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hardcover. This work uncovers a culture of courtly surveillance, secrecy, and espionage in an era generally regarded, since Foucault, as characterized by the association of sovereignty with public display. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804720793
- ISBN
- 9780804720793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Hardback. Moments define us: moments of adversity reveal character; moments of challenge disclose courage or cowardice; moments of action uncover decision or irresolution; and defining moments reveal leadership. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp llusstrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612002026
- ISBN
- 9781612002026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.95
€ 32.99
€ 28.95
Hardcover. The story of Clint Sperry - an American fighter pilot in P47 Thunderbolts, stationed in England during the Second World War Num Pages: 272 pages, 118 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554562
- ISBN
- 9781781554562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596090316
- ISBN
- 9781596090316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.67
€ 19.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. The common perception is that Christianity in Africa was responsible for many injustices and harm to the culture and society of the continent, but Islam fitted well in Africa, and eschewed slavery. Azumah shows that Islam enslaved and forcibly converted as many African people as Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTS; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851682737
- ISBN
- 9781851682737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.02
€ 33.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic and popular history, this is a chronicle of four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, it explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the images that have shaped perceptions of the region. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 illustrations, 8 tables, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853689
- ISBN
- 9780807853689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to a fateful period in German history. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it illuminates the everyday workings of Weimar culture to explain its impact and meaning for everyday lives. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137347183
- ISBN
- 9781137347183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.75
€ 71.75
Hardcover. Turning to Nature in Germany traces the history of organized hiking, nudism, and conservation in the earlier twentieth century, showing how hundreds of thousands of Germans sought to find solutions to the nation's crises in nature Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 tables, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFCA; RNK; WSZC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804700153
- ISBN
- 9780804700153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Offering a comprehensive overview of Quebec, this book focuses on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. It covers Quebec's political history and includes a bibliography and chronology and illustrations. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773534407
- ISBN
- 9780773534407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
paperback. "Even in an age of emerging nationhood, English men and women still thought very much in terms of their parishes, towns, and counties. This book examines the vitality of early modern local consciousness and its deployment by writers to mediate the larger political, religious, and cultural changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"-- Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349325610
- ISBN
- 9781349325610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818787
- ISBN
- 9780753818787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Hardback. John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Taylor, C. James; Woodward, Hobson; Hogan, Margaret A.; Claffey, Mary T.; Sikes, Sara B.; Graham, Judith S. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674026070
- ISBN
- 9780674026070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.25€ 125.27
€ 140.25
€ 125.27
Hardcover. This volume shows John Adams to be a determined and resourceful diplomat, unafraid to go beyond the bounds of traditional diplomacy to implement his vision of American foreign policy. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Cecere, Anne Decker; Taylor, C. James; Shea, Jennifer; Walker, Celeste; Hogan, Margaret A. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674012813
- ISBN
- 9780674012813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.76€ 133.56
€ 149.76
€ 133.56
Hardcover. In this volume, the circumstances and reasoning behind Adams's bold moves in the spring of 1781 are presented in full, showing him to be a determined and resourceful diplomat, unafraid to go beyond the bounds of traditional diplomacy to implement his vision of American foreign policy. Editor(s): Ryerson, Richard Alan; Cecere, Anne Decker; Shea, Jennifer; Taylor, C. James; Walker, Celeste. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 568 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674011366
- ISBN
- 9780674011366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.76€ 133.56
€ 149.76
€ 133.56
Hardback. Minister to Britain John Adams was unable to enforce the peace treaty of 1783 and renew Anglo-American commerce. But he saved U.S. credit, petitioned to release impressed sailors, saw the Prussian-American treaty ratified, and laid the groundwork for negotiations with the Barbary States. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 183 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728950
- ISBN
- 9780674728950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.15€ 97.32
€ 108.15
€ 97.32
Hardcover. These two volumes consist of over 600 letters and documents that Adams sent to, and received from, numerous correspondents in Europe and America. It chronicles Adam's efforts to convince the British that peace was essential, as well as other diplomatic efforts and more personal correspondence. Editor(s): Revelas, Joanna M.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Walker, Celeste; Decker, Anne M. Series: Adams Papers: General Correspondence & Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 94. Weight in Grams: 3082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674654457
- ISBN
- 9780674654457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 310.29€ 282.71
€ 310.29
€ 282.71
Hardcover. Volume 18 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles John Adams' tenure as minister to Great Britain and his joint commission, with Jefferson, to negotiate treaties with Europe and North Africa. Adams found it impossible to do "any Thing Satisfactory" with Britain, and the volume ends with his decision to resign his posts. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Martin, Sara; Taylor, C. James; Georgini, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Norton, Amanda M. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545076
- ISBN
- 9780674545076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 90.07
€ 99.82
€ 90.07
Hardback. None of the founding fathers of America equals the candor of John Adams' observations of his eighteenth-century world. This title features Adams' letters that reveal his positions on the personalities and issues of his times. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051232
- ISBN
- 9780674051232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.55€ 115.96
€ 129.55
€ 115.96
Hardcover. A new chapter in John Adam's diplomatic career opened when the Dutch recognized the United States in April 1782. This volume chronicles Adam's efforts to achieve these objectives. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Taylor, C. James; Hogan, Margaret A.; Rodrique, Jessie M.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson. Num Pages: 536 pages, 12halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018129
- ISBN
- 9780674018129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.12€ 80.76
€ 89.12
€ 80.76
Hardback. Adams, with Franklin and Jefferson, formed a joint commission to conclude commercial treaties with the nations of Europe and North Africa. As minister to the Netherlands he raised a new Dutch loan to save America from financial ruin. For the first time since 1778, Adams was no longer engaged in "militia diplomacy." Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 256 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065574
- ISBN
- 9780674065574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.15€ 97.32
€ 108.15
€ 97.32