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Hardback. The extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell was marked by myriad achievements. Although best known for her desert travels and her part in the creation of the modern state of Iraq, she also made a significant contribution to the field of archaeology. This book explores Bell's achievements, emphasizing the tenacious, inquisitive side of her personality. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 bw integrated, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAM; 1QDT; AMGD; HBJF1; HBLW; HDDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848854987
ISBN
9781848854987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 49.63

Paperback. Kazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861971098
ISBN
9781861971098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Presents the re-emerging sense of community within the German-speaking Jewish population of Germany and Austria in the two decades after World War I. This book shows that while Jews may have experienced a deepening sense of impending crisis and economic decline, a renewal of Jewish communal life took place as new groupings sprang up. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael; Penslar, Derek J. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212245
ISBN
9780253212245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. Interweaving feminist theological ideas, Asian spirituality, and the witnesses of World War II sex slaves, this book offers a new theology of body. It examines the multi-layered meaning of the broken body of Christ from Christological, sacramental, and ecclesiological perspectives, while exploring the centrality of body in theological discourse. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBWQ; HRA; HRCM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462773
ISBN
9781349462773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Paperback. The twenty-nine essays in this book are insightful and sympathetic analyses of various facets of Gandi's multi-dimensional personality. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195672039
ISBN
9780195672039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.90

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611013
ISBN
9780691611013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 42.58

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. On 29 July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestro Velez de Escalante embarked on an expedition to seek an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, California. This title presents accounts of the expedition alongside their photographic narrative. Num Pages: 232 pages, 145 b/w photos & 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135297
ISBN
9780890135297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.23
€ 48.70

Paperback. Through a combined philosophical, historical, and socio-legal methodology, this volume investigates the changing nature of criminal responsibility in English law from the mid-18th Century to the early 21st Century, arguing that ideas of character responsibility are enjoying a renaissance in the modern criminal law. Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law & Justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HBJD1; JKV; LAR; LNFX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199248216
ISBN
9780199248216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.47

Paperback. In the 1960s, Mississippi was the heart of white southern resistance to the civil-rights movement. This work shows how Mississippi leaders strategically accommodated themselves to the demands of civil-rights activists and the federal government seeking to end Jim Crow, and in so doing contributed to a vibrant conservative countermovement. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 halftones. 6 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJ; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140940
ISBN
9780691140940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. Almost unimaginably immense, North America stretches from a few degrees short of the North Pole to a few degrees shy of the equator. Archaeologists are now racing to unravel the mysterious past of the forgotten peoples who once inhabited this sprawling land. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLC; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471042372
ISBN
9780471042372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. This is the first examination of the Israeli and Egyptian peace process between 1967-1973, which highlights the rise and fall of Soviet influence after the Six Day War and explores how the increasing importance of America's political leadership affected the region. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HBE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230375000
ISBN
9780230375000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. This is the first examination of the Israeli and Egyptian peace process between 1967-1973, which highlights the rise and fall of Soviet influence after the Six Day War and explores how the increasing importance of America's political leadership affected the region. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350872
ISBN
9781349350872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 551.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Vintage ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679767497
ISBN
9780679767497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Hardcover. This text reconstructs the history of the Sufi Naqshbandi brotherhood and its impact on the North Caucasus (Chechnya and Daghestan) in the early 19th century. It draws on Naqshbandi Arabic sources to explain the pivotal role of Sufism in transforming mountain society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 763.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653844
ISBN
9781850653844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 58.76

Hardcover. The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202771
ISBN
9780230202771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Paperback. The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300853
ISBN
9781349300853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Denise Lett argues that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics, but also has a culturally inherited disposition to seek high status. Combined with a favourable political and economic climate, many Koreans have thus been able to achieve it. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007819
ISBN
9780674007819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172165
ISBN
9780231172165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 415 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 726. Hardback in very good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Number of pages
415
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0026801
ISBN
9780817303174
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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