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hardcover. These essays provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level, they reflect the different and, at times, widely divergent scholarly approaches to this subject matter. Editor(s): Hallaq, Wael B. Series Editor(s): Conrad, Professor Lawrence I. Series: The Formation of the Classical Islamic World. Num Pages: 458 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBT; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860787143
ISBN
9780860787143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 293.59

hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138860339
ISBN
9781138860339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.66

Series: Cassini Popular Edition Historical Map. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98. Series: Cassini Popular Edition Historical Map. 1 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 137 x 227 x 7. Weight: 98.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cassini Publishing Ltd
Edition
Popular ed
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847361516
ISBN
9781847361516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

paperback. Abolishing the Taboo takes a new look at the integral role played by Eisenhower in the creation of a new nuclear creed for the United States during the Cold War. Series: Helion Studies in Military History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677311
ISBN
9781907677311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.75

Hardcover. In Abolishing the Taboo, Brian Madison Jones takes a new look at the integral role played by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the creation of a new nuclear creed for the United States during the Cold War. Series: Helion Studies in Military History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; HBWS; JPF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384057
ISBN
9781909384057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 45.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982819
ISBN
9781909982819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. The Final Solution sets out to clarify the key questions surrounding the attempt by the Nazis to exterminate the Jews. The controversial results of this study challenge many of our accepted ideas about the period. Editor(s): Ceserani, David. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152327
ISBN
9780415152327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.25

hardcover. The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this text. It looks at the Norman relations with the Byzantine world, and includes several studies on the church. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAM9; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860788034
ISBN
9780860788034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.55

Paperback. Provides an overview of what is arguably the most elusive sense. From hygiene to aromatherapy, the fetid to the fragrant, smells are shown to be much more than just an adornment or a nuisance. This work demonstrates how essential smell is to sexuality, social status, personal identity, and cultural tradition. Editor(s): Drobnick, Jim. Series: Sensory Formations. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
English Ed
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845202132
ISBN
9781845202132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.71

Paperback. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714644592
ISBN
9780714644592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.01

hardcover. Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. Nehemiah Wallington is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618 and 1654. This edition covers subjects that animated Wallington's everyday life. It also includes Wallington's reflections on his own mental wellbeing, at times suicidal, at others ecstatic. Editor(s): Booy, Dr. David. Num Pages: 396 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 731.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754651864
ISBN
9780754651864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

Paperback. Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414389
ISBN
9780582414389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.27

paperback. Most of this collection pertains to records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, while other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities. Editor(s): Eltis, David; Richardson, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780714643908
ISBN
9780714643908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.66

hardcover. Explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Offering new insights, this is the first comprehensive analysis of an historically significant event. Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415172073
ISBN
9780415172073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.66

paperback. Anti-apartheid was one of the most significant international causes of the late twentieth century. The book provides the first detailed history of the emergence of anti-apartheid activism in Britain and the USA, tracing the network of individuals and groups who shaped the moral and political character of the movement. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349301485
ISBN
9781349301485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

paperback. Seven people signed the Proclamation of the Republic in 1916 - four of them were poets. To commemorate its centenary, Cork City Council has commissioned four of Ireland's leading contemporary writers to reflect on the meaning of this single most important artefact of the 1916 Rising. Editor(s): McCarthy, Thomas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848893122
ISBN
9781848893122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.60

Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116695
ISBN
9780415116695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.33

Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063348
ISBN
9780226063348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 55.42

Hardcover. Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features. Num Pages: 400 pages, 81 colour plates, 301 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 366 x 290 x 30. Weight in Grams: 3180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317618
ISBN
9780226317618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.25
€ 60.30

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