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Paperback. Jean-Claude Schmitt examines a unique and controversial conversion narrative to explore its meaning within the society and culture of its period as well as what it has to tell us about the way historians think and write. Translator(s): Novikoff, Alex J. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222197
ISBN
9780812222197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Sheba, or Saba, was a region of high mountains and vast desert situated in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula, in present-day Yemen. This work provides an overview of this remote civilization, the uniqueness of the region's geography and climate, and major events that shaped its history. Translator(s): LaFarge, Albert; Farge, Albert Le. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 1H; 1QDA; 3D; GTB; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
E.D.S.
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020040
ISBN
9780268020040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; HBT; KNTP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112567
ISBN
9781931112567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.24

Paperback. Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armies landed at Normandy, a unit of Waffen SS en route to the front surrounded the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and, without warning, massacred its citizens. In an effort to come to grips with this tragedy, Jean-Jacques Fouche explores the massacre from several points of. Translator(s): Sices, David; Atkinson, James B. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806013
ISBN
9780875806013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated Good copy

Early Ireland. Irish Archaeology.

Revolutionary Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Barrie & Jenkins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KEX0282925
ISBN
9780214652189
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 38.00

Hardback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111546
ISBN
9780231111546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.94

Hardback. 208 pages. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 21. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Holoch, George.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152242
ISBN
9780231152242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152259
ISBN
9780231152259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. This pioneering collection examines the practices surrounding human remains in post-conflict societies, using a unique set of case studies that span multiple disciplines and geographic areas. Editor(s): Dreyfus, Jean-Marc; Anstett, Elisabeth. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: GM; HBTZ; HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526107381
ISBN
9781526107381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.45

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609803469
ISBN
9781609803469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.53

Hardcover. A dramatic and compelling account of the aftermath of one fateful day during the French resistance Translator(s): McAuley, Gay. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 bw integrated, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536220
ISBN
9781784536220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.97

Paperback. This text encompasses aspects of the transformation that raised Japan from the ashes of defeat to "an economic model". It relates economic growth to social change and politics, and shows how these upheavals reverberated upon the Japanese value system, collective mind, way of living and culture. Translator(s): Derrick, Jonathan. Num Pages: 394 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850655695
ISBN
9781850655695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Seven Stories Press, U.S.
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583226162
ISBN
9781583226162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.51

Paperback. Diary of the Dark Years is a sharply observed record of day-to-day life in occupied Paris, but far more: it is "a remarkable essay on courage and cowardice" (Wall Street Journal), expressing both shame at French collaboration with the Nazis and the stubborn resistance of an intellectual under great pressure. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190495848
ISBN
9780190495848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.25

Hardcover. A detailed personal commentary from one of Napoleon's senior artillery officers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated with a separate plate section. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328358
ISBN
9781848328358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847841295
ISBN
9780847841295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHBA; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336180
ISBN
9781349336180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. A remarkable combination of memoir, history and travel. Translator(s): Cameron, Professor Euan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782062424
ISBN
9781782062424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. .
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913686
ISBN
9780900913686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 49.72

Hardcover. Drawing on contemporary material from public and private sources as well as combatants and civilians, this book uses photographs and still frames in their historical context in order to analyse the German advance during the Battle of the Bulge. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1260 illustrations, 31 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 222 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2542. Then and Now. 544 pages, 1260 illustrations, 31 maps. Drawing on contemporary material from public and private sources as well as combatants and civilians, this book uses photographs and still frames in their historical context in order to analyse the German advance during the Battle of the Bulge. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL. Dimension: 304 x 222 x 38. Weight: 2558.
Publisher
After the Battle Magazine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913402
ISBN
9780900913402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.73

Hardcover. Following Mussolini's declaration of war in June 1940, Italy faced only those British troops based in the Middle East but as the armed confrontation escalated, other nations were drawn in. Jean Paul Pallud begins his account when the initial shots were fired at the 11th Hussars as they approached Italian outposts near Sidi Omar in Libya. Num Pages: 592 pages, 2000 colour, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 221 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2738.
Publisher
After the Battle United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870067775
ISBN
9781870067775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.33

Paperback. Shows Sartre, a philosopher, passionately engaged in using philosophy as a force for change in the world. An important influence on postcolonial thought, this book takes on resonance in the light of the West's bout of interference in the non-Western world. Translator(s): McWilliams, Terry; Brewer, Steve; Haddour, Azzedine. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415378468
ISBN
9780415378468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.93

Paperback. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KSS0014654
ISBN
9780140216257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2232422
ISBN
9780140216257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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