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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Deals with the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. This book takes an approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162416
ISBN
9780691162416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. Charles II's first and most important parliament sat for eighteen years without a general election, earning itself the sobriquet "Long". This book is the study of this Restoration Parliament. It recovers a crucial period of parliamentary history, that helps to explain the Glorious Revolution, and opens a discussion about historiographical method. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137088
ISBN
9780300137088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.31

Paperback. Portrays an Anglo-Irish ascendancy, struggling through the post-war depression aided by drink, horse-racing and religion, and their own idiosyncratic adaptations to modern life. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011024
ISBN
9781906011024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover. This text reconstructs the history of the Sufi Naqshbandi brotherhood and its impact on the North Caucasus (Chechnya and Daghestan) in the early 19th century. It draws on Naqshbandi Arabic sources to explain the pivotal role of Sufism in transforming mountain society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 763.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653844
ISBN
9781850653844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 58.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 x 8 page colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408833643
ISBN
9781408833643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Hardback. U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages color photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America's First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle. 304 pages, 16 page colour photos. An all-American girl, a top scholar, student body president, ROTC battalion commander, and highly ranked college tennis player; and the first woman combat pilot killed in battle. Told through nearly fifty interviews and her own e-mails to family and friends, and is entwined with Ann Hampton's narrative of loving and losing a child. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001029
ISBN
9781612001029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Silva, A.; Silvas, Anna. Series: Brepols Medieval Women Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019543
ISBN
9780271019543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 432. Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44. 512 pages. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight: 380.
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822418
ISBN
9781408822418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader eager to engage with the West. This book tells the story of Putin's iron grip on Russian life from the individual citizens whose situations have been shaped by his brand of tyranny. Translator(s): Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781843430506
ISBN
9781843430506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Offers an insider's view of the Chechen War conflict. This work focuses her attention on those caught in the crossfire. It recounts the everyday horrors of living in the midst of war, examines how the Chechen war has damaged Russian society, and takes a look at the ways people on both sides profited from it. Translator(s): Burry, Alexander; Tulchinsky, Tatiana. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226674339
ISBN
9780226674339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.34

paperback. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, this title is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of Russians and a pitiless report on the cynicism and corruption of Vladimir Putin's Presidency. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523451
ISBN
9780099523451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.71

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691628837
ISBN
9780691628837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.68

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609980
ISBN
9780691609980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.56
€ 65.30

Hardcover. Series: Historical Tours. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
GPP Travel United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762757411
ISBN
9780762757411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. The 19th-century women reformers discussed in this text, including Angelina Grimke and Abby Kelley, rejected the repressive features of the Christianity of their day. Their religiosity, however, was fundamental to their world view. This work explores the dimensions of this evolving faith. Series: Women & gender in North American religions. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; HRCM; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628507
ISBN
9780815628507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Paperback. Offers an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor. This book provides a view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Editor(s): Frankopan, Peter. Translator(s): Sewter, E.R.A. Num Pages: 624 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 424. Three volumes bound in gilt decorated green buckram housed in a slipcase.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455274
ISBN
9780140455274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. The garden created by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle in the early 1570s was one of the wonders of Elizabethan England. This beautifully illustrated book presents the extensive research that went into English Heritage's ambitious re-creation of the garden in 2009 and describes the process by which the new garden was designed. Editor(s): Keay, Anna; Watkins, John. Num Pages: 222 pages, 163. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1; HBLH; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848020344
ISBN
9781848020344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.14

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838388
ISBN
9781843838388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. An original conceptual exploration of Shanghai which examines the emergence today of the 'City of Tomorrow'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JFSG; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043601
ISBN
9781849043601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a twentieth-century Judas. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026512
ISBN
9780842026512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

hardcover. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a twentieth-century Judas. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026505
ISBN
9780842026505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.41

Paperback. The story of how a chemical weapon went from the battlefield to the streets Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBW; JWMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784780265
ISBN
9781784780265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008163969
ISBN
9780008163969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.38

Paperback. Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126012
ISBN
9780691126012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

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