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Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442205864
- ISBN
- 9781442205864
Condition: New
€ 130.00
€ 130.00
Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century...
Olson, S. Douglas; Sens, Alexander
hardcover. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780788506147
- ISBN
- 9780788506147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century...
Olson, S. Douglas; Sens, Alexander
Paperback. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788506154
- ISBN
- 9780788506154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 78 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint Edition of the Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442236554
- ISBN
- 9781442236554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.87
€ 21.87
Paperback. Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognised as such by her subjects. Beyond this, however, little is known of her. No contemporary images of her remain, and the chroniclers of her age left us only the faintest clues as to her life. Who was this spectral queen? Num Pages: 320 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549130
- ISBN
- 9780099549130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political regimes, and cultural concerns that scholars have rarely addressed. Editor(s): Klein, Marian van der; Plant, Rebecca Jo; Sanders, Nichole; Weintrob, Lori. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454669
- ISBN
- 9780857454669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.54
€ 152.54
She employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408477
- ISBN
- 9781421408477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardback. Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KJW; 3JF; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083129
- ISBN
- 9780719083129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.33
€ 147.33
Paperback. Material Strategies brings together scholars from different disciplines to explore what dress and textiles can tell us about gender history. * Broad in scope -- covers women, men, social groupings and nations from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Editor(s): Burman, Barbara; Turbin, Carole. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405109062
- ISBN
- 9781405109062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Paperback. Material London, ca. 1600 reconstructs one of the great world cities at a critical moment in Western history. Editor(s): Orlin, Lena Cowen. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217216
- ISBN
- 9780812217216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.48
€ 46.99
€ 46.48
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; KJMV5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090677
- ISBN
- 9780719090677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.25
€ 146.25
Paperback. In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and mate. Here, the shipmate tells his story. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; KNGS; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364446
- ISBN
- 9780850364446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226471396
- ISBN
- 9780226471396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226130866
- ISBN
- 9780226130866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.34€ 78.49
€ 94.34
€ 78.49
Paperback. Andrew Warwick shows how Britain educated many leading mathematical physicists during the 19th and early 20th century. Their knowledge transformed our understanding of everything from the flight of a boomerang to the structure of the universe. Num Pages: 520 pages, 15 halftones, 39 line drawings. BIC Classification: HB; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873756
- ISBN
- 9780226873756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. A masterful work of biography and art history, telling the story of the eminent Victorian designers William Andrews Nesfield and William Eden Nesfield, the development of their styles, and their legacy for British architecture and design. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 figure, 58 B&W images, 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AM; BGF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893231
- ISBN
- 9780718893231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardback. Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, this title traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition first Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151571
- ISBN
- 9780691151571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.07€ 41.64
€ 53.07
€ 41.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, 13 b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 263 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348914
- ISBN
- 9780764348914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.02
€ 37.99
€ 25.02
paperback. Exposes the real nature of state power. This volume features arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs to the many. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241972786
- ISBN
- 9780241972786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Masters of Commandcompares how the three greatest generals of the ancient world, Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, waged war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b-w photos; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439164495
- ISBN
- 9781439164495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.37
€ 19.99
€ 17.37