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paperback. Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781250495
ISBN
9781781250495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

paperback. Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861975966
ISBN
9781861975966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.41

Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287587
ISBN
9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Editor(s): Barker, Adele Marie; Grant, Bruce. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 784 pages, 96 photos, incl. 8 pg color insert, 1 table, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346487
ISBN
9780822346487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. Brings history, politics, and research to the author's study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County. This title looks at diasporic Vietnamese in each location. Num Pages: 218 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD; JFFN; JHBT; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396868
ISBN
9781566396868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774165962
ISBN
9789774165962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. Originally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author. Num Pages: 408 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157931
ISBN
9780691157931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New with a new chapter on the twenty-first-centur
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169156
ISBN
9780691169156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCU; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454097
ISBN
9780801454097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Paperback. How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? This title combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282155
ISBN
9780520282155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. A special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference. Editor(s): Adedeji, Adebayo; Bugembe, Patrick; Teriba, O. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1400. Hardback in very good condition, dustjacket in very good condition.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232176
ISBN
9780714633886
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A Companion to Contemporary Britain covers the key themes and debates of 20th-century history from the outbreak of the Second World War to the end of the century. Editor(s): Addison, Paul; Jones, Harriet. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405167307
ISBN
9781405167307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.52

Paperback. Presents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed. Editor(s): Adcock, Robert; Bevir, Mark; Stimson, Shannon C. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128740
ISBN
9780691128740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

paperback. Illustrator(s): Smith, E. Boyd. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803250000
ISBN
9780803250000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Hardcover. First edition - Very good in dustwrapper - Foxing to prelims and edges - KAW0504 - 291pp. - Angus and Robertson, Sydney
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Angus and Robertson Sydney
Number of pages
291
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1937
SKU
KCK0002438
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

Hardback. The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic. Vice President John Adams chaired Senate sessions even as he was prevented from participating in any meaningful fashion. Abigail joined him when her health permitted. This volume offers insight into the family and a commentary on life that many expected from the Adamses. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Barzilay, Karen N.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson; Karachuk, Robert F.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032750
ISBN
9780674032750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.21
€ 115.76

Hardback. As in the previous volumes in this series of the Adams Papers, the correspondence presented here offers a unique perspective on the eighteenth century from a preeminent American family. Editor(s): Taylor, C. James; Hogan, Margaret A.; Cecere, Anne Decker; Walker, Celeste; Lint, Gregg L.; Woodward, Hobson; Claffey, Mary T. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 1442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015746
ISBN
9780674015746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.40
€ 116.78

Hardcover. Vols. 3-4: L.H. Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender, editors. Num Pages: 621 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 89. Weight in Grams: 3087.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
621
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004061
ISBN
9780674004061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.04
€ 278.64

Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Belknap Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504660
ISBN
9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.97
€ 91.86

Hardback. The fiery debate over funding Jay Treaty sets political stage, and austic exchanges between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans row as rumors surface of George Washington's impending retirement. This title spans the period from July 1795 to the eve of John Adams' inauguration, with growing partisan divide to election playing a central role. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Millikan, Neal E.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 654 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 173 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072442
ISBN
9780674072442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.71
€ 96.78

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