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Hardcover. The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025735
ISBN
9780226025735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.03

Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930018
ISBN
9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Paperback, blue cover. Cover is slightly faded. 98pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Royal Yachting Association Surrey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KON0819593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation. Num Pages: 608 pages, 22 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746847
ISBN
9780804746847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. * A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912 * Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 maps, 30halftones, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235910
ISBN
9780631235910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Hardback. The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa. Series: An American Academy of Religion Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9pp halftones numerous figures and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRK; HRQC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195153859
ISBN
9780195153859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.38

Paperback. Intends to unravels the complex ways men were defined as men in Renaissance Italy through readings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century evidence - medical and travel literature; theology; law; myth; conduct books; and, plays, chivalric romances, and novellas by authors including Machiavelli, Tasso and Ariosto. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9780822330653
ISBN
9780822330653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. D-Day as it has never been told before. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546790
ISBN
9781848546790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252011993
ISBN
9780252011993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Paperback. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739443
ISBN
9780804739443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172323
ISBN
9780691172323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.00

Paperback. Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? Editor(s): Ambrose, Douglas; Martin, Robert W. T. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707241
ISBN
9780814707241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the US have come under review. This text seeks to acknowledge the importance of those patterns for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): McCarthy, John A.; Grunzweig, Walter; Koebner, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810342
ISBN
9781571810342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.43

Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JPA; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801974
ISBN
9780896801974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987606
ISBN
9780295987606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847841295
ISBN
9780847841295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Hardback. The Many Meanings of Poverty is about poverty in a colonial context--it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 4 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751780
ISBN
9780804751780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

hardcover. The Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HRAX; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500276
ISBN
9781487500276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.86

Paperback. The Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HRAX; JFSF. 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
V9781487520175
ISBN
9781487520175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.64

Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199659241
ISBN
9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardcover. 64pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Tutorial Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1940
SKU
KEX0194446
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140280395
ISBN
9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dundurn Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550027402
ISBN
9781550027402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 44.78

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