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Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624686
ISBN
9780691624686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.15

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B C E. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, it integrates political, military, social, and cultural history. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160055
ISBN
9780300160055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian's rule in the sixth century AD, the author offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilization by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 maps, 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198317
ISBN
9780300198317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488467
ISBN
9780801488467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.00

paperback. The human impulse to religion can be seen to encompass environmentalism as an offshoot of the secular, material faith in human reason and power that dominates modern society. This book traces the history of environmentalism - and its moral thrust - from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism through the Progressive Era to the present. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HR; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985565
ISBN
9780295985565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231123266
ISBN
9780231123266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.80

Paperback. An important contribution to the discussion of the Arab lands before European hegemony and a detailed study of a region and power center many scholars identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 graphs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123273
ISBN
9780231123273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141986609
ISBN
9780141986609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277519
ISBN
9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277502
ISBN
9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 72.77

Paperback. *the full-scale story of the nineteenth-century imperial invasion of Africa Num Pages: 768 pages, Section: 32, B&W. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780349104492
ISBN
9780349104492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. * The classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798 Num Pages: 432 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349112527
ISBN
9780349112527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Translation of: Schlafender Lotos, trunkenes Huhn. Translator(s): Margolis, Karen. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161862
ISBN
9780231161862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Nolan, Daniel. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 760 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607559
ISBN
9780691607559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.95
€ 98.34

Paperback. Proffers diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. This book brings political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means. Editor(s): Bisson, T. N. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215557
ISBN
9780812215557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Hardcover. Thomas Murray's The Story of the Irish in Argentina was first published in New York in 1919. During the nineteenth century, nearly 45,000 Irish-born individuals emigrated to Argentina. They were members of medium tenant families from Westmeath, Longford, Offaly, and Wexford (though Dublin, Cork, and Clare were well represented). Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KLSA; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
366
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184745
ISBN
9781859184745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line illustration, 4 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. Ethnic Classification in Modern China. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight: 350.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272743
ISBN
9780520272743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. "The History of King Richard the Third" is Thomas More's English masterpiece. This book intends to make More's work accessible to 21st-century readers. It presents More's text with modern English spelling and punctuation, and with full annotation of linguistic difficulties and the historical background. Editor(s): Logan, George M.; More, Saint Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
A reading ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217998
ISBN
9780253217998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

Hardback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 302 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010902
ISBN
9781847010902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 59.72

Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011503
ISBN
9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.81

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