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Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
€ 54.99
€ 45.72
hardcover. 223pp . 8vo Original cloth worn and stained.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- James McGlashan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1846
- SKU
- KEX0243757
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
This volume in the series is a collection of lesser-known German armor developments including the Maus, Hummel, Wespe, Karl, Goliath and others. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 b/w photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1168. Development - Production - Operations. 160 pages, 300 b&w photographs, line schemes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; JWM. Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight: 1162.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326226
- ISBN
- 9780764326226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.39€ 38.86
€ 54.39
€ 38.86
Hardcover. The work of the RAF's 100 Group remains one of the least known aspects of the 1939-45 war. This book redresses the balance by focussing on one the heavy units, 223, and its sister units at RAF Oulton, Norfolk. It presents a picture of the secret and vital activities of the special operatives, and their effect on German defences. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908117144
- ISBN
- 9781908117144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.11
€ 40.99
€ 37.11
Paperback. The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834526
- ISBN
- 9781843834526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. An exceptional memoir describing operations by, and in support of, the SAS and SBS during the Falklands War. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473823174
- ISBN
- 9781473823174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Hardback. In 1991, Coalition special forces were active deep inside Iraq, hunting down SCUD missile launchers before they could be fired. In 2011, US Navy SEALs were responsible for the assassination of the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Num Pages: 224 pages, 180 photos and maps. BIC Classification: HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782742548
- ISBN
- 9781782742548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Extraordinary true stories of daring and valour Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 332nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755318087
- ISBN
- 9780755318087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. Special Forces Berlin relates the history of a little known and highly classified US Army Special Forces Detachment that was covertly stationed in Berlin, Germany from 1956 to 1990, poised to act if war ever broke out between the West and the Soviet Union and its allies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JWD; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159. .
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004440
- ISBN
- 9781612004440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.25
€ 33.99
€ 24.25
Disbound. [Athlone Election. Return to an order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 30 April 1874;- for, ‘That a Copy of the Special Case and of the Shorthand Writer’s Notes of that Judgement of the Court of the Common Pleas in Ireland, in the Matter of the Athlone Election Petition, be laid before this House.’] 6pp. Returns relative to the Petitions of Edward Sheil and the Athlone Election. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Elections, Parliament, Local Government, Local History – County Westmeath. Edges chipped. Disbound, housed in a protective file
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed
- Publication date
- 1874
- SKU
- KON0825142
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004273
- ISBN
- 9781612004273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.01
€ 33.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Umkhonto weSizwe, Spear of the Nation, was arguably the last of the great liberation armies of the twentieth century - but it never got to "march triumphant into Pretoria." This book presents the various stages of MK's thirty-year history, and considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the revolutionary army faced. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 179 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821420263
- ISBN
- 9780821420263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.45
€ 19.45
Paperback. During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217041
- ISBN
- 9780520217041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. This title connects the story to the major traumas of the last century, exploring why such stories often remain sealed up within a culture, unknown to outsiders. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265837
- ISBN
- 9780520265837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.40
€ 34.99
€ 25.40
Hardback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453601
- ISBN
- 9780801453601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.48
€ 147.48
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479632
- ISBN
- 9780801479632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFF; HBJD; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438486
- ISBN
- 9780801438486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.18
€ 87.18
Hardback. An innovative study of student activism during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-85) and an examination of the very notion of student activism, which changed dramatically in response to the student protests of 1968. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352983
- ISBN
- 9780822352983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353126
- ISBN
- 9780822353126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. This work traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. It is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662770
- ISBN
- 9780226662770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. "Speaking Freely" tells the story of how and why Americans today came to enjoy the most liberal speech laws in the world. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621354
- ISBN
- 9780700621354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.14
€ 35.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961066
- ISBN
- 9780750961066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Hill, Thomas D.; Hill, Thomas E., Jr.; Deskis, Susan E. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995138
- ISBN
- 9780935995138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.66
€ 32.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city-state's demise in Late Antiquity. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 226 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130004
- ISBN
- 9781405130004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.71
€ 42.99
€ 42.71