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Hardcover. Both Willa Cather and Mary Austin moved west in their youth and spent much of their lives there. Cather lived on the Great Plains, while Austin resided in California and the Southwest. This title addresses Willa Cather and Mary Austin as central figures in a womens tradition of the pictured West. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 b/w photos, 69 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726109
ISBN
9780896726109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 188 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226386041
ISBN
9780226386041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. This text probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles and changing rituals. The book blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage and the author's firsthand experiences. Num Pages: 276 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JFD; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KEX0241129
ISBN
9780520084032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This text probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles and changing rituals. The book blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage and the author's firsthand experiences. Num Pages: 276 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JFD; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434. Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0241130
ISBN
9780520084032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063317
ISBN
9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.46

Hardback. Based on an in-depth analysis of the published photographs taken by Norwegian evangelical missionaries in Northern Cameroon between 1925, the start of their activities, and 2005. This work takes part in the "pictorial turn" in academic teaching and research, constituting visual images as an site of conversation across disciplinary lines. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1HFJA; 3JJ; AJC; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453435
ISBN
9781845453435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.97

Hardback. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was a time of wonder in a 'citadel set in stars' - a grand world's fair that transformed the summer of 1909 in Seattle into a whirl of excitement and pleasure. The best record of the event was made by Frank H Nowell, official photographer for the exposition. This book illuminates both the man and the fair. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 duotone illus. BIC Classification: AJB; AM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 5499 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989297
ISBN
9780295989297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACXD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477311509
ISBN
9781477311509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804618
ISBN
9781907804618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.13

Paperback. Outlines the history of pier and pavilion construction, using colour illustrations and photographs to show the development of these attractions from simple wooden structures to complex entertainment venues. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 4. Weight in Grams: 168. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806936
ISBN
9780747806936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Examines the relationship between religion and society in late medieval Florence through the vehicle of the religious confraternity. This book also provides an account of the development of confraternities in relation to other communal and ecclesiastical institutions in Florence. Num Pages: 552 pages, 29 halftones, 7 line drawings, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; HRCR; HRCX8; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226326887
ISBN
9780226326887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.25

Hardback. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Louis XIV's magnificent palace chapel at Versailles. The story of this carefully calculated dynastic shrine will interest all historians of the ancien regime. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491883
ISBN
9781611491883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.38

Hardback. History's heroic failures, from Scotland's Panamanian colony to the nuclear-powered car Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459905
ISBN
9780752459905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Pigeon Wars offers an outcast's tour of the post 9-11 clashes and challenges and changes refashioning the Middle East. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845029
ISBN
9781926845029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469617831
ISBN
9781469617831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.73

Paperback. Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving various major powers. This was hence a key period in the development of 'modern' infantry tactics. This title covers the Dutch-Spanish wars of independence, The Thirty Years' War and the English Civil Wars. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JD; HBW; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034695
ISBN
9781846034695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Glimpses into the everyday life of Pontius Pilate, a man actually walking on a marble floor in Caesarea, feeling his shoes pinch, clicking his fingers for a slave, while the clouds of lasting infamy gather over his head. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBG; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287933
ISBN
9780099287933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. In 1536, Henry VIII faced risings throughout northern England; these posed the greatest threat to any Tudor monarch. The Pilgrimage of Grace has traditionally been assumed to have been a spontaneous protest against the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but this study aims to reveal the full story. Num Pages: 504 pages, 4 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199259069
ISBN
9780199259069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.33

Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925769
ISBN
9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Hardcover. This volume discusses the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, politics and anthropology, the essays focus on China's most famous pilgrimage mountains as well as lesser known sites. Editor(s): Naquin, Susan; Yu, Chun-Fang. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 456 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HRA; HRE; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075672
ISBN
9780520075672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.67

Paperback. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767710
ISBN
9781780767710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Paperback. A witty and quirky guide to St Andrews: a charming and historic town on the east coast of Scotland; site of the Chariots of Fire beach; the home of golf; as close to paradise as you're likely to find this side of the pearly gates. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817961
ISBN
9781906817961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Considers the journeys and worldviews of medieval pilgrims. This book also reveals the complex interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Holy Land. It considers the pilgrims' conflicted, frequently simplistic, views of their Muslim hosts and their social and religious practices. Translator(s): Wilson, Donald W. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132305
ISBN
9780231132305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.12

Hardcover. Offers a history of the Archdiocese of St Paul, covering the years 1840 to 1962. This book presents the extraordinary labors and accomplishments of the French priests who came to the upper midwest territory during the first half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 752 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037291
ISBN
9780268037291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

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