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Hardback. This is a poineering study of the 19th centruy Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of its most controversial and influential leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850). The dramatic episodes of his life are echoed by the contradictory and highly critical opinions of his personal charachter and leadership. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; HBG; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744683
- ISBN
- 9780804744683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
The Rebirth of the West. The Americanization of the Democratic World, ...
Duignan, Peter; Gann, L. H.
Paperback. This work illustrates how America was a key factor in the economic and political recovery of European democracies that had been devastated by World War II. It provides an analysis of important aspects of Western society at this time, such as politics, economics, culture and science. Num Pages: 745 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 745
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847681983
- ISBN
- 9780847681983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.85
€ 78.85
Paperback. Ray Mears shows how the success of a vital World War II mission depended on survival skills. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830161
- ISBN
- 9780340830161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Tells the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597551
- ISBN
- 9780099597551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Middle Ages inherited from antiquity a tradition of prophecy and gave it new life. This tradition foretold a millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new paradise on earth, free from suffering and sin. This is the story of those millenarian fanaticisms, and points to their persistence in the modern era. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195004564
- ISBN
- 9780195004564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.13
€ 44.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562. 416 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HBG; JWL. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 27. Weight: 516.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561585
- ISBN
- 9780226561585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99
€ 34.99
Hardback. Tracing Coolidge's life from his thirteenth birthday until his graduation from Amherst College ten years later, this work outlines the education of a reluctant young man from rural Vermont. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838752647
- ISBN
- 9780838752647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061148477
- ISBN
- 9780061148477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.39
€ 24.99
€ 21.39
Hardcover. The Prospect of Global History offers a new approach to the study of history, looking at the subject across a greater chronological range and seeking perspectives from sources beyond conventional European narratives. Editor(s): Belich, James; Darwin, John; Frenz, Margret; Wickham, Chris. Num Pages: 256 pages, several black and white figures and maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198732259
- ISBN
- 9780198732259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.20
€ 101.20
Hardback. Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the 4th century A D. This work focuses on the culture of Constantinople and the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. It provides a resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; CFG; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218215
- ISBN
- 9780520218215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.10€ 53.91
€ 69.10
€ 53.91
Hardcover. Editor(s): MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 1068 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654201
- ISBN
- 9780691654201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 416.96€ 304.44
€ 416.96
€ 304.44
Paperback. Editor(s): MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 1068 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691617107
- ISBN
- 9780691617107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 189.42€ 133.74
€ 189.42
€ 133.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 568 pages, 24 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 182 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1164.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition
- Vincent Brown, Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Laurent D
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148533
- ISBN
- 9780691148533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.39€ 63.77
€ 83.39
€ 63.77
Paperback. Explores the impact of three of the most influential world leaders of the Post WWII Era. This book tells how the Pope helped Poles and East Europeans banish their fear of Soviet Communism. It tells how a prime minister restored her country's failing economy. It also tells how a president rebuilt America's military power. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HRLP1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596985506
- ISBN
- 9781596985506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.17
€ 21.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. Understanding the territorial basis of political power and wealth is the pre-requisite, the author argues, for making sense of issues as diverse as genocide, narco-gangsterism, terrorism and fascism. He provides a framework for truth and reconciliation in what has become a violent world that is slipping dangerously out of control. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832734
- ISBN
- 9780856832734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.97
€ 36.97
Hardback. "The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."-Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234411
- ISBN
- 9780812234411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.01
€ 121.01
Hardback. This volume follows the Mexican financial system from the assumption of power by Porfirio Diaz in 1876 to the recovery of the domestic banking system in the 1920s, despite ongoing violence and political instability. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742856
- ISBN
- 9780804742856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.12
€ 100.12
Paperback. Deals with Latin America's past. This title also emphasizes that the victory of the European oriented ruling elites over the Latin American folk with their community values resulted only after a long and violent struggle, which characterized most of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520050785
- ISBN
- 9780520050785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.30
€ 31.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. The author of the bestselling "The Future of Freedom" describes a world in which the U.S. will no longer dominate the global economy. He sees the "rise of the rest" as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340389
- ISBN
- 9780393340389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.26
€ 20.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. This volume brings together more than 100 selections of works from the 18th century, including examples from Kant, Diderot, Newton and Locke. They demonstrate the impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social and economic institutions. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DNF; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HPC; HPK; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140245660
- ISBN
- 9780140245660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.93
€ 25.99
€ 22.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525100141
- ISBN
- 9783525100141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.18€ 40.59
€ 51.18
€ 40.59
Hardback. A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011589
- ISBN
- 9781847011589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. The latest work in the Politically Incorrect Guide (P.I.G.) series shows how the West laid the cornerstones of all modern civilization, including historical, artistic, and intellectual achievements. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980594
- ISBN
- 9781596980594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.58
€ 24.99
€ 22.58
Paperback. Nothing offends liberals and leftists more than western imperialism - it is racism, sexism, and chauvinism all in one. And of course the epitome of western imperialism is the British Empire, the biggest empire the world has ever known. This title exposes how the British Empire was actually one of the greatest establishers and defenders of freedom. Series: The Politically Incorrect Guides. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596986299
- ISBN
- 9781596986299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.27
€ 24.99
€ 23.27