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Paperback. This study seeks to penetrate the roots of the Taliban movement on Afghanistan, the factors which contributed to its sudden rise to prominence, and the implications of Taliban mobilization for the stability of Afghanistan and the region. Editor(s): Maley, William. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV; JFSR2; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653608
ISBN
9781850653608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362647
ISBN
9780822362647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362494
ISBN
9780822362494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Paperback. Part biography, part memoir, all brilliantly written, Funny How Things Turn Out chronicles the long, long life of Muriel Newmarch and her daughter. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857208217
ISBN
9780857208217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. John Jacob Astor's dream of empire took shape as the American Fur Company. At Astor's retirement in 1834, this corporate monopoly reached westward from a depot on Mackinac Island to subposts beyond the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. This book focuses on eighteen men who represented the American Fur Company and its successors. Num Pages: 142 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272699
ISBN
9780803272699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.31

Paperback. A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan AwardWinner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340020
ISBN
9780393340020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Richie, Daniel E. (Professor of English Literature, Bethel College, Kansas, USA). Num Pages: 361 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970991
ISBN
9780865970991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801446702
ISBN
9780801446702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176704
ISBN
9780300176704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764308000
ISBN
9780764308000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFSL; WSB; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 426. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Argyll Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0307886
ISBN
9781906134013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. A shocking and moving investigation into the hidden abuses perpetrated by Colonel Gaddafi, Gaddafi's Harem reveals the appalling private life of one of the twentieth century's most malevolent dictators. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855678
ISBN
9781611855678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

paperback. This edition is completely revised and enlarged in the light of research, by the author and other scholars, carried out on the subject in the intervening period. New information on late Irish law and the institutions of the autonomous lordships has been added, as well as illustrative matter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510031
ISBN
9781843510031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.02

Hardcover. This volume contains a survey of prose writing - novels, plays, journalism - produced in Ireland between 1922 and 1939. All quotations are given in English with original Irish in notes. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558132
ISBN
9781904558132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.73
€ 78.86

Hardback. Gaiseric successfully defeated Roman attempts at reconquest of these vital provinces and his fleets dominated the Western Mediterranean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590188
ISBN
9781781590188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212197
ISBN
9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415859714
ISBN
9780415859714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 592 pages, over 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300813
ISBN
9780764300813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 34.55

Hardback. Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity's view of its place in the cosmos. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; TDPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736917
ISBN
9780674736917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.89

Hardcover. A compelling biography which reinserts this forgotten Founding Father into the historical canon and reveals the transatlantic dimensions of early American history Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814721117
ISBN
9780814721117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

Paperback. An account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. It explains that from the initial landings - which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead - to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681615
ISBN
9781846681615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

paperback. Gallipoli remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of World War I and this account of that campaign brings this epic tragedy to life and stands as both a landmark chapter in the history of the war and a salutary reminder of all that is fine and all that is foolish in the human condition. Num Pages: 768 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 148 x 50. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780553815061
ISBN
9780553815061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. In this work, the author presents the precise spots where the battle at Gallipoli took place with a range of contemporary photographs. It provides a link between past and present; from one century to the next; that the deeds of those whose bones lie buried in a foreign field shall not be forgotten. Num Pages: 232 pages, 450 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 266 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1248. 232 pages, 450 photographs. In this work, the author presents the precise spots where the battle at Gallipoli took place with a range of contemporary photographs. It provides a link between past and present; from one century to the next; that the deeds of those whose bones lie buried in a foreign field shall not be forgotten. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL. Dimension: 221 x 266 x 25. Weight: 1248.
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870067294
ISBN
9781870067294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.83

Hardcover. Published for the first time in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words.Throughout this rare insight into what it was like for an 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BM; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719816543
ISBN
9780719816543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

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