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Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215785
- ISBN
- 9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.62
€ 83.62
Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.31
€ 103.49
€ 78.31
Paperback. Presents an appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I. Packed with technical specifications, revealing illustrations and exhaustive research, this book deals with the Aegean arms race. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806192
- ISBN
- 9781472806192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Drawing on technical illustrations and exhaustive research, this book tells the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472809506
- ISBN
- 9781472809506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.24
€ 16.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472814708
- ISBN
- 9781472814708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Austria-Hungary did not have an overseas empire. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet. This book details the five classes of Austro-Hungarian battleships in service during World War I. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 76 x 3. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086882
- ISBN
- 9781849086882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196047
- ISBN
- 9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702. Series: Warfare in History. 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight: 662.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837398
- ISBN
- 9781843837398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.54
€ 34.99
€ 29.54
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446783
- ISBN
- 9780752446783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835691
- ISBN
- 9781843835691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Paperback. Conflicting Visions recounts the Cold War history of Canada's turbulent diplomatic relationship with India, from India's independence through to its controversial emergence as a nuclear power, using Canadian technology to help build its first nuclear device. Num Pages: 640 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774829014
- ISBN
- 9780774829014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HRAX; HRCC95; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830851225
- ISBN
- 9780830851225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.60
€ 33.99
€ 28.60
Hardback. Ryan P. Jordan uses the discourse of religious liberty to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (1750-1900). This book seeks to destabilize the widespread assumption that the dominant American culture inevitably trends toward greater freedom in the realm of personal expression. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HRAM2; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858119
- ISBN
- 9780761858119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.90
€ 109.90
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568363561
- ISBN
- 9781568363561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.88
€ 15.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186788
- ISBN
- 9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292626
- ISBN
- 9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. This work depicts the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188034
- ISBN
- 9780141188034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.64
€ 12.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. As the Regia Aeronautica & the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Based on official wartime records & personal memoirs, the tale unfolds of the challenges they faced - as the enemy employed every possible weapon in a relentless bombing campaign. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752466194
- ISBN
- 9780752466194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29