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Paperback. A complete history of the world's greatest stone circle. Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781845295912
- ISBN
- 9781845295912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. This book explores the Soviet attempt to propagandise the 'new Soviet woman' through the magazines Rabotnitsa and Krest'yanka from the 1920s to the end of the Stalin era. Balancing work and family did not prove easy in a climate of shifting economic and demographic priorities, and the book charts the periodic changes made to the model. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JFSJ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772751
- ISBN
- 9780333772751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363330
- ISBN
- 9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363446
- ISBN
- 9780822363446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880337083
- ISBN
- 9780880337083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.63
€ 73.72
€ 57.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336758
- ISBN
- 9780880336758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.86€ 62.72
€ 80.86
€ 62.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- East European Monographs
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880337090
- ISBN
- 9780880337090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.86€ 62.72
€ 80.86
€ 62.72
Hardback. What has the land of Israel meant for the Jewish imagination> This work provides an answer, covering Biblical times up to the present. Its aim is to pierce the mystery of the images of Israel, to grasp their meaning and function, and to trace their origins and history. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741125
- ISBN
- 9780804741125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.98
€ 156.98
Hardback. Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 black and white photos; 3 maps; 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066823
- ISBN
- 9780674066823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. This work offers a fresh perspective to the study of 'Europe' by placing the discussion of 'What is Europe?' and 'What is it to be European?', in a wider context of the study of modernity through a collection of nine case studies. Editor(s): Ichijo, Atsuko. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJD; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337071
- ISBN
- 9781349337071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. Examines the Scottish contribution to the British state during the 1790s, with a view to establish how the government of Scotland met and handled the specific challenges it faced over the course of the decade, and the extent to which the Scots rallied to the defence of Britain at this time of crisis. Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403313
- ISBN
- 9781474403313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 103.50
€ 107.02
€ 103.50
Paperback. A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; BM; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244. A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival. 352 pages, map. A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; BM; HBJD; HBLW3. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408827758
- ISBN
- 9781408827758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Traces the conflicting ways Jews and Germans defined their own victimization and survival, comprehended the trauma of war and genocide, and struggled to rebuild their lives. This book describes Berlin in the days following Germany's surrender. It examines how Germans and Jews interacted and competed for Allied favor, benefits, and victim status. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 7.11.2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143170
- ISBN
- 9780691143170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996205
- ISBN
- 9780674996205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996267
- ISBN
- 9780674996267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. Details the concepts at work within the History of the Peloponnesian War and demonstrates, through case studies of conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the continuing relevance of Thucydidean thought to an analysis and planning of strategic operations. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040112
- ISBN
- 9781849040112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.68
€ 30.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. This text makes available in English the essay, "How to Bring Order to Popular Government", by Renaissance thinker Francesco Guicciardini. It also analyzes this work, showing that the long maturation of Florentine constitutional thought points to a modern idea of the republican state. Translator(s): Moulakis, Athanasios. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689941
- ISBN
- 9780847689941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. The acknowledged authority on Hoover unravels the popular charges of his "homosexuality" and explains why the FBI director was so interested in sex-related information, and why he failed to combat organized crime. "A meticulous account of the real excesses perpetrated by the FBI under Hoover's direction."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKV; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630719
- ISBN
- 9781566630719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.70
€ 28.70
Hardcover. Based on research of FBI files, this text uncovers the FBI's role in espionage cases of the Cold War years. It shows how secrecy immunized FBI operations from critical scrutiny and enabled FBI officials to mask their counterintelligence failures while promoting a politics of McCarthysim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634205
- ISBN
- 9781566634205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.24
€ 30.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. Alshaer's book offers a subtle and historically grounded reading of modern Arabic poetry, emphasising the aesthetic integration of politics within poetic form. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3JH; 3JJ; DSC; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043199
- ISBN
- 9781849043199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
hardcover. Brides of Christ is a study of professed nuns and life in the convents of colonial Mexico. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRLP7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752831
- ISBN
- 9780804752831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.04
€ 87.04
Hardback. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, the author makes the case for a less intrusive international presence with a long-term timeframe for reconstruction in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041645
- ISBN
- 9781849041645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.61
€ 40.99
€ 36.61
Series: Asia in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813145013
- ISBN
- 9780813145013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638253
- ISBN
- 9780748638253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.87
€ 158.87