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Hardback. The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. This title examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong cult within the larger framework of the historical development of Chinese popular or vernacular religion. Num Pages: 397 pages, 37 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234086
ISBN
9780520234086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.45
€ 65.36

Paperback. Interned in a remote country house by MI6 after the war, the German physicists who worked to make a Nazi atomic bomb were secretly recorded. This book shows just how close they came and their disbelief as the Allies attack Hiroshima. Translator(s): Pare, Simon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323859
ISBN
9781908323859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. DJ in mylar
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KLJ0015205
ISBN
9780297789253
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTM; JPSF; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813118789
ISBN
9780813118789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Hardcover. Large 8vo. With maps. 848p. Hardback. A good copy in a chipped DW with untrimmed pages. First edition. Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Alfred A Knope
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
SKU
KON0774544
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 27.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Provides a historical overview of the post-1900 American West. This book offers a comprehensive account of the modern West, delineating the changes and resulting complexities that characterize the 20th-century West. It considers the ways in which urban, service, and computer-related industries replaced rural, extractive and agricultural economies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 maps, 47 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260221
ISBN
9780803260221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222975
ISBN
9780812222975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215793
ISBN
9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports, vagrancy laws, and forced military service. This title presents the story of this nineteenth-century migratory ranch hand. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292154
ISBN
9780803292154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 52, 8 colour plates, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ; RGV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231641
ISBN
9780230231641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.44

Paperback. Looking at a time when beer was often a nutritional necessity, was sometimes used as medicine, could be flavored with everything from the bark of fir trees to thyme and fresh eggs, and was consumed by men, women, and children alike, this book presents a detailed history of the business, art, and governance of brewing. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219999
ISBN
9780812219999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? This book reveals the way ordinary men used bows and arrows in their day-to-day lives, and the way that their skills became recognised by the kings of England as invaluable in warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465876
ISBN
9780752465876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.78

Hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Colin Smythe Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0185292
ISBN
9780861402892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

hardcover. A wealth of archival material allows an insider's view of the orchestra that has become an icon of Canadian culture and enriched the lives of Torontonians and all Canadians for over eighty years. Num Pages: 256 pages, 102 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; AVRB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035882
ISBN
9780802035882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Two-color art throughout. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; HRAM2; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621575009
ISBN
9781621575009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HPQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 211 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972019
ISBN
9781403972019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.03

Hardcover. In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618077
ISBN
9780230618077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HPQ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965028
ISBN
9781403965028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.77

Paperback. In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112735
ISBN
9780230112735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.06

Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644936
ISBN
9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

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