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paperback. Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. Charting his rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, this book explores the enduring legacy of this champion of Islam. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3H; BGH; HBG; HBJF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552170840
ISBN
9780552170840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Helps you examine complex dynamics of state-level social and political structures in 3 leading states - Sao Paolo in the Center-South, which received the greatest benefits from export growth; politically important Minas Gerais, situated between the prosperous southern states and the impoverished Northeast; and Pernambuco, the Northeast's state. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, map,ports. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804709910
ISBN
9780804709910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932813503
ISBN
9780932813503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Hardcover. Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASZW; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555309
ISBN
9781781555309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. Scandals in history Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948739
ISBN
9780750948739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this book challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. It demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely a product of the concentration of landholdings. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3480 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711548
ISBN
9780804711548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248328
ISBN
9780803248328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719033575
ISBN
9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719071836
ISBN
9780719071836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Hardback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953566
ISBN
9780750953566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Mathieson, Charlotte. Num Pages: 283 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137581150
ISBN
9781137581150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Hardback. Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries Jesuits were the first western scientists to enter into contact with China and India. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCC7; PGG; RBG; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402011894
ISBN
9781402011894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 243.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Edition
REPRINT Edition
SKU
V9781578633340
ISBN
9781578633340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.30

Hardcover. By failing to develop effective programs weapon development, Japan increased the probability that it could not triumph over its more advanced enemies. Walter Grunden underscores the dramatic scientific and technological disparities that left Japan vulnerable and ultimately led to its defeat in World War II. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613830
ISBN
9780700613830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Second
SKU
V9780252062193
ISBN
9780252062193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741866
ISBN
9780804741866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Examining such nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, this book shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. It is suitable for archaeologists and historians. Editor(s): Kohl, Philip L.; Kozelsky, Mara; Ben-Yehuda, Nachman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 halftones, 5 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450599
ISBN
9780226450599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Hardcover. Public discourse and everyday life during the last days of Yugoslavia Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DV; GTB; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253356239
ISBN
9780253356239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.58
€ 31.58

Paperback. Public discourse and everyday life during the last days of Yugoslavia Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; GTB; HBG; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223067
ISBN
9780253223067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Investigates how women's roles differed, how their roles changed over time, and how their histories can illuminate the structures of power and societies in which they lived. It also helps understand how royal courts, created to project the authority of male rulers, maintained themselves through the reproductive and productive powers of women. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 8 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254442
ISBN
9780520254442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. A Theoretical Overview. 192 pages, 6 figures. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight: 332.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220973
ISBN
9780230220973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DSB; HBG; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JFSK2; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816690602
ISBN
9780816690602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Browne explains how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and for bad. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224367
ISBN
9781780224367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Written between 1919 and 1926, this text tells of the campaign aganist the Turks in the Middle East, encompassing gross acts of cruelty and revenge, ending in a welter of stink and corpses in a Damascus hospital. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; BGHA; HBG; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Dell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264696
ISBN
9781853264696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

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