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Paperback. Eric Adler explores the degree to which ancient historians of Rome were capable of valorizing foreigners and presenting criticisms of their own society. By examining speeches put into the mouths of barbarian leaders by a variety of writers, he investigates how critical of the empire these historians could be. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744035
- ISBN
- 9780292744035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. "Drawing on coverage of Ashe's athletic career and social activism in domestic and international publications, archives including the Ashe Papers, and a variety of published memoirs and interviews, Hall has created an intimate, nuanced portrait of a great athlete who stood at the crossroads of sports and equal justice. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFJ; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419824
- ISBN
- 9781421419824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Carl Hagenbeck was the nineteenth century's foremost animal trader and ethnographic showman, known for his enormously popular displays of people, animals, and artefacts gathered from all corners of the globe. This book locates Hagenbeck's myriad enterprises in the context of colonialism and nascent globalization; and ethnography and anthropology. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 85 illus., 14 in color. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; JFCA; WNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988337
- ISBN
- 9780295988337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. An illustrated collection of 100 personal accounts of young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. Series: Voices of the Second World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658599
- ISBN
- 9781445658599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
paperback. Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes that have shaped Quebec as we know it today. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118440551
- ISBN
- 9781118440551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908906106
- ISBN
- 9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. "The Only Thing Worth Dying For" is not only brilliant, it's the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan.--former Congressman Charlie Wilson. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061661235
- ISBN
- 9780061661235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 8-page black and white photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BTM; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804139533
- ISBN
- 9780804139533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.55
€ 18.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. A nail-bitingly suspenseful account of the conspiracy of assassins that hunted down Turkish officials following the Armenian Genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 290 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316292108
- ISBN
- 9780316292108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.48
€ 25.99
€ 21.48
Hardback. Offers a look at how journalists have misreported history. This title shows how the media got history wrong and how those mistakes have been magnified and distorted over time, changing our view and understanding of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470405239
- ISBN
- 9780470405239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.74
€ 27.99
€ 25.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605987729
- ISBN
- 9781605987729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.05
€ 30.99
€ 26.05
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691074542
- ISBN
- 9780691074542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardcover. The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them. Series: Religion and Spatial Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; AMN; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468031
- ISBN
- 9781137468031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137602459
- ISBN
- 9781137602459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.38
€ 139.38
Paperback. In 1977 'Julia' became one of the 30,000 victims of Argentina's military dictatorship. Julia was a young physician and mother-to-be kidnapped from a medical clinic and found years later in a clandestine grave along with 334 other corpses. By covering the life of one victim, this book gives voice to the thousands of citizens who were 'disappeared'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394376
- ISBN
- 9781566394376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page b&w insets. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444785142
- ISBN
- 9781444785142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. This beautifully presented volume, which includes over 80 photographs, paintings, and illustrations, shines a light on the compelling personalities inside the stories, and explores the motivations behind some of the most ambitiously dishonest acts known to humankind. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457710
- ISBN
- 9780752457710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The 'Northern Crusades', inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were also more successful: vast new territories became and remain Christian, such as Finland, Estonia and Prussia. This title provides an account of a tumultuous era. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140266535
- ISBN
- 9780140266535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. * Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories. * Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples. * Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence. . Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149648
- ISBN
- 9781405149648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069456
- ISBN
- 9780226069456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.04
€ 36.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Gray, Charles M.; Kishlansky, Mark A. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 618 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069487
- ISBN
- 9780226069487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. This insighful new text offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC; DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135368
- ISBN
- 9781405135368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.88
€ 136.88
Paperback. Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782880
- ISBN
- 9781118782880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.43
€ 40.43