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paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260375
ISBN
9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

hardcover. The Power of Song analyzes the music of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities in the Spanish-American borderlands. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770866
ISBN
9780804770866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

hardcover. "Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les coptes d'Egypte." Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTB; JFSL1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798907
ISBN
9780804798907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Hardcover. A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery. Num Pages: 596 pages, 8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065312
ISBN
9780393065312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850457292
ISBN
9780850457292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardcover. Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of color and 83 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBT; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404336
ISBN
9780871404336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Untangling the ongoing consequences of Guatemala's 1954 coup d'etat Editor(s): Smith, Timothy J.; Adams, Abigail E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077845
ISBN
9780252077845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065963
ISBN
9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Today, many believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. This view satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as Gallagher's searing revisionist history shows, it is an anachronistic judgment. Northern citizen-soldiers fought the war to preserve the Union. Emancipation was secondary to the war's primary goal of safeguarding the republic. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066083
ISBN
9780674066083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history-the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801866470
ISBN
9780801866470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.63

Paperback. What he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18, 6 maps, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892707
ISBN
9780801892707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Paperback. Provides a poignant glimpse into the world of boys torn from their comfortable childhoods and separated from their families, ultimately to perish in the Nazi death machine Editor(s): Wilson, Paul R. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780827609440
ISBN
9780827609440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804484
ISBN
9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240795
ISBN
9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.27

Paperback. Making environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, Water on Sand opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry. Editor(s): Mikhail, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 hts. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBL; HBTP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199768660
ISBN
9780199768660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016064
ISBN
9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.36
€ 54.32

paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197204
ISBN
9780300197204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

paperback. Num Pages: 877 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 213 x 40. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
877
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307278074
ISBN
9780307278074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

hardcover. Undertakes a critical analysis of the history of domestic tourism in Yugoslavia under Commumism. It reviews tourism as a political, economic and social project of the Yugoslav federal state, and as a crucial field of social integration. Editor(s): Grandits, Hannes; Taylor, Karin. Num Pages: 432 pages, ca. 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JPFF; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776692
ISBN
9789639776692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.76

paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803271029
ISBN
9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.77

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