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Paperback. Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099548874
- ISBN
- 9780099548874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313283
- ISBN
- 9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025735
- ISBN
- 9780226025735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.15
€ 51.99
€ 40.15
Paperback. Paperback, blue cover. Cover is slightly faded. 98pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Royal Yachting Association Surrey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KON0819593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. * A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912 * Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 maps, 30halftones, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235910
- ISBN
- 9780631235910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JPA; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801974
- ISBN
- 9780896801974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. The Many Meanings of Poverty is about poverty in a colonial context--it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 4 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751780
- ISBN
- 9780804751780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280395
- ISBN
- 9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. This work traces the adventures, discoveries and feats of technical ingenuity by which mapmakers, over the centuries, have succeeded in charting first the surface of the globe, then the earth's interior and the ocean floors, and finally the moon and the planets of our solar system. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668125
- ISBN
- 9780712668125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.70
€ 32.99
€ 23.70
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834786
- ISBN
- 9781843834786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. An exploration of one of the paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBT; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 65. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106748
- ISBN
- 9780349106748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.79
€ 20.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Examines the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between the Black Death and Protestant Reformation. This title discovers that social relations between men, founded on the ideals of honesty and self-restraint, were at least as important as their domination and control of women in defining their identities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569574
- ISBN
- 9780226569574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in the 1990s and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBT; HBW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654179
- ISBN
- 9781850654179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.18
€ 25.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Nick's parents purchased an old Thames sailing barge. It was an unusual choice of a home in a time when new houses were in demand after Second World War. Nick was lucky to be brought up on board, moving school as the barge moved from port to port on the Medway and Thames. The barge was overhauled by Nick's parents, but the children helped too. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442259
- ISBN
- 9780752442259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Harlan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018248
- ISBN
- 9781903018248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.87
€ 40.99
€ 33.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024033
- ISBN
- 9780884024033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.37€ 67.91
€ 74.37
€ 67.91
Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242560
- ISBN
- 9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Paperback. The figure of the medieval cook revealed, in the context of time and circumstance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations, 19 black and white. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838265
- ISBN
- 9781843838265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. Have you ever wondered what life was like for the ordinary housewife in the Middle Ages? Or how much power a medieval lady really had? Find out in this fascinating book. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445643700
- ISBN
- 9781445643700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
€ 20.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020446
- ISBN
- 9780268020446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.84
€ 47.99
€ 42.84
Hardcover. In The Medieval Kitchen, Hannele Klemettila presents a richly illustrated history of medieval food and cookery in Western Europe and Scandinavia. The book is also a practical cookbook, with a collection of more than 60 originally sourced recipes that can easily be prepared in today's modern home. Num Pages: 224 pages, 114 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899088
- ISBN
- 9781861899088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.79
€ 40.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. This book challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth century, and provides a view of medieval prison life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135335
- ISBN
- 9780691135335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 42.46
€ 53.17
€ 42.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 603 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0007956
- ISBN
- 9780486260020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99