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Paperback. In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it became - was established as one of the world's great companies. This book portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such an impact on their audiences. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227969
ISBN
9780571227969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Hardcover. A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world Editor(s): Klippert, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JH; BGL; BJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243440
ISBN
9781851243440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks Num Pages: 448 pages, 19, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7; HRK; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842124284
ISBN
9781842124284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Sephardic Jews trace their origins to Spain and Portugal. They have contributed some of the most important Jewish philosophers, poets, biblical commentators, and scientists, and have had a significant impact on the development of Jewish mysticism. This book presents an introductory overview of their history and culture over the past 1500 years. Editor(s): Zohar, Zion. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797068
ISBN
9780814797068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Hardcover. After the coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948, the Communists tried to "reprogramme" the teachers and student body at the University and Medical School in Bratislava by intimidation, "re-education" and social engineering. This book documents the consequences on the university and Czech society. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335140
ISBN
9780880335140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.78

Hardcover. This book is about an aspect of mediaeval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujUn (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094617
ISBN
9780906094617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.16
€ 85.84

Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019387
ISBN
9780253019387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

Paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019462
ISBN
9780253019462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Afghanistan and the global networks of power, influence, and representation in which it is immersed Editor(s): Jalalzai, Zubeda; Jefferess, David. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350149
ISBN
9780822350149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardcover. First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153574
ISBN
9781903153574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

Hardcover. First edition - Very good copy in worn dustwrapper - From the library of lorna and Walter Lippman with his signiture - KAW0056 - 306pp. - Australian National University, Canberra Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Australian National University Canberra Australia
Number of pages
306
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
SKU
KCK0001990
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. First edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0422 - 118pp. - Melbourne University Press, Melbourne
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Melbourne University Press Melbourne
Number of pages
118
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
SKU
KCK0002356
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which matters of common concern to Muslims have been discussed by them and examined. It is of interest to scholars and students in these fields. Editor(s): Hirji, Zulfikar. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848853027
ISBN
9781848853027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 49.51

Paperback. Charts Indonesia's turbulent decades of cultural repression and renewal amid the rise and fall of Suharto's New Order regime. This book illustrates ways in which the dissolution of the Indonesian state's monopoly on history is permitting national, local, and individual accounts and representations of the past to emerge. Editor(s): Zurbuchen, Mary Sabina. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984698
ISBN
9780295984698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.04

Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017604
ISBN
9780253017604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Editor(s): Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi; Geroulanos, Stefanos; Jerr, Nicole. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171861
ISBN
9780231171861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.93
€ 61.86

Hardcover. Set in the first decade of modern Israel's existence, this volume offers an insightful look at the changing relationship of American Jews and the reborn Jewish nation/state. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 photographs, glossary,notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630517
ISBN
9780815630517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.22

Hardcover. In 1911, when a professor took his students to tour Nanjing's shantytowns, one student was grateful as his eyes had been opened to the poverty in his own city. Years later, when another professor showed his students a film on the poor quarters of Nanjing, they demanded his expulsion. This book explores the reasons for these different reactions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 b/w figures, 5 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021327
ISBN
9780674021327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. The hardback received enormous acclaim. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world's leading social theorists. Num Pages: 238 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609300
ISBN
9780745609300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.97

Paperback. * Another highly topical contribution from a world--renowned social thinker. * Examines the European experience against the backdrop of a fast--changing, and divided, world arguing that by sharing its historical lessons, Europe can play a role in the promotion of world peace. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634036
ISBN
9780745634036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.61

Paperback. some light wearing on the edges -
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KTK0101512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. [Facts on the rebirth of German militarism in the Bonn state] 119 p. illus. 23 cm. Original wraps. Good strong copy with some minor age wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Committee for German Unity Germany
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1954
SKU
KEX0014390
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Leicester University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0021089
ISBN
9780718514235
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Fine, decoratively stamped mustard coloured cloth in very good slipcase. 126 color plates, 75 monochrome illustrations, appendices, index. Slipcase in similar mustard coloured cloth with gilt title to front, and reproduced colour image of one of the pages of the Book of Kells verso. Slipcase showing some wear, particularly to top and bottom edges where cloth is coming loose, otherwise image and titles in very good condition. Volume ligh shelfwear to covers, else as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition
Second Impression
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028175
ISBN
9780500232132
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

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