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Regional & national history
Paperback. The astonishing and bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416526247
- ISBN
- 9781416526247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594. A San Francisco Atlas. 166 pages, illustrations. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Dimension: 302 x 181 x 14. Weight: 592.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262508
- ISBN
- 9780520262508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226421667
- ISBN
- 9780226421667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.84
€ 27.99
€ 22.84
Paperback. Series: Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies. Num Pages: 127 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- East Asia Program Cornell University
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657742
- ISBN
- 9780939657742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.45
€ 19.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657797
- ISBN
- 9780939657797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.57
€ 146.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, tables & illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GTJ; HBJF1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198053
- ISBN
- 9781845198053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Hardback. A study of law, wrongdoing and justice as conceived in the minds of the ordinary people of England and Wales from the later eighteenth century to the First World War. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839408
- ISBN
- 9781843839408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JWMV2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410265
- ISBN
- 9781421410265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Hardback. By the late eleventh century the Song court no longer dominated production of information about itself. Hilde De Weert demonstrates how the growing involvement of the literati in publishing such information altered the relationship between court and literati in political communication for the remainder of the Chinese imperial period. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088429
- ISBN
- 9780674088429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 53.89
€ 58.74
€ 53.89
Hardcover. Alejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660182
- ISBN
- 9780674660182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.47
€ 49.99
€ 41.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Signal
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780771050916
- ISBN
- 9780771050916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.26
€ 40.99
€ 35.26
Hardback. Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048088
- ISBN
- 9781849048088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four hundred year old house, Knole Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809686
- ISBN
- 9781408809686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, this volume tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006638
- ISBN
- 9780674006638
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.58
€ 35.99
€ 30.58
paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323679
- ISBN
- 9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the life of a social anthropologist. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJA; HBJH; JHMC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250. Notes from a Mud Hut. 192 pages, map. Offers an introduction to the life of a social anthropologist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJA; HBJH; JHMC; WTLC. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011505
- ISBN
- 9781906011505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III. New types of sailing warships such as two- and three-decked galleons, frigates and corvettes began to dominate the Ottoman fleet, rendering the galley-type oared ships obsolete. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857827
- ISBN
- 9781848857827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.67
€ 44.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Why has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? And why have the opponents of innovation found their message so resonant with ordinary Muslims? This volume offers analyses of the history, causes, and consequences to innovation in Islam. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266957
- ISBN
- 9780520266957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487590
- ISBN
- 9780801487590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56