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Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 41. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Zena Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951106969
ISBN
9780951106969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.65

Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774806541
ISBN
9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Hardcover. Series: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und Ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3 Folge /A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540225331
ISBN
9783540225331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.62

Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205086
ISBN
9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233355
ISBN
9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39
€ 64.45

Hardback. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 6 photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129763
ISBN
9780231129763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.83
€ 62.52

Paperback. Editor(s): St.George, Robert Blair. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801483929
ISBN
9780801483929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. World War II. Tells the epic story of the 475th Fighter Group from combat reports, offical American, Australian, and Japanese documents, and from interviews and conversations with the veterans themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 700 b/w and color photos, color profiles. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405181
ISBN
9780887405181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.32

Paperback. "Complete with documents withheld by the FBI and Warren Commission"--Cover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 919.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626360617
ISBN
9781626360617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.67

Paperback. .
Publisher
Central European University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155513541
ISBN
9786155513541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.83

Hardcover. Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for improvements in people's lives. This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Todorova, Maria; Gille, Zsuzsa. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622. 310 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Todorova, Maria; Gille, Zsuzsa. Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for improvements in people's lives. This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern Europe. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845456719
ISBN
9781845456719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.88

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; GTB; GTJ; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536947
ISBN
9781784536947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.94

paperback. Addresses conceptual and ethical questions that arise from historical accounts of the Holocaust. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217288
ISBN
9780253217288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. This book gives a critical assessment of Paul van Buren's contribution to the Jewish-Christian dialogue, and attempts an original contribution of its own. The main body of the work is concerned with van Buren's 'A Theology of the Jewish-Christian Reality', a systematic rethinking of Christianity vis-a-vis Judaism in a Post-Holocaust world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRC; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761809005
ISBN
9780761809005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.78

Paperback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273140
ISBN
9780823273140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273133
ISBN
9780823273133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Hardcover. Describes and analyses the major developments in Iraq from the US-led invasion until 2010. This title provides an important external, international dimension to Iraq's post-war development through discussion of the central role played by the Iranian regime and its deep and multi-faceted involvement in the Iraqi internal scene. Num Pages: 332 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194673
ISBN
9781845194673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.19

Hardback. One of the world's best-known Russian scholars and a former consultant to both Gorbachev and Yeltsin analyzes the events that have transpired in the Russian federation since late August 1991, from the drastic liberalization of prices and "shock therapy" to the privatization of state owned property and Yeltsin's resignation and replacement by Vladimir Putin. Editor(s): Shriver, George H. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 394 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106061
ISBN
9780231106061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 89.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 213 color and 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 43. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726611
ISBN
9780292726611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Hardcover. The postcards in this fascinating volume trace the Wall from its beginnings as a simple stretch of barbed wire, to the daunting final structure containing over 300 watchtowers. Haunting images include Allied and East German soldiers coldly observing one another with binoculars and John F. Kennedy in 1963 declaring his solidarity with all Berliners. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 112 pages, 102 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AKL; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243228
ISBN
9781851243228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Hardcover. The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was one of the most important events of the 20th century. It has been studied from many angles, but never before from the visual perspective of postcards. This is a unique visual record capturing the fading splendour of monarchy and the mood of revolution which swept through the country. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 96 pages, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243860
ISBN
9781851243860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.91

Hardcover. The First World War was unique in being fought largely in trenches. Men ate, slept, fought, sang, prayed, and died there. This book brings together a collection of postcards which portray this strange subterranean world and provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives of the men who fought one of the most gruesome wars in history. Series: Postcards from.. Num Pages: 112 pages, 106 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243914
ISBN
9781851243914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Investigating topics such as law and public policy, immigration and tourism, narratives and discourses, race relations, and virtual communities, this title clarifies and challenges prevailing conceptualizations of post colonialism and accepted understandings of American culture. Editor(s): King, Professor C. Richard. Num Pages: 376 pages, 37 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252068522
ISBN
9780252068522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Hardback. Postcolonial Counterpoint is a critical study of Orientalism and the state of Francophone and postcolonial studies, examined through the lens of the historical and cross-cultural relations between France and North Africa. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648913
ISBN
9781442648913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

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