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Hardback. This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. Num Pages: 720 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TBX; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735506
- ISBN
- 9780804735506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.86
€ 74.86
Paperback. This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augustine's City of God . More than that, it considers not only how the ancient world is remembered today but also how the Greeks and Romans perceived and felt the influence of their own past. Num Pages: 416 pages, b/w illus, col pls. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140274851
- ISBN
- 9780140274851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421186
- ISBN
- 9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 46.84
€ 50.57
€ 46.84
Hardcover. Analyses the developments in critical reasoning that transformed the conception of tradition, authority, knowledge and power in the late Republic. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521895781
- ISBN
- 9780521895781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.77
€ 134.77
Paperback. *"[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that other precious element of history: time. " The Guardian *"A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156820
- ISBN
- 9781405156820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.63
€ 38.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521264
- ISBN
- 9781487521264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.49
€ 34.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 169 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408230954
- ISBN
- 9781408230954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199754243
- ISBN
- 9780199754243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.87
€ 39.87
Hardcover. Based on original Ottoman and German sources, "The Birth of Modern Turkey" shows how military thinking and policy contributed to the triumph of Ataturk and the founding of the modern Turkish state. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437970
- ISBN
- 9781850437970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 134.38
€ 152.89
€ 134.38
Hardback. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. This book shows how this epochal transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: HB; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289970
- ISBN
- 9780520289970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. A concise but revealing history of the bicycle over 200 years Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: HBTB; WGC; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648828
- ISBN
- 9781445648828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.00
€ 17.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. Find out how fashionable eighteenth-century York became the capital of chocolate. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445633466
- ISBN
- 9781445633466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
paperback. Translator(s): Denner, Arthur. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475436
- ISBN
- 9780801475436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.81
€ 33.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. * Written from the perspective of people living at the time* Covers a broad range of issues, from individual concerns to high politics. . Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199328
- ISBN
- 9780631199328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.98
€ 51.98
Paperback. In a new introduction to this paperback edition, Miller describes the growing scholarship on this subject in recent years. Series: Supplement to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJF; HBLC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856570
- ISBN
- 9780801856570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.63
€ 29.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. Presents a thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War which reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at this time than is commonly thought. This book considers various themes of the nineteenth-century world, including the rise of the modern state, industrialization and liberalism. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 568 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236160
- ISBN
- 9780631236160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.87
€ 38.99
€ 37.87
Paperback. This book explores the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war. Series Editor(s): Tripp, Charles; Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Sayigh, Yezid; Tucker, Judith E. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 666 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBWN; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 918. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. 666 pages, 3 maps. Morris explores the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBWN; JFFD. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight: 902. Series Editor(s) :Tripp, Charles; Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Yezid, Sayigh; Tucker, Judith E.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 666
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521009676
- ISBN
- 9780521009676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Paperback. Featuring a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBJD; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422787
- ISBN
- 9781421422787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.84
€ 40.99
€ 33.84
Hardback. Featuring a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402789
- ISBN
- 9781421402789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 61.49
€ 68.21
€ 61.49
Paperback. Part of the "Chicago History of American Civilization" series, which provides a nuanced and vibrant portrait of the United States from its inception through the twentieth century. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923420
- ISBN
- 9780226923420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.01
€ 20.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. Offers a reinterpretation of how European civilization as we know it arose in the wake of utter chaos in Rome, France and Germany - not in the 11th or 12th century, as is commonly thought, but during the 10th. This book tells the story of this transformation from chaos to order, and explores the strange and alien landscape of Europe in transition. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610393683
- ISBN
- 9781610393683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158503
- ISBN
- 9780231158503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.62
€ 64.68
€ 50.62
Paperback. Ivy, Dulcie, Barbara, Ann, Dorothy and Jean all had different reasons for applying to work at Carr's biscuits, but once they had put on their overalls and walked through the factory gates they discovered a community full of life, laughter and friendship. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JJP; BM; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957643
- ISBN
- 9780091957643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag Germany
- Edition
- Ill
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825874889
- ISBN
- 9783825874889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.20
€ 29.99
€ 25.20