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hardcover. This is the story of a spectacular naval rebellion in which ordinary Brazilian seamen (mostly black and led by a black sailor) overpowered their officers on Dreadnought-class battleships in 1910, to abolish flogging and secure civic rights; it also tells how the sailors suffered lethal retribution, although flogging would never return. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804781060
ISBN
9780804781060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Columbus, Frank. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560727224
ISBN
9781560727224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.95

paperback. Gerry Adams offers his own unique, intimate account of the early years of his career, from his childhood in working-class Belfast to the more turbulent years of social activism that followed. Updated with new introduction and epilogue covering the huge changes in Irish society since the Good Friday Agreement. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 304 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
O’Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781847179166
ISBN
9781847179166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.58

hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 colour & 121 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; ACND; AKL; HBJD; HBLH; HRCL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1229.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019680
ISBN
9780271019680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.01
€ 108.79

hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFSL1; JPA; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020303
ISBN
9780271020303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 42.98

paperback. Series: Post-Communist Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780271020587
ISBN
9780271020587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.34

Hardback. Editor(s): Parisian, Catherine M. Series: Penn State Studies in the History of the Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GL; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037134
ISBN
9780271037134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80
€ 55.04

hardcover. Shows how the Bible, in particular a Chinese translation of the Old Testament, profoundly influenced Hong and his followers, leading them to understand the first three of the Ten Commandments as an indictment of the imperial order. This book may appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780295984308
ISBN
9780295984308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20, 3 colour plates, 16 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801452260
ISBN
9780801452260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.54

hardcover. Comparing Egypt and Syria, this book argues that Arab states where executive power is more centralized are better at adapting to prevent regime change than states where decentralized relationships prevails. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804780629
ISBN
9780804780629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.33

Paperback. The world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. This title discusses the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; HBJF; HBLW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268222
ISBN
9780099268222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.63

paperback. The human impulse to religion can be seen to encompass environmentalism as an offshoot of the secular, material faith in human reason and power that dominates modern society. This book traces the history of environmentalism - and its moral thrust - from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism through the Progressive Era to the present. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HR; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985565
ISBN
9780295985565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

paperback. Traces the series of events which culminated in the 1802 and 1804 Battles of Sitka, a turning point in the history of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and, ultimately, in the history of America. Editor(s): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 560 pages, 55 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986012
ISBN
9780295986012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69
€ 52.94

Paperback. In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 208 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094503
ISBN
9780300094503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.03

hardcover. Examining politics in a small Afghan town that managed to remain relatively peaceful in the years following the fall of the Taliban, this book calls examines how and when violence erupts and calls into question the international community's approach to developing stability in Afghanistan. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776714
ISBN
9780804776714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.95

hardcover. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan; Cruz, Dr. Anne J.; Roa-de-la Carrera, Cristian Andres; Tavarez, David E. Translator(s): Schroeder, Susan; Cruz, Dr. Anne J.; Roa-de-la Carrera, Cristian Andres; Tavarez, David E. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769488
ISBN
9780804769488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.10

hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804797115
ISBN
9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.49

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.40

Hardcover. In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. Translator(s): Jinpa, Thupten; Lopez, Donald S. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091976
ISBN
9780226091976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226123097
ISBN
9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

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