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paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323679
- ISBN
- 9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.87
€ 42.99
€ 28.87
Hardcover. Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures, particularly given the periods of violent revolution in which they lived. This novel comparative study explores how these queens perceived their roles as wives, mothers, and heads of royal households. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497727
- ISBN
- 9781137497727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Paperback. Series: Queenship and Power. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349570263
- ISBN
- 9781349570263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912645
- ISBN
- 9781439912645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474262
- ISBN
- 9780801474262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.53
€ 40.99
€ 36.53
Hardback. Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACBK; HBJK; HDDA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 661. Weight in Grams: 1333.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477310304
- ISBN
- 9781477310304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
Paperback. Introduction to the life and work of Herodotus, the first historian in the western tradition. Editor(s): Wiens, John; Marincola, John M.; Dewald, Carolyn. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 402 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 400 pages, 5 maps. Editor(s): Wiens, John; Marincola, John M.; Dewald, Carolyn. Introduction to the life and work of Herodotus, the first historian in the western tradition. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 25. Weight: 624.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521536837
- ISBN
- 9780521536837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Hardback. Through an inventive and original engagement with Don Quixote and other Golden Age literature, Carolyn A. Nadeau explores the shifts in Spain's cultural and gastronomic history. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637306
- ISBN
- 9781442637306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475795
- ISBN
- 9780801475795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849170734
- ISBN
- 9781849170734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Late Medieval Christianity's encounter with miraculous materials viewed in the context of changing conceptions of matter itself. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408116
- ISBN
- 9781935408116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122786
- ISBN
- 9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737622
- ISBN
- 9781444737622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707196
- ISBN
- 9780198707196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.40
€ 60.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 465 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 465
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974272
- ISBN
- 9780865974272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.00
€ 11.99
€ 11.00
Hardcover. This book examines a range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Schroder's SDP-Green coalition came to power in 1998. A central theme is the 'dialectic of normality' whereby references to Nazi past impact upon present normality. The book is a valuable resource for students of contemporary German politics, history and culture. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518049
- ISBN
- 9780230518049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
Paperback. On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. This title presents the story of these women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523895
- ISBN
- 9780099523895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554646
- ISBN
- 9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226448565
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61