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Paperback. This book traces the dialogic relation between Conrad's Eastern fiction and other histories, arguing that it is in the intersections of art and history that we locate Conrad's irony. In a direct response to the visual culture of his times, Conrad sets up his fictional world as a hallucinated mirage stressing the veracity of his own Eastern vision. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBH; DSBH5; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360840
- ISBN
- 9781349360840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.88
€ 126.88
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. Follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers travelling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snowpeaks of the Andes and the heights of Machu Picchu. This work explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846079726
- ISBN
- 9781846079726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553384710
- ISBN
- 9780553384710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.48
€ 21.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014002
- ISBN
- 9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.00
€ 25.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. * The thirty years of English rule in France that followed the battle of Agincourt - by the acclaimed author of AGINCOURT: THE KING, THE CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE Num Pages: 512 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122021
- ISBN
- 9780349122021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933150
- ISBN
- 9780861933150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.99
€ 84.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226372570
- ISBN
- 9780226372570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.45
€ 95.17
€ 79.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226372600
- ISBN
- 9780226372600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. The Spaniards typically portrayed the conquest and fall of Mexico Tenochtitlan as Armageddon, while native people in colonial Mesoamerica continued to write and paint their histories and lives often without any mention of the foreigners in their midst. This title addresses key aspects of indigenous perspectives of the conquest. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194758
- ISBN
- 9781845194758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.61
€ 40.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. This title tells an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571290901
- ISBN
- 9780571290901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
paperback. This volume considers the role of states in explaining patterns of continuity and change in labour relations around the world. Editor(s): Hofmeester, Karin; Kessler, Gijs; Moll-Murata, Christine. Series: International Review of Social History Supplements. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316642528
- ISBN
- 9781316642528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837645
- ISBN
- 9781473837645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
hardcover. The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this text. It looks at the Norman relations with the Byzantine world, and includes several studies on the church. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAM9; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860788034
- ISBN
- 9780860788034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout this eighty-year period, ordinary health concerns shaped cross-cultural interactions during Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6 photos, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285880
- ISBN
- 9780803285880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004172
- ISBN
- 9780773512566
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy in dustwrapper . First edition. Irish History and Politics in the 20th century.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KEX0288143
- ISBN
- 9780773512566
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy in dustwrapper . First edition. Irish History and Politics in the 20th century.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0288142
- ISBN
- 9780773512559
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; HRLM7; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040399
- ISBN
- 9780252040399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.40
€ 134.40
Paperback. GALWAY Deals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. T
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141049595
- ISBN
- 9780141049595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14