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hardcover. Presents the story of Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great talents and minds of his times than in the exercise of his power. Rarely leaving Prague Castle, he gathered around him a galaxy of famous figures: the Italian painter, Giuseppe Arcimboldo; the Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe; and the German mathematician, Johannes Kepler. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000450
- ISBN
- 9780436205217
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Maverick House
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000456
- ISBN
- 9780954294557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000503
- ISBN
- 9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000507
- ISBN
- 9781137293428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000519
- ISBN
- 9780141010410
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000524
- ISBN
- 9780300143164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. This study describes how two late 19th-century electronic technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisaged both by specialized engineering trade journals and the popular media. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; THRS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000529
- ISBN
- 9780195063417
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000532
- ISBN
- 9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Translator(s): Cook, M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBLH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000546
- ISBN
- 9780226123165
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.40
€ 5.40
paperback. An exploration of the history of ideas in Europe from the revolutions of 1848 to the beginning of World War I. The text is populated with the great thinkers of the age - among them Mill, Nietzsche and Wilde - and examines the impact of scientific and social concepts such as social Darwinism. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000556
- ISBN
- 9780300097184
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardcover. 8vo..Former library copy with usual markings
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0296800
- ISBN
- 9781852782023
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Gill & Company
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0034867
- ISBN
- 9780717106578
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
hardcover. Moving memoir from the first female President of Ireland, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8pp inset sections. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 240 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630. Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034884
- ISBN
- 9781444723311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000585
- ISBN
- 9780812968170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. A survey of the historical and religious problems involved in the interconnection between the Sabians of the Qu'ran, the Mandaeans of southern Iraq, and the 'Sabians' of Harran in northern Mesopotamia. Series: Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HRAF; HRQC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 619. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000624
- ISBN
- 9780199221936
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. A major contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century England, from one of its foremost historians. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 805. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000630
- ISBN
- 9780521843751
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. An edition with introduction, English translation, and notes by D. E. Luscombe. Series: Oxford Medieval Texts. Num Pages: 206 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000635
- ISBN
- 9780198222170
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. A study of the enormous religious reversal that England experienced as the avoidance of idolatry became a priority of the Reformation. This work covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Num Pages: 560 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 800. Volume I. only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000672
- ISBN
- 9780198224389
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hobbes and History (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosoph...
(Edited By Rogers, G.A.J.; Sorell, Tom)
hardcover. This collection of scholarly essays explores the relation of Hobbes' work to history as a branch of learning. Editor(s): Rogers, G. A. John; Sorell, Thomas. Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HPC; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 453. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000679
- ISBN
- 9780415224444
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000721
- ISBN
- 9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65