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Paperback. Part of a trilogy on civilization and its discontents, on humanity's long struggle to master its instincts and the perils that attend that denial of human nature, this book contains eleven essays that covers 1990 and the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078284
- ISBN
- 9780520078284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. An exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand - and with it the "Great Battle," prophesied by both Sunni and Shi'i tradition, which many believers expect will begin in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands. It uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272644
- ISBN
- 9780520272644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. On May 20, 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the turbulent rule of Rome's noble families and the pope. This is a biography of the firebrand whose exploits have enlivened the work of poets, composers and dramatists, as well as historians. Num Pages: 456 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233966
- ISBN
- 9780520233966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.36€ 65.36
€ 84.36
€ 65.36
hardcover. Apocalypse Management explains Dwight Eisenhower's eight years of self-defeating cold war policies by analyzing the pattern of Eisenhower's private and public discourse, a pattern that still dominates U.S. foreign policy, keeping us in the same state of national insecurity that marked the Eisenhower era. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758079
- ISBN
- 9780804758079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813553528
- ISBN
- 9780813553528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. An account of the impact of the Vietnam War on American intellectual life. Aiming to shed light on the demise of Cold War liberalism and the development of the New Left, the book examines the steady growth of a conservatism that used Vietnam and anti-war sentiment as a rallying point. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814782620
- ISBN
- 9780814782620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. If you want a gripping, well-written, detailed story of insurrection against Rome, supported by splendid illustrations, start here.?The Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 284 pages, 83. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445603162
- ISBN
- 9781445603162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Hardback. An in-depth study of incremental response by an old imperial order to challenges at home and abroad, Apogee of Empire is a sweeping account of the personalities, places, and policies that helped to shape the modern Atlantic world. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; HBJD; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873393
- ISBN
- 9780801873393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.11
€ 78.11
Paperback. A groundbreaking and beautifully written history of ballet, from its origins to the present, by a dancer turned historian and critic - will do for ballet what Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise did for music. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082565
- ISBN
- 9781847082565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.36
€ 30.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. He connects the evolving image of a unified globe to politically powerful conceptions of human unity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 54, 49 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874444
- ISBN
- 9780801874444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.64
€ 36.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. The religious autobiography of John Henry Newman (1801-1890), in which he discusses his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 566
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781108021470
- ISBN
- 9781108021470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
Apologies and the Legacy of Abuse of Children in 'Care': International...
. Ed(S): Skold, Johanna; Swain, S.
paperback. This book positions inquiries into the historical abuse of children in care within the context of transitional justice. It examines investigation, apology and redress processes across a range of Western nations to trace the growth of the movement, national particularities and the impact of the work on professionals involved. Editor(s): Skold, Johanna; Swain, S. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349498697
- ISBN
- 9781349498697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This is an account of an Indian people's struggle to maintain an identity in American society. Also included is a study of "The Mohawks in High Steel" by Joseph Mitchell. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 330 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625643
- ISBN
- 9780815625643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.45
€ 27.45
Paperback. Presents Thucydides' classic work on the history of the Peloponnesian War that is the root of Western conceptions of history - including the ethnocentric idea that Thucydides' historiography was universally valid, applicable to all societies at all times. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 9 maps, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103822
- ISBN
- 9780226103822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473216
- ISBN
- 9781611473216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 33 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340062
- ISBN
- 9780764340062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.90
€ 19.00
€ 15.90
Paperback. Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic and popular history, this is a chronicle of four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, it explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the images that have shaped perceptions of the region. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 illustrations, 8 tables, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853689
- ISBN
- 9780807853689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. A story of the Bailey family's escape from the gruelling Corbin Glow mines in 1930 to find a better life in Letcher, Kentucky. This account recounts the lives of the mining people whose religion and 'family values' buttressed and sustained them. It is three dimensional account containing humour, but lacking sentimentality. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335362
- ISBN
- 9780897335362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.05
€ 18.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468615
- ISBN
- 9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.00
€ 13.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. Examines appeasement in the context of both Britain's domestic policies and her international commitments, within Europe and beyond. This book includes a discussion of the historiography surrounding appeasement, and analysis of changing public opinion and of the 'appeasers' themselves. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203261
- ISBN
- 9780631203261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. After Munich, the British Government expressed readiness to defend what remained of Czechoslovakia. Six months later, Hitler ignored the warning and initiated its conquest and partition; he faced only verbal condemnation. Yet, a fortnight later, Chamberlain's Cabinet tried and failed to protect Poland by a similar 'guarantee'. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500402
- ISBN
- 9780230500402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Appeasement was unfairly discredited by Neville Chamberlain's disastrous attempt to satisfy Hitler's territorial ambition, suggests the author of this work. He attempts to restore appeasement to its proper place as a legitimate and useful diplomatic strategy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121604
- ISBN
- 9780813121604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Hardback. This study provides an reassessment of the appeasement myths about Hitler by examining a central yet understudied figure. The British Ambassador of the period, Sir Nevile Henderson, has been described as "our Nazi Ambassador in Berlin" by historians and popular memory alike. Series: Studies in diplomacy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333739877
- ISBN
- 9780333739877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardback. "-Imprime par ordre de la Convention nationale, distribue a ses membres, et envoye aux departements et aux armees. [2], 37 p. 8p0s. Rebound in modern marbled boards. ANTIQUARIAN Finely and professionally rebound in modern marbled boards, gilt tit". Keywords: "Carrier, Jean-Baptiste, , Voting"
- Publisher
- De l'Imprimerie nationale des Lo
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0042580
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 80.40
€ 80.40