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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330298
- ISBN
- 9780393330298
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
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Hardcover. Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reveals the pivot in the nation's path between the founding and civil war. Num Pages: 624 pages, 35 illustrations; 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393073713
- ISBN
- 9780393073713
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.53
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Paperback. Studies admission records to Soviet Communist party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; GTB; HBG; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991122
- ISBN
- 9780295991122
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
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paperback. An exploration of the administration of law and its role in the lives of ordinary people in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. It draws upon a rich but little-known legal collection from the late 3rd century known as the "Codex Hermogenianus". Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221476
- ISBN
- 9780253221476
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
paperback. An insight into the life and world of Civil War-time Washington from the woman's perspective, this collection of letters is a perspective on life in the nation's capital during an important period in American history. Editor(s): Laas, Virginia Jeans. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 787.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252068591
- ISBN
- 9780252068591
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226795409
- ISBN
- 9780226795409
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92
Hardcover. After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, his second declaration, after socialism, was that Cuba would become a leader in international science. This book shows how Cuba came to compete with US pharmaceutical giants - despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709178
- ISBN
- 9780226709178
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.16
€ 52.99
€ 41.16
Hardcover. On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226501086
- ISBN
- 9780226501086
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.42
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€ 32.42
Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226351148
- ISBN
- 9780226351148
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
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hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226339986
- ISBN
- 9780226339986
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.35
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€ 36.35
Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 422 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201320
- ISBN
- 9780226201320
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 55.08
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€ 55.08
Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 452 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201313
- ISBN
- 9780226201313
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 55.32
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Hardcover. While Marco Polo's writings would go on to inspire the likes of Christopher Columbus, scholars have long debated their veracity. Now, there's new evidence: a collection of fourteen little-known maps and related documents said to have belonged to the family of Marco Polo himself. The author offers an analysis of these artifacts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 colour plates, 23 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226149820
- ISBN
- 9780226149820
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.21
€ 51.99
€ 40.21
hardcover. With strokes at once broad and incisive, this book examines the many different trajectories that nations of the West have followed over the past hundred years. It features a testament to the crucial role of the historian, a reflection on how history is made and lived, and how the imagination is a catalyst for political change. Translator(s): Furet, Deborah. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 137 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114491
- ISBN
- 9780226114491
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.27
€ 24.99
€ 20.27
Hardcover. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112671
- ISBN
- 9780226112671
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 55.42
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€ 55.42
Hardcover. Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization - home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. This book focuses on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101583
- ISBN
- 9780226101583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 55.08
€ 65.36
€ 55.08
Hardcover. Tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226082448
- ISBN
- 9780226082448
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.51
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€ 34.51
Paperback. The eighteenth century is in many ways the most problematic era in Irish history. The years from 1700 to 1775 have been short-changed by historians, who have concentrated on the last quarter of the period. Ian McBride's new survey seeks to correct that balance. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 686 563pp. Volume 4 in the New Gill History of Ireland, this completes the series
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd Dublin
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717116270
- ISBN
- 9780717116270
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.68
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€ 19.68
Paperback. Continuing from the fall of the Second Empire until the ending of the war, and the founding of a unified Germany, this second part of a two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War explores events in other parts of France, including the siege of Strasbourg, the activities of the Francs Tireurs, and the investment of Metz. Num Pages: 536 pages, 97 b&w illustrations, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 45. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033460
- ISBN
- 9781906033460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.00
€ 46.99
€ 33.00
hardcover. An examination of American foreign policy from the beginning of the Truman Administration to the implementation of Containment in 1947. As a case study of the early Cold War efforts, it explores pre-Containment policy in the light of US security concerns vis-a-vis the Pearl Harbour Syndrome. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSP; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313313011
- ISBN
- 9780313313011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.59
€ 90.59