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Paperback. Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. This book argues that the technical and philosophical Hermetica, apparently so different, might be seen as aspects of a single "way of Hermes." Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691024981
ISBN
9780691024981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. An introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and women - representing Egyptian culture, state and society. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226155562
ISBN
9780226155562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. aeo Offers a wide--ranging overview of Egyptian peoples and their society from origins to the present. aeo Interweaves political narrative with insights into economy and culture, stressing continuities as well as change. aeo Charts internal development alongside external relations especially with other Arab countries and the West. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211952
ISBN
9780631211952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648484
ISBN
9780691648484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.94
€ 159.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468853
ISBN
9780226468853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838234
ISBN
9781843838234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.86

Hardback. Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245839
ISBN
9780520245839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Paperback. The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142401
ISBN
9780226142401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Hardcover. Takes the reader on an international tour of macabre and devotional architectural masterpieces in nearly 20 countries. This book brings together some of the world's most important charnel sites, ranging from the crypts of the Capuchin monasteries in Italy, to the strange tomb of a 1960s wealthy Peruvian nobleman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 421 illustrations, 290 in colour. BIC Classification: AMN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 314 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500251782
ISBN
9780500251782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.35

Paperback. Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," this work bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFCK; JFCX; JPHV; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691102627
ISBN
9780691102627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. The Empire Reformed describes how, in the era of the Glorious Revolution, imperial leaders and colonial subjects created new political bonds based on their common desire to save English America from the designs of French "papists" and their "savage" Indian allies. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222838
ISBN
9780812222838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Klein, Milton M. Num Pages: 864 pages, 139. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489914
ISBN
9780801489914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162577
ISBN
9780691162577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardcover. Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires - a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the rural poor - and Patrick McGlynn - an avaricious schoolmaster who turned informer on them, availing of hunger, disease, debt, hardship, and death to expand his holding at the expense of his neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198738619
ISBN
9780198738619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.98

Paperback. From polo players to migrant workers, an inside peek at one of America's most exclusive communities. Num Pages: 277 pages, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719978
ISBN
9780814719978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. Rosenfeld charts the cultural forces that have minimized the Holocaust in popular perceptions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356437
ISBN
9780253356437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPC; HPS; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176729
ISBN
9780231176729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A study of the evolution of an English sense of nationhood and of the distinctive characteristics of England and the English that gave it form and substance. Covering 12 centuries, this is a one-volume history of the English nation, from its origins to the present. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196068
ISBN
9780631196068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardback. William the Conqueror's victory in 1066 was the beginning of a period of major transformation for medieval English aristocrats. This book examines the fate of the English aristocracy between the reigns of the Conqueror and Edward I. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300114553
ISBN
9780300114553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.28
€ 40.23

Hardcover. Editor(s): Duffy, Sean; Foran, Susan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846822230
ISBN
9781846822230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 38.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Eileen. Series: Food and Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018507
ISBN
9781903018507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. A frank, salacious and often shocking portrait of an institution Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848544017
ISBN
9781848544017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176056
ISBN
9780300176056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 61.38

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGH; HBT; JM; PSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Buckingham Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684660
ISBN
9781908684660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.27

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