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Regional & national history
Paperback. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Translator(s): Talbert, Richard J. A. Series Editor(s): Pelling, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449433
- ISBN
- 9780140449433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564512
- ISBN
- 9780719564512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486779997
- ISBN
- 9780486779997
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. An intimate menoir of Jewish adolescence and life, from a young woman's perspective in an Eastern European shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel. Num Pages: 126 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674019706
- ISBN
- 9780674019706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.48
€ 19.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. These three dialogues here are among the most accessible of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Griffin, Miriam T. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199644148
- ISBN
- 9780199644148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201699
- ISBN
- 9780872201699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.68
€ 53.99
€ 38.68
Paperback. In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an author of the Revolution, it is necessary to take full measure of the difficulties of literary interpretation to which Rousseau's work gives rise. This is a deconstructive analysis of Rousseau as an "author" of the French Revolution. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804738644
- ISBN
- 9780804738644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
hardcover. In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an author of the Revolution, it is necessary to take full measure of the difficulties of literary interpretation to which Rousseau's work gives rise. This is a deconstructive analysis of Rousseau as an "author" of the French Revolution. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735551
- ISBN
- 9780804735551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.48
€ 150.48
Paperback. On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190455101
- ISBN
- 9780190455101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.68
€ 68.68
Paperback. "This engaging history of Arlington National Cemetery .. is also the story of America's maturation through death and war .. An editor and journalist, [Poole] is an adroit sketcher of historical events, but even more of character."-Economist Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBW; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802715494
- ISBN
- 9780802715494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.66
€ 20.99
€ 18.66
Paperback. A mere forty miles apart, these cities have enjoyed a rivalry since wistful Edinburgh lost parliamentary sovereignty and defiant Glasgow came into its industrial promise. Crawford brings them to life between the covers of one book, in a tale that mixes novelty and familiarity, as Scotland s cultural capital and largest commercial city do." Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088030
- ISBN
- 9780674088030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 84 color + 46 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AC; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300214000
- ISBN
- 9780300214000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Hardback. On Demand shows that consumers in early modern England were a powerful force in transforming the economy of the time and that their "demand" was a powerful, though contradictory, force in shaping its literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738569
- ISBN
- 9780804738569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Examining China's history from the classical era to the present day, this title describes the essence of its millennia-old approach to diplomacy, strategy and negotiation, reflecting on these attitudes for our own uncertain future. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049427
- ISBN
- 9780141049427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon. Editor(s): Sears, Stephen W. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410300
- ISBN
- 9780815410300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.08
€ 32.99
€ 28.08
paperback. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987057
- ISBN
- 9780295987057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.66
€ 26.99
€ 23.66
Paperback. Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 27 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCR; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 49.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253315
- ISBN
- 9780520253315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. In spite of terrible hardships, the colonists created a settlement that exists to this day. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Maryland Historical Society
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420866
- ISBN
- 9780938420866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.25
€ 51.25
Hardback. Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of postcolonial temporality. David Scott argues that the palpable sense of the present as time stalled, without hope for emancipatory futures, has had far-reaching effects on how we think about justice and the nature of political action. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356066
- ISBN
- 9780822356066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.96
€ 110.96
Paperback. Offers a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. This title presents the case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979-83), and the repercussions of its collapse. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356219
- ISBN
- 9780822356219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31