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Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the palace's assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238903
- ISBN
- 9780571238903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Hardback. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and made sense of one another. Richly illustrated, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on early modern Islam, Counter-Reformation Catholicism, Protestantism, and a newly emergent Hindu sphere. Series: Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067059
- ISBN
- 9780674067059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.97
€ 47.99
€ 39.97
Hardcover. One of the great achievements of the Middle Ages, Europe's courtly culture gave the world the tournament, the knighting ceremony, and also courtly love. But courtly love has been ignored by historians of sexuality. This work aims to correct this oversight with an analysis of key courtly texts of the medieval German literary tradition. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740898
- ISBN
- 9780226740898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 45.53
€ 53.49
€ 45.53
Hardcover. Using courtly song as a window, this work examines the culture of the French royal court. It considers the role of the "air de cour" in defining patronage hierarchies at court, and the relationship to the world beyond its own confines. Num Pages: 576 pages, 9 halftones, 8 tables, 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JB; AVGC2; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226075877
- ISBN
- 9780226075877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.69€ 111.45
€ 136.69
€ 111.45
Hardback. He chronicles the impact of litigation on college access policies, including the rise of selectivity and institutional differentiation, the decline of de jure segregation, the spread of contractual understandings of enrollment, and the triumph of vocational emphases. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JNM; LAQ; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418841
- ISBN
- 9781421418841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.23
€ 51.99
€ 43.23
Hardcover. A complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. It brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. It shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 302 pages, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691265
- ISBN
- 9780748691265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.54
€ 145.54
Paperback. The incredible story of how the First and Second World Wars changed Coventry forever. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 8. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445644820
- ISBN
- 9781445644820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.62
€ 23.62
Paperback. The first book on the blitz that blighted Coventry during the Second World War, commemorating its 75th anniversary. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445649993
- ISBN
- 9781445649993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803272774
- ISBN
- 9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Contains the diaries and letters of six Oregon-bound women, as well as the journal of an English Mormon woman who described her experience all the way from Liverpool to Salt Lake City. The words of these pioneer women convey their exhilaration, courage, exhaustion, and terror in traveling so far into the unknown. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272873
- ISBN
- 9780803272873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Explores the changing role of masculinity as the open range slowly disappeared and the cowboys had fewer places to roam Num Pages: 281 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814763414
- ISBN
- 9780814763414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926855981
- ISBN
- 9781926855981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.55
€ 53.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. In 1903, Frank Sherman photographed a cattle roundup, including a surprise visit from President Theodore Roosevelt, to make postcards for his souvenir shop in Colorado Springs. Here are his images preserved on glass negatives all these years later. Enjoy authentic views of the cowboys. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404368
- ISBN
- 9780887404368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- TwoDot Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762754311
- ISBN
- 9780762754311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.62
€ 19.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. Presents an account of a short, sharp conflict which marked a crucial turning point in the American Revolution. This book includes illustrations and detailed maps illuminate the dynamism of this clash between two of the most famous commanders of the War of Independence. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807465
- ISBN
- 9781472807465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.22
€ 23.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804989
- ISBN
- 9780875804989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Despite running a gauntlet of ridicule, the marchers laid down a rough outline of what, some forty years later, emerged as the New Deal. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13, 11 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWF; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416205
- ISBN
- 9781421416205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.11€ 47.17
€ 51.11
€ 47.17
Paperback. Despite running a gauntlet of ridicule, the marchers laid down a rough outline of what, some forty years later, emerged as the New Deal. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13, 11 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWF; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416212
- ISBN
- 9781421416212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16PP b&W. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848845527
- ISBN
- 9781848845527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532431
- ISBN
- 9780226532431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 175 b/w photos & 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780811705899
- ISBN
- 9780811705899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 21.99
€ 39.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Presents 'Issue 23' of Aarhus University Press' arts and humanities journal "The Dolphin", covering aspects of 1950s America. Editor(s): Carter, Dale. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 270 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883731
- ISBN
- 9788772883731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.90
€ 9.90
Paperback. A deeply informed yet concise and sprightly narrative traces the stories of the people, events, and developments that have shaped the Old Dominion State and also the USA. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619948
- ISBN
- 9780700619948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.41
€ 47.41
Paperback. In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This book traces the fortunes of distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its resurgence. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118242
- ISBN
- 9781845118242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.93
€ 34.99
€ 29.93