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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. This is a biography of Peter the Great. It tells his life story in 12 chapters, including two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation, with the aim of providing a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life and reign. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300103007
- ISBN
- 9780300103007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.11
€ 22.11
Hardback. Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, sociology, economics, and political science to reveal the complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of humanity. Editor(s): Visweswaran, Kamala. Series: Global Perspectives. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100625
- ISBN
- 9781405100625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.84
€ 115.84
Hardback. This volume consists of twenty studies on problems related to "transition to democracy" in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The book focuses on preconditions and problems of transitions, case studies, patterns of performance and consolidation and inter-regional comparative aspects. Editor(s): Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Vetik, Raivo. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334716
- ISBN
- 9780880334716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347851
- ISBN
- 9780936347851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.38
€ 27.99
€ 21.38
Paperback. A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117171
- ISBN
- 9780349117171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.08
€ 17.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Beginning with an hour-by-hour account of one day in Yongle's (Zhu Di, 1360-1424) court, this title presents the multiple dimensions of Yongle's life. It examines the role of birth, education, and tradition in moulding the emperor's personality and values, and paints a portrait of a man characterised by stark contrasts. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 286 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981246
- ISBN
- 9780295981246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. How much radiation is too much? This title examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. Num Pages: 189 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; PNRL; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223288
- ISBN
- 9780520223288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62€ 49.28
€ 62.62
€ 49.28
Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814793589
- ISBN
- 9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry vii for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a prince. Officially, however, he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck, the son of a Flemish boatman. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449966
- ISBN
- 9780099449966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. The two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829226
- ISBN
- 9780753829226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. In a book addressing those interested in the transformation of monarchy into the modern state and in intersections of gender and political power, Crawford examines the roles of female regents in early modern France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015418
- ISBN
- 9780674015418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.28€ 84.35
€ 93.28
€ 84.35
Paperback. Firmly based on the insight that memory is always mediated and that the past is not a stable object, this title demonstrates that we can intervene positively yet critically in the recovery and reinterpretation of events and experiences that have been pushed to the peripheries of the past. Editor(s): Fujitani, T.; White, Geoffrey M.; Yoneyama, Lisa. Num Pages: 472 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 3 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QSP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325642
- ISBN
- 9780822325642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282. A Sourcebook and Reader. 248 pages, illustrations. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256040
- ISBN
- 9780520256040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Villaume, Poul; Westad, Odd Arne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763525886
- ISBN
- 9788763525886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 46.81
€ 59.07
€ 46.81
Paperback. Examines the role played by women's bodies - specifically the bodies of wives - in Spain and Spanish America during the Inquisition. This title reveals how imperialism, the Inquisition, inflation, and economic decline each contributed to a correspondence between the meanings of these human bodies and "other" bodies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326427
- ISBN
- 9780822326427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book illustrates how the women of the 1950s yearned for the innovative technology of the era to liberate them from repetitive drudgery. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958049
- ISBN
- 9780241958049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.09
€ 27.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime since 1988. This biography makes it plain that inside Burma itself little has changed. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099491156
- ISBN
- 9780099491156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
paperback. The Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRAM9; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861973504
- ISBN
- 9781861973504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, 41 halftones, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293189
- ISBN
- 9780226293189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times - Regards sur la Sec...
Schmidt, Thomas; Fleury, Pascale
hardcover. From a workshop held at Universite Laval, Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and its Times brings together fourteen essays and a range of perspectives, including work from scholars in literature, philology, linguistics, history, political science, sociology, and religion. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9781442642164
- ISBN
- 9781442642164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.54
€ 86.54
Paperback. Contains essays that focus on the Frankish realms in the eight and ninth centuries. This volume also examines different methods and genres of historical writing in relation to the perceptions of time and chronology. It also explores the significance of Rome in Carolingian perceptions of the past. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035006
- ISBN
- 9780268035006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319441672
- ISBN
- 9783319441672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.32€ 38.76
€ 106.32
€ 38.76
Paperback. For most of the 20th century, considered opinion in the US regarding Palestine has favored the inherent right of Jews to exist in the Holy Land. That Palestinians, as a native population, could claim the same right has been largely ignored. This book shows how the endurance of such assumptions has impeded a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Num Pages: 399 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Updated Edition with a New Afterwor
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217188
- ISBN
- 9780520217188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473879287
- ISBN
- 9781473879287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20