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Paperback. Containing significant revelations about cultural treasures previously thought lost, this book should be of interest to all those interested in the contemporary rebuilding of cultural and intellectual institutions in Eastern Europe. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; GLH; GLM; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458768
- ISBN
- 9780916458768
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Tracing the beginnings of the British colonial enterprise in South Asia and the Middle East, this title brings together key texts from the era of the privately owned British East India Company through the crises that led to the Company's takeover by the Crown in 1858. It ends with the momentous opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Editor(s): Harlow, Barbara; Carter, Mia. Num Pages: 832 pages, 28 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331643
- ISBN
- 9780822331643
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.95
€ 48.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Benum, Edgeir; Johansson, Alf; Smilden, Jan-Erik; Storrud, Alf. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBG; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274772809
- ISBN
- 9788274772809
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Lord. Series: MIP Teams Varia. Num Pages: 238 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; AVA; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580441964
- ISBN
- 9781580441964
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Condition: New
€ 48.32
€ 48.32
Paperback. "This elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idees recues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages."-The Medieval Review Editor(s): Evergates, Theodore. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217001
- ISBN
- 9780812217001
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Discusses the background of the World War I Middle East conflict and relates the final, critical campaign through Palestine, along with its notable personalities, including T E Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Kress von Kressenstein, and Edmund Allenby. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBG; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218619
- ISBN
- 9780812218619
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War. From the tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy, and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalised in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history. Translator(s): Henschler, Henri. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 384 pages, b/w photos, drawings & maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 384 pages, b/w photos, drawings & maps. The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War. From the tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy, and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalised in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight: 684. Translator(s): Henschler, Henri.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811729055
- ISBN
- 9780811729055
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.83
€ 24.99
€ 19.83
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.76
€ 14.99
€ 12.76
Paperback. Showcasing IWM's extensive collection, this book includes works from the major artists of the time such as John and Paul Nash, Orpen, Spencer and Singer Sargent, as well less familiar artists, offering an insight into the huge range and power of wartime art during the First World War. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 182 x 7. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museum
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904897897
- ISBN
- 9781904897897
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Condition: New
€ 16.69
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ohta, Alison; Rogers, Michael; Haddon, Rosalind Wade. Series: Gingko Art Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 185 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; HBG; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 300 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2064.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942905
- ISBN
- 9781909942905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.13
€ 84.13
Hardback. Bringing together an international range of experts in the history of China, Japan, India and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, this pioneering volume demonstrates the importance of Asia in the multifaceted global transformations that revolved around the Paris Peace Conference and its aftermath. Editor(s): Zachmann, Urs Matthias. Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417167
- ISBN
- 9781474417167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.66€ 103.50
€ 111.66
€ 103.50
Paperback. Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English protagonists in the Renaissance era. * Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Carey, Dr. Daniel. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; KCLT; RGR; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111607
- ISBN
- 9781405111607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Hardback. An illuminating account of the management of the end of a global empire and preparation for self-government - a drama no less striking for being couched in form of Parliamentary debate, and state papers. Num Pages: 304 pages, map,. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855144
- ISBN
- 9781848855144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 60.10
€ 64.65
€ 60.10
Hardback. Detailed unit operations and individual accounts make for absorbing reading, and a rare chance for the reader to examine an early, yet very important, Russian front battle. Num Pages: 280 pages, over 140 b/w and color photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301278
- ISBN
- 9780764301278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.27
€ 42.99
€ 36.27
paperback. At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458332
- ISBN
- 9781349458332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.16
€ 116.16
Paperback. An examination of everyday life practices in Britain's empire, first published in 2006. Editor(s): Hall, Catherine; Rose, Sonya O. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492. Metropolitan Culture and the Imperial World. 350 pages. Editor(s): Hall, Catherine; Rose, Sonya O. An examination of everyday life practices in Britain's empire, first published in 2006. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLH; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521670029
- ISBN
- 9780521670029
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Condition: New
€ 76.59
€ 76.59
Paperback. The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European - especially German - and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement, creativity and destructiveness that occurred at these junctions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002280
- ISBN
- 9781137002280
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that Muslim extremists pose to America and suggest steps that will facilitate U.S. efforts to defeat them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536029
- ISBN
- 9780742536029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.75
€ 30.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. Outlines how Christianity transformed the ancient world in ways we may have forgotten: bringing liberation from fatalism, conferring great dignity on human beings, subverting the cruelest aspects of pagan society, and elevating charity above all virtues. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300164299
- ISBN
- 9780300164299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
Hardcover. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs.. Series: Explorations in Mobility. Num Pages: 820 pages, 37 ills, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 263 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383772
- ISBN
- 9781782383772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.25
€ 241.25
Hardcover. The vast contribution of African civilization to all regions of the West, the westward migration of Europeans, pan-Atlantic commerce and its role in developing economies, racial and ethnic relations, the spread of Enlightenment ideas - all are Atlantic phenomena. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016880
- ISBN
- 9780674016880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.89
€ 29.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Editor(s): Suarez Bosa, Miguel. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460311
- ISBN
- 9781349460311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Paperback. The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water -- the Atlantic. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSA; HBG; RBKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007341399
- ISBN
- 9780007341399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Looks at slavery in the Americas in the context, taking account of both earlier and later forms of slavery. This work examines the relationship between the continents, Europe, Africa and the Americas, through a collection of maps and related text, which puts the key features of the history of slavery in their defining geographical setting. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 188 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582437807
- ISBN
- 9780582437807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.75
€ 97.75