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Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.36
€ 68.92
€ 53.36
Hardcover. From wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Helms was witness to some of the seminal eventsNVietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. This memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221314
- ISBN
- 9781442221314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.58
€ 26.99
€ 23.58
Paperback. Featuring eight essays and many images from the New York Public Library, this volume traces Russia's development from an insular, medieval, liturgical realm centred on Old Muscovy into a modern, secular, world power embodied in cosmopolitan St Petersburg. Editor(s): Whittaker, Cynthia Hyla. Num Pages: 224 pages, 69 color illustrations, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012783
- ISBN
- 9780674012783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Hardback. The volume brings together 330 documents from the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, a key period in the history of the medieval kingdom, in one scholarly and accessible edition. Editor(s): Neville, Cynthia J.; Simpson, Grant. Series: Regesta Regum Scottorum. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638. Regesta Regum Scottorum Vol 4 Part 1. Series: Regesta Regum Scottorum. 384 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Neville, Cynthia J.; Simpson, Grant. The volume brings together 330 documents from the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, a key period in the history of the medieval kingdom, in one scholarly and accessible edition. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLC1. Dimension: 248 x 163 x 23. Weight: 652.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627325
- ISBN
- 9780748627325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.31€ 163.99
€ 172.31
€ 163.99
Hardback. This ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639588
- ISBN
- 9780748639588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Paperback. From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day. Editor(s): Lucia, Cynthia; Grundmann, Roy; Simon, Art. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; APF; HBJK; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475126
- ISBN
- 9781118475126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMG; AMX; HBJH; TNKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 249 x 8. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166532
- ISBN
- 9789774166532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.63
€ 42.99
€ 41.63
Hardback. A novel approach to Israelite kinship, arguing that maternal kinship bonds played key social, economic, and political roles for a son who aspired to inherit his father's household Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197945
- ISBN
- 9780300197945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
paperback. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada, showing how families have both changed and remained the same, through transitions brought about by urbanization, industrialization, and war. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780802079299
- ISBN
- 9780802079299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
hardcover. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada, showing how families have both changed and remained the same, through transitions brought about by urbanization, industrialization, and war. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802009647
- ISBN
- 9780802009647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
paperback. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, this book explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities, during the transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule. It is useful for those in the fields of Latin American and postcolonial studies. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318996
- ISBN
- 9780822318996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback. Presents fresh perspectives on eighteenth-century literature. This book presents debates on subjects such as the public sphere, travel and exploration, scientific rhetoric, gender and the book trade, and historical versus literary perceptions of life on London streets. Editor(s): Wall, Cynthia. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101189
- ISBN
- 9781405101189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.40
€ 46.99
€ 46.40
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198140986
- ISBN
- 9780198140986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.76
€ 31.99
€ 22.76
Hardback. Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; GTJ; HBJD; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649078
- ISBN
- 9780691649078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.26
€ 112.26
Paperback. Discusses the background of the World War I Middle East conflict and relates the final, critical campaign through Palestine, along with its notable personalities, including T E Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Kress von Kressenstein, and Edmund Allenby. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBG; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218619
- ISBN
- 9780812218619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. In Julius Caesar's final years, the city of Rome is steeped in power, greed, betrayal, and political intrigue. Few periods of human history reverberate through popular culture in the twenty-first century like that of ancient Rome - especially the turbulent years leading up to Caesar's death in 44 BC. Editor(s): Cyrino, Monica Silveira. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167758
- ISBN
- 9781405167758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardback. In Julius Caesar's final years, the city of Rome is steeped in power, greed, betrayal, and political intrigue. Few periods of human history reverberate through popular culture in the twenty-first century like that of ancient Rome - especially the turbulent years leading up to Caesar's death in 44 BC. Editor(s): Cyrino, Monica Silveira. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167765
- ISBN
- 9781405167765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Hardcover. A poignant memoir of pre-1979 Iran and the human drama behind the fall of the last shah Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; BM; HBJF; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168260
- ISBN
- 9789774168260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.78
€ 42.99
€ 42.78
Hardback. Tells two intertwined stories: how, in early twentieth-century Iran, an emerging middle class used scientific knowledge as its cultural and economic capital, and how, along with the state, it employed biomedical sciences to tackle presumably modern problems like the stress of everyday life, people's defective willpower and demographic stagnation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBN; HBJF1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254473
- ISBN
- 9780520254473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45
Hardback. First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Editor(s): Kempf, D.; Bull, M. G. Num Pages: 195 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838081
- ISBN
- 9781843838081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69