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Paperback. Explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. This book shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies - over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 396 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBJK; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283879
- ISBN
- 9780520283879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These secret flotillas" landed and picked up agents in and from France Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590805
- ISBN
- 9781781590805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. World War II affected every aspect of life on the British home front. From food rationing to air-raid shelters to war work, those left at home had to make huge changes in their day-to-day lives as Britain mobilised, economised, and saved in the name of Victory. This title looks at what these changes actually meant for families. Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747808299
- ISBN
- 9780747808299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.57
€ 9.57
Hardcover. "The Greek Anthology" contains some 4,500 Greek poems in the sparkling, diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred composers, collected over centuries, and arranged by subject. This Loeb edition replaces the earlier edition by W. R. Paton, with a Greek text and ample notes reflecting current scholarship. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 117 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996885
- ISBN
- 9780674996885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. The mainland and islands of Greece were settled by peoples moving from Asia Minor in c.5000 BC, while a further wave in c.5000 BC introduced bronze-working to the region. This title recreates the world of these peoples through an examination of their material culture. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780968582
- ISBN
- 9781780968582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war's beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unleashed the war through policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072336
- ISBN
- 9780674072336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.33
€ 27.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. Argues for a completely new interpretation of republican chronology. While classicists have long recognized that the Roman Republic changed and evolved over time, the author mounts a serious argument against the idea of republican continuity that has been fundamental to modern historical study. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152585
- ISBN
- 9780691152585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJSA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226151625
- ISBN
- 9780226151625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.97
€ 33.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. Quatre Bras was the battle that turned a campaign - a tale of triumph and disaster. This book combines the testimony with a study of the topography of the battlefield and knowledge of Napoleonic warfare to tell the story of a battle where commanders made errors of omission and commission and where cowardice rubbed shoulders with heroism. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457604
- ISBN
- 9780752457604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Paperback. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Liberties and Commons for All. 376 pages, Illustrations. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260009
- ISBN
- 9780520260009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning.. In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141025322
- ISBN
- 9780141025322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Hardcover. This biography of writer, translator, teacher, and feminist Ada Gobetti, the first in English or Italian, frames her activism in the Resistenza as a chapter in a lifetime of resistance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465724
- ISBN
- 9781580465724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. The first ever complete history of Britain's Second World War female secret agents, including many of the women's accounts of their experiences working with resistance movements before and after D-Day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445634319
- ISBN
- 9781445634319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.89
€ 18.89
Paperback. Looks at the transformation of the Roman world under the combined impact of Christianity and barbarian incomers. This book charts these and other significant developments which marked the transformation of Ancient Rome into medieval Byzantium. It provides a clear analytical narrative of pivotal political, military, and religious developments. Series Editor(s): Richardson, J. S. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627912
- ISBN
- 9780748627912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907991004
- ISBN
- 9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.09
€ 24.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. A groundbreaking history of abolition in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Num Pages: 784 pages, 66 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227116
- ISBN
- 9780300227116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture. Here the factual and fictional events and characters in religious beliefs are studied. It traces monotheism back to the Egyptian king Akhenaten and shows how Moses's followers established truth by denouncing all others as false. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line illustration; 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBLA; HRAB; HRKP1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674587397
- ISBN
- 9780674587397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.10
€ 46.99
€ 39.10
Hardback. The battle of Arnhem has acquired a near-legendary status in British military history as an audacious plan to land a paratroopers into the Netherlands and spearhead an attack against the German-held Ruhr, ended in disaster. If you want to understand what happened and why - read Battle Story. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463117
- ISBN
- 9780752463117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951689
- ISBN
- 9781845951689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. A cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories and historical paintings commissioned for the US Capital between 1815 and 1860. It seeks to give the reader an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works. Series: Perspectives on the Art & Architectural History of the United States Capitol. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0212660
- ISBN
- 9780821413425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16-pp colour photo insert; 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553393958
- ISBN
- 9780553393958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. 1914-18: the first air war, fought by true pioneers not only of aerial combat but of flight itself. British pilots, observers and gunners played a vital part in the Allied war effort around the globe, from the desolation of the Western Front and the mountains of Italy to the deserts of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the freezing Russian steppes. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747813682
- ISBN
- 9780747813682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.87
€ 8.87
Paperback. The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977125
- ISBN
- 9780340977125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. The author paints a picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans. Num Pages: 344 pages, 45 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Expanded paperback edition with a New preface by
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155326
- ISBN
- 9780691155326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20