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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
Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; ASDX; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679942
- ISBN
- 9780816679942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regions. Series: History of Suffolk. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835295
- ISBN
- 9781843835295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281424
- ISBN
- 9780674281424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II. She probes the Church's accommodations with Hitler's regime, its fierce but often futile attempts to preserve independence, and the shortcomings of Church doctrine in the face of total war and genocide. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HRCC7; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598485
- ISBN
- 9780674598485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.25
€ 52.99
€ 44.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452871
- ISBN
- 9780801452871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.58
€ 57.58
Paperback. Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death. A philosopher as well as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved himself a great leader. This is his biography. Num Pages: 704 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135271
- ISBN
- 9781844135271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 3JJC; BT; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNH0011434
- ISBN
- 9780747568438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196789
- ISBN
- 9781405196789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.80
€ 39.80
Paperback. This text covers the secession and the war - the years 1861-1865. Its focus is the interaction of the military progress of the war, Union and Confederate politics, and social change, particularly emancipation. This treatment integrates literature on the war, society, and politics. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319738
- ISBN
- 9780582319738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Paperback. Series: Warfare in the Victorian Age. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 colour photo, 1 colour ill, 35 b/w photos, 14 b/. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBWM; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911512387
- ISBN
- 9781911512387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. Stoltzfus explores the tension between a country preparing to enter into a world war and a people whose history of martyrdom for their pacifist beliefs goes back to their sixteenth-century Reformation beginnings. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411279
- ISBN
- 9781421411279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.85
€ 38.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DD; AKT; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847888150
- ISBN
- 9781847888150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.02
€ 35.99
€ 33.02
Hardcover. The riots that broke out in various British port cities in 1919 were a manifestation of a wave of global unrest that affected Britain, parts of its empire, continental Europe and North America during the First World War. This book reveals the economic and social causes of the riots and their impact on Britain's relationship with its empire. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312007
- ISBN
- 9781846312007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Paperback. This text encompasses aspects of the transformation that raised Japan from the ashes of defeat to "an economic model". It relates economic growth to social change and politics, and shows how these upheavals reverberated upon the Japanese value system, collective mind, way of living and culture. Translator(s): Derrick, Jonathan. Num Pages: 394 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850655695
- ISBN
- 9781850655695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Two spectacular dead bodies-Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, and Marilyn Monroe, found dead in her home in August 1962-bookend this new history of Hollywood's postwar transition. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284326
- ISBN
- 9780520284326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Brislington in old photographs Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752403519
- ISBN
- 9780752403519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Editor(s): McAuliffe, Mary; O'Donnell, Katherine; Lane, Leeann. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781403932167
- ISBN
- 9781403932167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Hardback. Tiny Qatar projects influence globally via massive overseas investments and its involvement in foreign affairs. This book explains why. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; HBJF1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043250
- ISBN
- 9781849043250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 446 pages, illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 36. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197377
- ISBN
- 9781845197377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19