foucault, the author of this text explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315270
- ISBN
- 9780226315270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 78.69
€ 94.25
€ 78.69
Paperback. In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco and building on the work of Foucault, the author of this text explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 115 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315287
- ISBN
- 9780226315287
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Binyon, Michael. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLW; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gilgamesh Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908531124
- ISBN
- 9781908531124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. At a time when Arab revolutionary movements are once again dominating the headlines, Monsoon Revolution offers a fresh reading of the Arab revolutionary tradition, examining one of its foremost case studies: the Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976). Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps and 4 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198783176
- ISBN
- 9780198783176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.40
€ 74.40
Hardback. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2AB; DNF; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635859
- ISBN
- 9780691635859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.53
€ 228.53
Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs
Abd Al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali Al-Sha'Rani
This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt Translator(s): Sabra, Adam. Series: World Thought in Translation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRAM2; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198652
- ISBN
- 9780300198652
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Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.87
€ 58.91
€ 46.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612973
- ISBN
- 9780691612973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. This book radically revises our understanding of the construction of symbolic power in the age of absolutism by examining the fictions that emerge from visual, narrative, and ceremonial representations of (and reactions to) the 1660 marriage of Louis XIV to the Spanish infanta. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729772
- ISBN
- 9780804729772
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Condition: New
€ 94.07
€ 94.07
Paperback. This companion comprises 28 essays by international scholars offering an analytical overview of the development of Russian history from the earliest Slavs through to the present day. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118730003
- ISBN
- 9781118730003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.93
€ 51.93
Paperback. Incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of his death in 1968. Editor(s): Panofsky, Erwin; Panofsky-Soergel, Gerda. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMN; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003146
- ISBN
- 9780691003146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.18
€ 54.99
€ 39.18
Hardcover. The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 50. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813909127
- ISBN
- 9780813909127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.38
€ 140.38
Hardcover. Washington's papers in volume six of the series reveal him giving meticulous attention to his personal affairs at Mount Vernon and turning his mind to the new role he should, and must, play in establishing the new government. Series: Papers of George Washington: Confederation Series. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916842
- ISBN
- 9780813916842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.25
€ 132.25