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Hardback. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? The author argues that the medieval genre of 'explanatory tales' illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Series: Buddhisms S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265615
- ISBN
- 9780520265615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.84€ 64.59
€ 82.84
€ 64.59
Paperback. What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces these tales by setting out to discover the remains of Roman Britain for herself, sometimes on foot, sometimes in a splendid, though not particularly reliable, VW camper van. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552093
- ISBN
- 9780099552093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease is the first account of a remarkable man who changed the face of cancer therapy and the history of a once fatal, now curable, cancer. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785051
- ISBN
- 9780804785051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825283
- ISBN
- 9780774825283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. The extraordinary and unique memoir of the first ever British female Apache pilot Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; BM; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755319626
- ISBN
- 9780755319626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Hardback. Editor(s): Mathieson, Charlotte. Num Pages: 283 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581150
- ISBN
- 9781137581150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Hardback. Reprint of 1903 edition of Gilman's classic indictment of domestic life, offering a program of domestic reform that inspired women at the beginning of what became a century-long struggle. Series: Classics in Gender Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103054
- ISBN
- 9780759103054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.42
€ 167.42
Paperback. Reprint of 1903 edition of Gilman's classic indictment of domestic life, offering a program of domestic reform that inspired women at the beginning of what became a century-long struggle. Series: Classics in Gender Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103061
- ISBN
- 9780759103061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Hardcover. Examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. Editor(s): Sleigh, Charlotte; Leggett, Dr. Don. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 187 x 31. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090981
- ISBN
- 9780719090981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.25
€ 170.25
Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804618
- ISBN
- 9781907804618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.96
€ 79.96
Hardcover. Hardback, with dustjacket, in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Walker & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRF0012875
- ISBN
- 9780802706218
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. 4to. covers worn - KAW0537 - 339pp. - Penguin, Sydney
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Sydney
- Number of pages
- 339
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- SKU
- KCK0002471
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Fleeing from the Fuhrer Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961882
- ISBN
- 9780750961882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. "Forts of the War of 1812". Illustrator(s): Spedaliere, Donato. Series: Fortress. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849085762
- ISBN
- 9781849085762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.14
€ 23.99
€ 19.14
Paperback. Based on a memoir by an officer named D'Artagnan, Dumas published "The Three Musketeers". The King's Musketeers were formed in 1622 and were populated by young men of noble birth, but often of poorer means. This title explores the history behind the legends created by Dumas. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 b/w; 33 col. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 193 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780968612
- ISBN
- 9781780968612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.16
€ 23.99
€ 19.16
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Yang, Anand A.; Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Kaimal, Padma. Series: Global South Asia. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995649
- ISBN
- 9780295995649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.53
€ 140.53
Hardcover. Through analysis of an array of "low" and "high" Hindu literatures, such as pamphlets, tracts, and archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu communitality and nationalism in the colonial period. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HRG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295455
- ISBN
- 9780312295455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.93
€ 196.93
Paperback. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HR; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Saint Martin's Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295851
- ISBN
- 9780312295851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 207.38
€ 207.38
Hardback. An accessible guide into the complex field of Islamic historiography. Series Editor(s): Crone, Patricia. Series: Themes in Islamic History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521620819
- ISBN
- 9780521620819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Includes maps and illustrations, as well as a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208643
- ISBN
- 9780872208643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.49€ 42.56
€ 52.49
€ 42.56