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Paperback. Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives' tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense. This title exposes errors that have been perpetuated for far too long. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616085964
- ISBN
- 9781616085964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.09
€ 14.09
Paperback. Engrossingly saturated with fascinating lore, colorful anecdotes and deft portraits. Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times" Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351453
- ISBN
- 9780393351453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.87
€ 16.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; GLM; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097214
- ISBN
- 9780300097214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
€ 17.99
€ 14.51
Hardcover. Translator(s): Struminsky, Bohdan A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 1224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 93. Weight in Grams: 2332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458294
- ISBN
- 9780916458294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Paperback. Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters featured in this book describe a soldier's daily life. Editor(s): Bridgman, Dianne; Masuda, Hana. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987453
- ISBN
- 9780295987453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224087025
- ISBN
- 9780224087025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative. Num Pages: 548 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822307624
- ISBN
- 9780822307624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.23
€ 35.99
€ 33.23
Paperback. Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390. Series: Aspects of Greek & Roman Life S. 352 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; LAFR. Dimension: 206 x 138 x 21. Weight: 390.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492730
- ISBN
- 9780801492730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.75
€ 30.99
€ 28.75
Hardcover. This guide to the world of late antiquity offers eleven essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries. Experts provide information and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of an era marked by the rise of two world religions and political upheavals that remade the map of the known world. Editor(s): Bowersock, G. W.; etc. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 63 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 260 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1798.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674511736
- ISBN
- 9780674511736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.81€ 56.79
€ 60.81
€ 56.79
Hardcover. The Hurricane served in every theatre during the Second World War as a fighter, night fighter, ground attack aircraft and even on board ship guarding vital convoys. This book offers first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233004549
- ISBN
- 9780233004549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.14
€ 25.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker; Freedman, Paul H. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217025
- ISBN
- 9780812217025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Last Ride of the Valkyries: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmachthelferin...
Ltc (Retired) Jimmy L. Pool
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 850 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 310 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1808.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350467
- ISBN
- 9780764350467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.44€ 61.21
€ 85.44
€ 61.21
Paperback. Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, the author describes the pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate. He also warns that a distinct Celtic identity may not survive. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBT; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608. 398pp. Index. Plates
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300115352
- ISBN
- 9780300115352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 14.60
€ 32.99
€ 14.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCA; UDBD; WHC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Boxtree Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752266299
- ISBN
- 9780752266299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. This volume is an ambitious study of efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape-either through social policy or brute force-their societies and populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746229
- ISBN
- 9780804746229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.90
€ 213.90
Paperback. The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained.. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32pp colour plates, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1624.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006863489
- ISBN
- 9780006863489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 29.27
€ 45.99
€ 29.27
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KNH0013234
- ISBN
- 9781853904028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KLJ0006601
- ISBN
- 9781853904028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line art illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645169
- ISBN
- 9780816645169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.53
€ 27.99
€ 26.53
Hardback. During the 60 years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on 20th-century culture. This title presents a study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 410 pages, 22 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211346
- ISBN
- 9780803211346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardback. Offers a pioneering social and environmental history of southern Chile, exploring the origins of forestry "miracle" in Chile. This book narrates the century-long struggles among peasants, indigenous communities, large landowners, and the state over access to forest commons in the frontier territory. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBLW; JFC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822355984
- ISBN
- 9780822355984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.11
€ 171.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (some colour), 1 map , portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394026
- ISBN
- 9780888394026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.87
€ 20.99
€ 15.87
Hardcover. David Warren Sabean was a pioneer in the historical-anthropological study of kinship, community, & selfhood in early modern & modern Europe. The significance of Sabean's scholarship is reflected in original research contributed by former students & essays written by his contemporaries, demonstrating Sabean's impact on the discipline of history. Editor(s): Coy, Jason Philip; Marschke, Benjamin; Poley, Jared. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384199
- ISBN
- 9781782384199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.08
€ 162.08
Hardcover. Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people from a bygone age. The people who shared this ancestry used it for many alliances of trade and war. This is a study of the political uses of perceived kinship. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674505278
- ISBN
- 9780674505278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.54€ 73.46
€ 79.54
€ 73.46