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Hardcover. Presents various texts of Cicero's dialogues on political philosophy, "De Re Publica" and "De Legibus", together with corrected versions of the editor's editions of "Cato Maior de Senectute" and "Laelius de Amicitia". Editor(s): Powell, J. G. F. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 466 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146698
ISBN
9780198146698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Hardback. At the age of eighteen, a shy and timid Mohandas Gandhi leaves his Gujarati home for a life on his own. At forty-five, a confident and fearless Gandhi arrives back in India ready to boldly lead his country to freedom. What transforms him? The law. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280151
ISBN
9780520280151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A history of the US M3 halftrack, one of the most successful infantry vehicles in the history of armoured warfare, which came to symbolize the Allied armed forces of World War II, which also saw service in the post-war era. The book describes its development and combat history since the 1960s. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, b&w photographs, colour illustrations, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 249 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855324671
ISBN
9781855324671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Featuring artwork, expert analysis and absorbing combat accounts, this is the story of the clash between two leading tanks of the Cold War era that were never designed to fight each other, but rather to line up on battlefields as allies. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS; JWLF; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810922
ISBN
9781472810922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rudnick, Lois Palken; Wilson-Powell, MaLin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 120 colour & 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ8; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 302 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press/Published in association with the Harwood Museum of Art
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136140
ISBN
9780890136140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.58
€ 43.45

Hardback. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. This book focuses on Eastern Japan, where population growth resumed in the nineteenth century. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 439 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 17 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272439
ISBN
9780520272439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.26
€ 65.36

Paperback. The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316405331
ISBN
9780316405331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.25

Hardback. Thomas Babington Macaulay's "History of England" was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller. In this book, the author explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Zachary Macaulay, the leading abolitionist, and his son Thomas' visions of race, nation, and empire. Num Pages: 420 pages, 16pp. section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160239
ISBN
9780300160239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.02

Hardback. On the 150th anniversary of the death of the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, this title offers a portrait of a Victorian life that probes the cost of power, the practice of empire, and the impact of ideas. Num Pages: 624 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036246
ISBN
9780674036246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 54.88

Paperback. A respected historian of medieval Scotland releases the authentic historical Macbeth from a prison of literary and folkloric myth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381606
ISBN
9780857381606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series: Scottish Clan Mini-book. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 104 x 4. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852170950
ISBN
9781852170950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.77

Hardback. Ruggiero's challenging reinterpretation of this canonical figure, as well as his unique treatment of other major works of the period, offer new approaches for reading Renaissance literature and new understandings of the way life was lived and perceived during this time. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801885167
ISBN
9780801885167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.91

Hardcover. The man whose name is shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher Celenza's portrait of Machiavelli removes the varnish to reveal not just the hardnosed philosopher but the skilled diplomat, learned commentator on ancient history, comic playwright, tireless letter writer, and thwarted lover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416123
ISBN
9780674416123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Examines guns that belong to the class known as "automatic" and seven classic World War 1 weapons that are illustrated in some 250 colour photographs. It covers machine guns such as: Maxim Maschinegewehr 08; Maxim Maschinegewehr 08/15; Maschinepistole MP18/1; Vickers Mk 1; Lewis Mk 1; Hotchkiss Mle 1914; and, Chauchat Mle 1915. Num Pages: 144 pages, 250 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 560. Live Firing Classic Military Weapons in Colour Photographs. 144 pages, 250 colour photographs. Examines guns that belong to the class known as "automatic" and seven classic World War 1 weapons that are illustrated in some 250 colour photographs. It covers machine guns such as: Maxim Maschinegewehr 08; Maxim Maschinegewehr 08/15; Maschinepistole MP18/1; Vickers Mk 1; Lewis Mk 1; Hotchkiss Mle 1914; and, Chauchat Mle 1915. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWM. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 9. Weight: 560.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847970329
ISBN
9781847970329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.76

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852170929
ISBN
9781852170929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.79

Paperback. But the carnival massacre marked a crossroads: the old mentality of vendetta was soon supplanted by the emerging sense that the direct expression of anger should be suppressed-to be replaced by duels. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JPH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801858499
ISBN
9780801858499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.76

Paperback. During that long, hot summer of 1964, Ivan Smith, a mercenary volunteer in the Armee Nationale Congolais, came to witness and understand fear, the law of the jungle and the lust for killing that permeates Africa. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256. The Story of a Congo Mercenary. 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. During that long, hot summer of 1964, Ivan Smith, a mercenary volunteer in the Armee Nationale Congolais, came to witness and understand fear, the law of the jungle and the lust for killing that permeates Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 13. Weight: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Helion and Company
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677786
ISBN
9781907677786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 174 pages, 8+ images. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843318811
ISBN
9781843318811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.10

Paperback. Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An island twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on its shores. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659471
ISBN
9781850659471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.17

Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813147062
ISBN
9780813147062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.10

Paperback. 18th century literary salon hostess Lively debauched youth, would even shock modern society Witty correspondence with key thinkers of the time: Voltaire and Horace Walpole Translator(s): Waugh, Teresa. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015790
ISBN
9781870015790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Hardcover. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226251431
ISBN
9780226251431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22
€ 45.21

Paperback. Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', and more. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CBX; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 208 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161866
ISBN
9781784161866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. From the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, this title narrates the history and achievements of these islands, their inhabitants and their origins, through the stories of some 3000+ men and women who have shaped not just our history but the modern world. Num Pages: 616 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 254 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
616
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956238726
ISBN
9780956238726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.04

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