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Hardback. Pitts uses the trial as a lens through which to explore the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV, who rightly feared that Fouquet would expose the tawdry financial dealings of the king's late mentor and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418247
- ISBN
- 9781421418247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.27
€ 51.99
€ 43.27
Paperback. Drawing on a range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthur's report to Congress, this work traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on different aspects of Japan's national life. Num Pages: 688 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140285512
- ISBN
- 9780140285512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404332
- ISBN
- 9781421404332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.42
€ 35.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. Assesses the reign of Sa'id bin Taymur, who was deposed by his son, Qabus bin Sa'id, in a coup in July 1970. This title refutes the view that Sa'id's four-decade reign should be perceived as a place where time stood still. It looks at the economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Oman during the reign of Sa'id bin Taymur. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194734
- ISBN
- 9781845194734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.31
€ 40.99
€ 36.31
Paperback. Radio, the nation, and the rise of the voice in broadcasting, in a clearly written, significant history of the birth of the first mass medium. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399937
- ISBN
- 9781566399937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063683
- ISBN
- 9780271063683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.32
€ 20.99
€ 18.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063676
- ISBN
- 9780271063676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.92€ 55.51
€ 64.92
€ 55.51
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750948876
- ISBN
- 9780750948876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Falk, Candace; Pateman, Barry. Num Pages: 880 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 187 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778541
- ISBN
- 9780804778541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory (Kansas State University). Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DCF; DSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112855
- ISBN
- 9781551112855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.02
€ 37.99
€ 28.02
paperback. Editor(s): Currie, Ruth; Bryant, Emma Spaulding. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823222742
- ISBN
- 9780823222742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 b/w illus, (1 x 8pp mono plate section). BIC Classification: 1HBS; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551478
- ISBN
- 9780006551478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370748
- ISBN
- 9781785370748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.60
€ 16.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474163
- ISBN
- 9780801474163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125500
- ISBN
- 9781905125500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.74
€ 91.74
Hardback. A comprehensive English-language biography of Emperor Huizong that corrects the prevailing view of this ruler as a decadent political failure who lost the throne to invaders. It recasts the artistically gifted emperor as passionate and paradoxical, yet genuinely ambitious - if too much so - in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725256
- ISBN
- 9780674725256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.20€ 55.74
€ 60.20
€ 55.74
Paperback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123419
- ISBN
- 9780231123419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Hardback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123402
- ISBN
- 9780231123402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.97€ 79.73
€ 103.97
€ 79.73
Paperback. The life, times and historical legacy of the man who created modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857381620
- ISBN
- 9780857381620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169387
- ISBN
- 9780231169387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Intended as a general guide to the obelisks that have found their way to the four corners of the earth, this book examines the interest shown in them by the Roman emperors; it discusses each obelisk in detail, and traces individual histories and anecdotes concerning their journeys from Egypt. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675303
- ISBN
- 9781904675303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.22
€ 32.22
Hardcover. Emperors and Ancestors analyses the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented, looking at the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted, such as coinage, inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, and literary text. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 432 pages, 134 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198736820
- ISBN
- 9780198736820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.46
€ 185.46
Paperback. Wiedemann presents an original and comprehensive study of the changing significance of gladiatoral contests to Roman culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 photographs and 21 line drawings, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KOC0010670
- ISBN
- 9780415121644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. The Emperors of Rome charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most notorious of the emperors. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780877501
- ISBN
- 9781780877501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43