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Hardback. A study of the entanglement of visual art with secularism in the wake of the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, tracking the emergence of the artist as an exemplary secular subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042956
ISBN
9781849042956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Explores the ritual concessions as acts of warfare, performances of submission, demonstrations of power, and representations of shifting, unstable worlds. The author considers the limits of sovereignty at conflict's end, showing how the ways we concede loss can be as important as the ways we claim victory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 colour pl 9halftones. BIC Classification: HBW; JH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226869797
ISBN
9780226869797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.84

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Bernard; Wheeler, Alwyne. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b/w + 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 330 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1988.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300041187
ISBN
9780300041187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.22
€ 95.55

Paperback. Writing letters to powerful people to win their favour and garner rewards such as political office, tax relief, and recommendations was an institution in Renaissance Florence. This title presents the study of political and social patronage in 15th-century Florence. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341178
ISBN
9780822341178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. The Art of The Possible is a new study of the ideas and achievements of Booker T. Washington, the most influential African American leader of the period 1881-1915. Series: Crosscurrents in African American History. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138001831
ISBN
9781138001831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Hardcover. Explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government. Editor(s): Williams, Chris; Edwards, Andrew. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719090714
ISBN
9780719090714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x 8pp photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 327 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316311465
ISBN
9780316311465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. An elegant pocket hardback edition of Sun Tzu's definitive work on military strategy Translator(s): Clements, Jonathan. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; HPD; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 14. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827954
ISBN
9781509827954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Written over 2000 years ago, Sun-tzu's "Art of War" embodies the Eastern tradition of strategy. This translation, written in simple language, is intended to be of equal value to both military historians and students of business strategy. Translator(s): Sawyer, Ralph D. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; HB; JWKT; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Copyright 1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813319513
ISBN
9780813319513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. A collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. It provides a learned framework for understanding global political history. It includes writings from ancient and modern Europe, China, Byzantium, the Arab world, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. Editor(s): Chaliand, Gerard. Num Pages: 1101 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HB; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1101
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079649
ISBN
9780520079649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.42
€ 46.08

Paperback. Series: Century of the Soldier. Num Pages: 148 pages, 25 b/w ills, 8 b/w diags, 15 photos, 11 colour diags. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 246 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911096221
ISBN
9781911096221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardcover. A study of medieval cannon, one of the most important discoveries of the post-classical world. This book attempts to combine all the sources, bringing fresh insights into the development and use of artillery in the 15th century. Series: Armour and Weapons. Num Pages: 392 pages, 150 black and white, 25 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBW; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Boydell Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843831624
ISBN
9781843831624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.56

paperback. In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the treacherous military campaigns of the period. This work focuses on this collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951214
ISBN
9781845951214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 colour images & 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
YALE UNIV PR
Condition
New
SKU
9780300142143
ISBN
9780300142143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. Shows that during the Third Reich, the Institute became the most important propaganda organ of German Protestantism, exerting a widespread influence and producing a nazified Christianity that placed anti-Semitism at its theological center. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148052
ISBN
9780691148052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. * A riveting account of the passions behind the fight for female suffrage: both a story of social and sexual revolutionary upheaval and a fascinating battle of ideals that continues apace today. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116600
ISBN
9780349116600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Series: Asian American History & Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781439912270
ISBN
9781439912270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran and Syria - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain". Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850439509
ISBN
9781850439509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.93

Paperback. In this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442609181
ISBN
9781442609181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. This title uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination incites conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216083
ISBN
9780253216083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. On 27 May 1942 a Czech agent threw a bomb at a passing Mercedes Reinhard Heydrich was travelling in. The assassination sent a shock wave through the Nazi leadership and provoked ferocious reprisals against Czechs and Jews. This book is based on archive material and interviews with surviving members of SOE and Czech military intelligence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843410362
ISBN
9781843410362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. In 1812 John Bellingham made his way to the Palace of Westminster. In the lobby, he shot the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval. There was no mystery about the killer's identity, but why did he do it? This book tells the story of how John Bellingham was let down by the British Establishment and how he took his revenge. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750944014
ISBN
9780750944014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Talking about Iraq war, this title recounts how the US set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq, showing the consequences of this policy. It looks at the struggles of individual American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from various backgrounds. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230440
ISBN
9780571230440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007293391
ISBN
9780007293391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

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