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Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Large format, illustrated. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KEX0236063
- ISBN
- 9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.97
€ 8.97
Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402738
- ISBN
- 9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.97
€ 8.97
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 219 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569196
- ISBN
- 9781137569196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.40
€ 29.40
This work attempts to theorize the process of the emergence, in 18th-century New Spain, of a position of intellectual subjectivity differentiated from that established by the regime of Spanish imperial authority. It traces how groups of ""criollo"" intellectuals try to construct such discourses. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531988
- ISBN
- 9781557531988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.75
€ 43.75
Constructing Spain explores the interactions between culture, geography, and society over fifty years of recent Spanish history through close readings of over a dozen films and novels. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483963
- ISBN
- 9781611483963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.39
€ 152.39
Hardcover. Examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. The book shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly of Han China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 590 pages, 27 illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HDD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002449
- ISBN
- 9780674002449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24€ 48.40
€ 52.24
€ 48.40
Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090974
- ISBN
- 9780719090974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.75
€ 148.75
Hardback. Through an analysis of public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, this book examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers created a "technological imaginary" during the wartime era (1931-1945) to mobilize people for war and empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785396
- ISBN
- 9780804785396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardcover. For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802718
- ISBN
- 9780875802718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.87
€ 50.99
€ 50.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171418
- ISBN
- 9780691171418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Nine essays which examine constitutional issues at different points in American political history to explain how the constitutional issues resulting in the Civil War were central to politics for a long time before and after the actual conflict. Treats the period from the 1780s through the 1920s. Editor(s): Moreno, Paul D. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251940
- ISBN
- 9780823251940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705601
- ISBN
- 9781501705601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588326
- ISBN
- 9781595588326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.06
€ 29.99
€ 26.06
Paperback. A history of the period of constitutional monarchy in France from 1814 to 1848. The text reveals that, although the French experimented with two Monarchies and a Republic during this period, there was substantial stability. It contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, novels and cartoons. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 154
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582312104
- ISBN
- 9780582312104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.27
€ 48.99
€ 47.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPB; LNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 92
- SKU
- V9788323328988
- ISBN
- 9788323328988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Hardcover. The founding fathers' words, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred. This book relocates religious identity, placing it within the individual citizen of America. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602584198
- ISBN
- 9781602584198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.35
€ 49.35
Paperback. An argument that the people, the legitimate ground of public authority in the United States, are not a coherent or sanctioned collective; rather, they exist as an effect of successful claims to speak on their behalf. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346753
- ISBN
- 9780822346753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. This title deals with this topic. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAZ; 1QDT; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298204
- ISBN
- 9780571298204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. 'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple Num Pages: 560 pages, 16pp b/w integrated onto text paper. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568800
- ISBN
- 9780719568800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life. Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire clearly sets out the problems associated with depictions of Constantine and answers them with great clarity. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782750
- ISBN
- 9781118782750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755868
- ISBN
- 9780199755868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.59
€ 42.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190231620
- ISBN
- 9780190231620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.89
€ 24.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. A book for students and scholars of ancient history and religion, Constantine and the Bishops shows how Christian belief motivated and gave shape to imperial rule. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 632 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HRC; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871047
- ISBN
- 9780801871047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
Paperback. Features three works attributed to Constantine two of which were certainly not written by him which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. This title includes "The Oration to the Saints" and the "Edict of Constantine". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853236481
- ISBN
- 9780853236481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.45
€ 36.99
€ 33.45