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Hardcover. The relationship between the people and the sea in the prehistoric Aegean. This title explores how people understood the sea as an integral part of their way of life and examines the role the sea played in the prehistoric societies of the archipelago. Editor(s): Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345713
- ISBN
- 9788779345713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Hardback. Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities of Ukraine's relationship with Europe and its role the continent's historical and cultural development. Num Pages: 496 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500900
- ISBN
- 9781487500900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674428348
- ISBN
- 9780674428348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 782 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 263 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978898
- ISBN
- 9780865978898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.65
€ 24.99
€ 18.65
Hardcover. Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry. It is both the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975590
- ISBN
- 9780674975590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Hardback. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880384
- ISBN
- 9780801880384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212197
- ISBN
- 9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.55
€ 16.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA1; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 285 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Spanish Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230788
- ISBN
- 9788857230788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.86
€ 30.99
€ 25.86
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728660
- ISBN
- 9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano (1426--1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674054912
- ISBN
- 9780674054912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404076
- ISBN
- 9780674404076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 48.17
€ 52.05
€ 48.17
Hardcover. Giovanni Marrasio was esteemed in the Renaissance as the first to revive the ancient Latin elegy, and his Angelinetum, or "Angelina's Garden," and other poems explores that genre in all its variety, from love poetry, to a description of a court masque, to political panegyric, to poetic exchanges with famous humanists of the day. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545021
- ISBN
- 9780674545021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Hardback. The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new utensils and table manners. Rebora discusses the availability of resources, how people kept from starving in the winter, how they farmed, how tastes developed, what the lower classes ate, and what the aristocracy enjoyed. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121507
- ISBN
- 9780231121507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
President speaks : a compilation of the speeches made by President V. ...
Giri, Varahagiri Venkata Singh, Nagendra,
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- S. Chand
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KEX0269871
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Allied Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- SKU
- KEX0269877
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 28.00
€ 28.00
Paperback. Beginning with Germanic invasions that undermined the Roman Empire and culminating with the establishment of the modern nation, this book explores the dynamic exchange between outsider and "native," liberally illustrated with interpretations of the foreigners drawn from a range of sources. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030336
- ISBN
- 9780674030336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. This work illustrates the social, cultural, legal and, political conditions that European women have faced from the Middle Ages to the present day. It also explores women's ideas and ideals, and their struggle for civil, political, and social rights. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631191452
- ISBN
- 9780631191452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
Hardcover. The private and public writings in this volume reveal the early relationship between renowned Civil War diarist Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) and her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson (1840-1889). This is a selection of their letters along with articles that Morgan wrote for the "Charleston News and Courier". Editor(s): Roberts, Giselle. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325910
- ISBN
- 9780820325910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313283
- ISBN
- 9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.95
€ 30.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. The Japan Library School, now called the School of Library and Information Science, at Keio University, was founded in 1951. This is a collection of reminiscences of events that took place over nearly 90 years. It has been reviewed and revised by the narrator, and organized by the editor. Num Pages: 202 pages, 22 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GLM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836327
- ISBN
- 9780810836327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.79
€ 128.79
Paperback. Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together her writing on Germany. It amounts to a portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden of their guilt has altered the national identity. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DN; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292633
- ISBN
- 9780140292633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. A biography of Albert Speer, an important figure of the Nazi High Command. An architect and an intellectual, he was seen to be a humane man, but, as Minister for Armaments, how could he not have known about the concentration camps? This book examines such moral issues about Speer and the Nazis. Num Pages: 784 pages, 24pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; AM; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330346979
- ISBN
- 9780330346979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. A biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. After weeks of talk with him and months of further research, the book shows us this man as he saw himself, and 'as he was seen by many others, including his wife. It is a compelling study of the evil. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674478
- ISBN
- 9780712674478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. 8vo.Very good - KAW0798 - 150pp. - Science editions, New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Science editions New York
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KCK0002732
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00