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Hardcover. Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The fourth decad (31 40) focuses on Rome's growing hegemony in the East. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 710 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997059
ISBN
9780674997059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early fifth century AD and the subsequent collapse of society in Britain, this is an account of Roman Britain. Num Pages: 608 pages, line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801388
ISBN
9780192801388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. The 19 papers in this volume stem from a symposium that brought together academics, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators and a practising marble sculptor to discuss varying approaches to restoration of ancient stone sculptures. Editor(s): Grossman, Janet Burnett; Podany, Jerry; True, Marion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour and 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ABC; ACG; AFKB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892367238
ISBN
9780892367238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 51.27

Paperback. Describing ancient forms of reading and the various modes that were necessary to read different writing systems and scripts, the author turns to Asia and the Americas and discusses the forms and developments of completely divergent dimensions of reading. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; CJCR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892096
ISBN
9781861892096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.60

Paperback. An examination of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This volume celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centures. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 655 pages, 16 color illustrations, 426 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
655
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400023
ISBN
9780674400023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.70

Paperback. This fifth and final volume of an award-winning series charts the changing inner history of our times from the tumult of World War I to the 1990s, when personal identity was released from its moorings in gender, family, social class, religion, politics and nationality. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 230 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400047
ISBN
9780674400047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.31

Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400030
ISBN
9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.59

Paperback. The second volume of "A History of Private Life" contains much colourful detail culled from a variety of sources. This "secret epic" aims to construct a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in different places, from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16 color illustrations, 427 halftones, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400016
ISBN
9780674400016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.66

Paperback. Reveals what life was really like in the ancient world. The emergence of Christianity in the West and Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy and austerity is contrasted with the undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16 color illustrations, 417 halftones, 33 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; HBG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674399747
ISBN
9780674399747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.04
€ 50.47

Hardcover. In this text, Eric Voegelin explores two aspects of modernity. He offers an account of the political situation in 17th-century Europe after the decline of the church and the empire, and also explains his theory of "phenomenalism". Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826212146
ISBN
9780826212146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.07

Hardcover. This volume identifies two distinct beginnings of the movement toward modern political consciousness, the Renaissance and the Reformation. It analyzes the political ideas that first emerged during the Renaissance and Reformation and considers their presence in modern thought. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 328 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826211552
ISBN
9780826211552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.91

Hardcover. In this, his third volume on the history of political ideas, Vogelin continues his exploration of political thought, illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages and particulary focusing on the "civilizational schism" which resulted in the disappearance of the "sacrum imperium". Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826211545
ISBN
9780826211545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.18

hardcover. A collection of political thoughts from the Middle Ages opens with Voegelin's survey of the structure of the period and continues with an analysis of the Germanic invasion, the fall of Rome, and the rise of the empire and monastic Christianity, climaxing with a study of the views of Thomas Aquinas. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000424
ISBN
9780826211422
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Hardback. Series: American Scandinavian Foundation. Num Pages: 604 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653518
ISBN
9780691653518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 308.42

Paperback. The description for this book, History of Norway, will be forthcoming. Series: American Scandinavian Foundation. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNN; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691627540
ISBN
9780691627540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.20
€ 68.82

Num Pages: 224 pages, over 170 b/w photos & colour profiles. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1626.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324253
ISBN
9780764324253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.67
€ 46.56

Hardcover. A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times describes the Burmese people, their culture, their ambitions, and the world that they live in. Covering more than 2,200 years, this is the most comprehensive account of Myanmar's colourful and exciting history ever published in the English language. Num Pages: 328 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899019
ISBN
9781861899019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Paperback. Details nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Presenting the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this title chronicles the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441758
ISBN
9780140441758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 209 x 140. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034938
ISBN
9780674034938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Paperback.
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780852557860
ISBN
9780852557860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.81

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