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Paperback. In the 17th century, the vision of Cosmopolis arose - a rationally ordered society. This vision perpetuated the delusion that human nature and society could be fitted into precise and manageable rational categories. This text confronts that agenda - its illusions and its consequences. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JJ; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808383
ISBN
9780226808383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. From the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts that make up the legend of Alexander, this extraordinary hero of history and myth. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617647
ISBN
9780748617647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 136.27

Paperback. From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic 'stagflation,' political scandal, and global turmoil. This title examines the large-scale structural upheaval of the 1970s by transcending the standard frameworks of national borders and superpower relations. Editor(s): Ferguson, Niall; Maier, Charles S.; Manela, Erez; Sargent, Daniel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674061866
ISBN
9780674061866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3H; DSBB; DSK; HBG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
84
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897141
ISBN
9788772897141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. An examination of the effects of the process of industrialization on the lives of women, both as paid workers and within the home. Num Pages: 96 pages, Bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631153030
ISBN
9780631153030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Hardcover. Giving an overview of the origins and history of the Cold War, this work considers whether the Cold War is truly over, and what the effects have been on Europe, and the former Soviet Union, as well as US foreign policy. Editor(s): Armstrong, David; Goldstein, Erik. Num Pages: 226 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 589. Used hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRF0018846
ISBN
9780714634197
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375706905
ISBN
9780375706905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. Series Editor(s): Louis, Wm Roger. Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire. Num Pages: 664 pages, 12 Maps, numerous tables. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246779
ISBN
9780199246779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.54

Paperback. Contains the first English translations of a group of important eighteenth-century German essays that address the question, 'What is Enlightenment?'. This book includes interpretive essays by historians and philosophers, which examine the origins of eighteenth-century debate on Enlightenment and explore its significance for the present. Editor(s): Schmidt, James. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202269
ISBN
9780520202269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582209671
ISBN
9780582209671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.48

Paperback. Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. This work focuses on the all-pervading influence of the USA; and the increasing disillusionment felt by its people, who can't rely on the state for their most basic security. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227624
ISBN
9780571227624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. If you want peace, prepare for war. The worst road may be the best route to battle. Strategy, Edward Luttwak shows, is made of such seemingly self-contradictory propositions. In this book, Luttwak unveils the peculiar logic of strategy level by level, from grand strategy down to combat tactics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007031
ISBN
9780674007031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. Presents the stories of the war: a firefight where the resistance came from 'men in black'; a night spent chain-smoking in the guard tower counting the tracer bullets being fired over the city; and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid to fight. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KSG0009499
ISBN
9780552154376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic times and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLL; JWD; JWKT; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082708
ISBN
9780300082708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138928657
ISBN
9781138928657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.27

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
€ 14.40

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Lattimore, Steven. Num Pages: 530 pages, M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co Inc
Number of pages
530
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203945
ISBN
9780872203945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.48

Paperback. The ideas, people and inventions that built the modern world Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845298975
ISBN
9781845298975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tells us the stories of inventors, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, actresses, escapees, engineers, kings, architects, pop stars, criminals, supermodels, tennis champions, opera singers and many more who have benefited from happy serendipity. This title celebrates the type of unexpected good fortune we all dream of. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311527
ISBN
9781848311527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582418769
ISBN
9780582418769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Hardback. Editor(s): Alikhani, Alinaghi. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 48. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Persian (Farsi) language
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140227
ISBN
9781588140227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 56.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAX; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231877
ISBN
9781780231877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.58

Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 400 pages, 350+ black and white photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG; JWH; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2222.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317743
ISBN
9780764317743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.04
€ 55.52

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