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paperback. Brian Keenan's release from captivity was the first ray of hope for those hostages held in the Middle East. He describes the plight of his fellow hostages with first-hand knowledge. The language he uses reflects his past efforts as a poet in describing the pain and claustrophobia of imprisonment. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Already read but good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KDK0017348
- ISBN
- 9780099990307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An acclaimed science writer tells the story of Pope Sylvester II, the erstwhile mathematician, astronomer, and spy, who brought Islamic science to the West before the year 1000 Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400. The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages. 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. Called "The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings and ascended to the pinnacle of the Christian world to become Pope Sylvester II. In this book, the author follows Gerbert through scientific exploration and political scheming, showing how science was central to the lives of monks, kings, and popes a thousand years ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031443
- ISBN
- 9780465031443
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Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
paperback. Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Postwar Adjustments explores the North's Civil War in ways that brings fresh perspectives to our knowledge of the way soldiers and civilians interacted in the Civil War North. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221462
- ISBN
- 9780823221462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
paperback. Offers a look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. The author's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos, and even the detailed preparation techniques involving food and drink in Mesopotamian high culture during the second and third millenniums BCE, as the Mesopotamians recorded them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226067346
- ISBN
- 9780226067346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.92
€ 29.99
€ 22.92
paperback. At the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JFFD; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226135991
- ISBN
- 9780226135991
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
paperback. This work argues that a number of devout Christians, including trained theologians, displayed an uncanny preoccupation with the topic of witches having sex with demons during the centuries of the "witch craze". It analyzes the first treatises on witchcraft to discover why. Num Pages: 478 pages, 16 halftones, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HRCM; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226772622
- ISBN
- 9780226772622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226871462
- ISBN
- 9780226871462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 30.68
€ 39.99
€ 30.68
paperback. Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. This book presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and an account of medieval life. Series: The New Economic History of Britain Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300101911
- ISBN
- 9780300101911
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.75
€ 19.99
€ 17.75
paperback. An interdisciplinary collection of essays on the tumultuous events in Ireland in the 1640s and 1650s. Editor(s): Ohlmeyer, Jane H. Num Pages: 380 pages, 4 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521522755
- ISBN
- 9780521522755
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.90
€ 54.99
€ 44.90
paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691171357
- ISBN
- 9780691171357
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.88
€ 29.99
€ 23.88
paperback. A short introduction to the conflict that presents the arguments on both sides and summarises key thinkers from Said to Netanyahu Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745325651
- ISBN
- 9780745325651
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
paperback. The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. This illustrated pean to his rich heritage explores both the detail of battles and the cultural history of war, devoting eight separate chapters to 'The Cultural and Physical Dimensions' of Scottish military involvement. Editor(s): Spiers, Edward M.; Crang, Jeremy A.; Strickland, Matthew. Num Pages: 922 pages, 116 b&w illustrations & colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748694495
- ISBN
- 9780748694495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.81
€ 49.99
€ 36.81
paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 black and white photos; some black and white lines drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 43. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780804847551
- ISBN
- 9780804847551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.33
€ 19.99
€ 16.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094510
- ISBN
- 9780300094510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
paperback. A history of the Polish Partitions - a subject which is as much concerned with the diplomatic history of late 18th-century Europe as a whole as the fate of an individual country. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582292741
- ISBN
- 9780582292741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
paperback. To explain why Russia took the course it did, McCauley examines the period through the prism of government, including Yeltsin's shadow government, and looks at the military, police, security and intelligence services. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582357648
- ISBN
- 9780582357648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.65
€ 53.65
hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 32, 12 black & white halftones, 13 tables, 7 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454042
- ISBN
- 9780801454042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
paperback. Anthropologists have long sought to extricate their work from the policies and agendas of those who dominate - and often oppress - their native subjects. This title looks at a troubling chapter in American anthropology that reveals what happens when anthropologists fail to make fundamental ethnic and political distinctions in their work. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 166 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220737
- ISBN
- 9780803220737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
hardcover. Focuses on the dialogue between the American anthropological tradition and Korea, from Korea's first treaty with the United States to the end of World War II, with the goal of rereading anthropology's history and theoretical development through its Pacific frontier. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285613
- ISBN
- 9780803285613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752718
- ISBN
- 9780804752718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82