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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
€ 293.59
Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day-to-day struggle of circumstances to the white heat of battle and the constant threat of injury or death. It features contributions from soldiers of both sides and of differing backgrounds. Num Pages: 304 pages, bw pics throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091926281
- ISBN
- 9780091926281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
paperback. Following the success of "Forgotten Voices of the Great War", this book chronicles one of human histories darkest hours - the Holocaust. This book draws on the recorded evidence of the experiences of Holocaust survivors for the Imperial War Museum sound archive - one of the most important archives of its kind in the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091898267
- ISBN
- 9780091898267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this work present the oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910044
- ISBN
- 9780091910044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813020
- ISBN
- 9780781813020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. In eight case studies written by recognized experts this book offers a major contribution to the comparative analysis of genocidal phenomena. Besides tapping a rich vein of empirical data, this collective effort breaks new ground in analyzing how denial, oblivion, or manipulated memory tends to mask the hideous realities of mass killing. Editor(s): Lemarchand, Rene. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222630
- ISBN
- 9780812222630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; HBTR; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607009
- ISBN
- 9780691607009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.80€ 59.92
€ 76.80
€ 59.92
Paperback. Explores the nature and development of Alberta's constitution by examining many cases and themes that have shaped legal, social, economic, political, and cultural rights and responsibilities within Alberta and Canada. This book contains themes that illustrate how Alberta's constitution is the product of decades of contest, debate, and division. Editor(s): Connors, Richard; Law, John M. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644589
- ISBN
- 9780888644589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.01
€ 51.99
€ 37.01
Paperback. This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on "deviant" female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority. Num Pages: 600 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740546
- ISBN
- 9780226740546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Reflections on Race, Masculinity and Empire. 224 pages. This volume is a series of reflections about the effects on English white masculinity of Britain's history of empire, from Victorian times to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ2. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853158288
- ISBN
- 9780853158288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.61
€ 20.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. Following the history of managers of the England football team Num Pages: 224 pages, 220 illustrations, some colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752429397
- ISBN
- 9780752429397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; RGBL; RNF; RNPD; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923892
- ISBN
- 9780939923892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.67
€ 34.99
€ 23.67
Hardback. It sheds new light on how cultural conceptions about nature influenced political policies for resource conservation and land management in Venice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13, 3 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892615
- ISBN
- 9780801892615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57€ 60.15
€ 65.57
€ 60.15
Paperback. The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. This title deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3H; HBTK; HBTM; JWF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782007791
- ISBN
- 9781782007791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. This text is a thorough history of the traffic in psychoactive substances. It brings wide research, reasoned judgment, and dry humour to a subject prone to ill-informed and overheated discussions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010031
- ISBN
- 9780674010031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.70
€ 35.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Kolimon, Mery; Wetangterah, Liliya; Campbell-Nelson, Karen. Translator(s): Lindsay, Jennifer. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235909
- ISBN
- 9781922235909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257839
- ISBN
- 9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.46
€ 31.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. In 1432, the Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Seventy years of denunciations, accusations and sentencings left an extraordinarily detailed record, which the author uses in this portrait, calling into question modern conceptions of sexuality and gender. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195122923
- ISBN
- 9780195122923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 halftones. 26 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- REV UPD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160399
- ISBN
- 9780691160399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
paperback. This volume brings together essays by 14 accomplished Lincoln scholars. They provide an insight into how Lincoln's administration dealt with the issues of war and slavery. The work covers facets of three general themes, the problems of emancipation, presidential politics, and the Lincoln legacy. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823219605
- ISBN
- 9780823219605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. In this book R.W. Scribner provides the first detailed analysis of the forms of popular propaganda which were aimed at the illiterate and semi-literate during the Reformation in Germany. Hailed as a pioneering study of great importance on its original publication in 1981, For the Sake of Simple Folk is now available in paperback for the first time. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 360 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198203261
- ISBN
- 9780198203261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.83
€ 109.83
Paperback. In the first half of the 19th century, the safeguarding of the health of the enslaved workers became a central concern for plantation owners and colonial administrators in the Danish West Indies. This title explores the health conditions of the enslaved workers and the health policies initiated by planters and the colonial government. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763531719
- ISBN
- 9788763531719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.51€ 53.51
€ 68.51
€ 53.51
Paperback. The New Deal placed security at the center of American political and economic life by establishing an explicit partnership between the state, economy, and citizens. This history of the American reliance on employment-based benefits examines the interwoven politics of social provision and labor relations from the 1910s to the 1960s. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126050
- ISBN
- 9780691126050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Appx 65-70 4-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB; KNTP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553459272
- ISBN
- 9780553459272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.93
€ 25.99
€ 17.93