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hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851243211
- ISBN
- 9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.93
€ 18.99
€ 15.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- M.& M.Baldwin
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780947712341
- ISBN
- 9780947712341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.51
€ 16.51
paperback. Makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. This title unearths a range of approaches to preserving the past as it was or formulating the past that an individual or group prefers to imagine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 maps. 14 halftones. 4 figs. 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035772
- ISBN
- 9780691026039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 425. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035649
- ISBN
- 9780853030430
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. An exploration of philosophical and mystical sources of iconography in Renaissance art. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780393004755
- ISBN
- 9780393004755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036134
- ISBN
- 9780582491335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The standard history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment - the "Blue Puttees" - and their heroic efforts during World War I available again Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 658 pages, 5 fold-out and 8 regular maps, 113 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1161.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773532069
- ISBN
- 9780773532069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 47.63
€ 50.99
€ 47.63
paperback. Uses the lens of medieval preaching to examine the mendicant friars' transformation of Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. Num Pages: 408 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000730
- ISBN
- 9780691089874
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000585
- ISBN
- 9780812968170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034760
- ISBN
- 9780822321996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This book examines the influences on the reception of Darwinism in the nineteenth- early twentieth-century. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L.; Stenhouse, John. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034628
- ISBN
- 9780521011051
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 114. Weight in Grams: 806. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034612
- ISBN
- 9780907845607
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HRQX; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 442. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033672
- ISBN
- 9780857380975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. For the first time, the facts and background are brought together, setting the record straight in this attractive portrayal of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 196 pages, illus. 89 plates. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033330
- ISBN
- 9780415050364
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This text disputes the claims made by Bernal in "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization", that ancient Greek culture derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence on Western civilization. Editor(s): Lefkowitz, Mary R.; Rogers, Guy Maclean. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 illustrations, 6 tables, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033158
- ISBN
- 9780807845554
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. An exploration of the roles of metamorphosis and hybridity in the establishment of personal identity, with particular emphasis on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032790
- ISBN
- 9781890951221
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032561
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. * written by one of the world's leading anthropologists; * fills the gap for an accessible comparative study of the history of capitalism; * examines the causes and nature of the West's position of economic advantage; * challenges assumptions about long--term European supremacy of a culturala kind. . Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032532
- ISBN
- 9780745631912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The true story of the famous female warriors, long thought to be mythical Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, Plate Section. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136770
- ISBN
- 9781472136770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. A concise survey that introduces readers to the people, ideas, and conflicts in European history from the Thirty Years' War to the Napoleonic Era. The authors draw on gender studies, environmental history, anthropology and cultural history to frame the essential argument of the work. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765603289
- ISBN
- 9780765603289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.15
€ 84.15
hardcover. The US Army supply system for the Normandy Invasion suffered from several serious shortcomings which could have been avoided. The purpose of this book is to examine a period of military history that has received little attention elsewhere. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313290541
- ISBN
- 9780313290541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.25
€ 105.25
Hardcover. Hans Blumenberg's account of the transition of the world from medieval to modern, given in his 1966 work "The Legitimacy of the Modern Age", has received wide attention. Elizabeth Brient begins her own account of the transition with an extensive, critical assessment of aspects of Blumenberg's work. Num Pages: 296 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210896
- ISBN
- 9780813210896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.52
€ 102.52
paperback. Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; HBG; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHD0000874
- ISBN
- 9781846681202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.55
€ 7.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802073679
- ISBN
- 9780802073679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.81
€ 53.81