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paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035919
- ISBN
- 9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Uses the history of the university and reframes the "Protestant Ethic" to consider the conditions of knowledge production in the world. The author argues that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a kind of academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 tables, 50halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1048. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036006
- ISBN
- 9780226109213
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. A new interpretation of Plato's Republic. Craig investigates why this dialogue, ostensibly about justice, offers Plato's fullest account of philosophy and philosophers, and why it is preoccupied with war. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036094
- ISBN
- 9780802079428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Traditional explanations of the causes of the Civil War, including the struggle for sovereignty and the bourgeois revolution, have recently been questioned. This analysis looks at the religious and constitutional issues which are too often neglected. Series: Ford Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036106
- ISBN
- 9780198221418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036134
- ISBN
- 9780582491335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Reginald Pole was one of the most complex figures in sixteenth-century history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Weight in Grams: 539. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036169
- ISBN
- 9780521200059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Greek Sophists in the Roman Empire Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 341. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036329
- ISBN
- 9780198142799
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Lena Orlin paints a dense picture of everyday life in Renaissance England, with an emphasis on personal privacy, the built environment, and the life story of a remarkable undiscovered woman - merchant's wife and mother of four, Alice Barnham - with a central role in some of the most important untold stories of sixteenth-century women. Num Pages: 392 pages, 45 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199577385
- ISBN
- 9780199577385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.79
€ 69.79
paperback. Payne's study places Spain's Second Republic within the historical framework of Spanish liberalism, and the rapid modernisation of inter-war Europe. He aims to present a consistent and detailed interpretation, demonstrating striking parallels to the German Weimar Republic. Num Pages: 544 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299136741
- ISBN
- 9780299136741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.83
€ 35.83
Paperback. Refusing to perform military service under Germany's Third Reich due to their fundamental belief in nonviolence, Jehovah's Witnesses caught the attention of the highest authorities in the justice system, the police, and the SS. This is a comprehensive historical study of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust era. Translator(s): Grimm, Dagmar G. Num Pages: 856 pages, 18 photos, 17 charts, 15 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- English Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299207946
- ISBN
- 9780299207946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.16
€ 47.16
paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415594790
- ISBN
- 9780415594790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.46
€ 58.46
paperback. Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th century and yet lost their position of influence a century later. It looks at various themes including kinship and the use of marriage alliances. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582303522
- ISBN
- 9780582303522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Tom Melville presents a well-documented history of cricket playing in America, focusing on its period of growth in the 1840s and its periodic revivals. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727703
- ISBN
- 9780879727703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
Paperback. A perceptive, clear-eyed account of Australian universities, recounting their history from the 1850s to the present. Investigating the changing nature of higher education, this book asks whether this success is likely to continue in the 21st century, as the university's hold over knowledge grows ever more tenuous. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLW; JNB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234120
- ISBN
- 9781742234120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
paperback. Ranching on the vast scale that Texas is famous for actually happened at King Ranch, a sea of grass that ultimately spread its pastures to countries around the globe under the fifty-year leadership of Bob Kleberg. This book captures both the life of the man and the spirit of the kingdom he ruled. Num Pages: 267 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292711877
- ISBN
- 9780292711877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036660
- ISBN
- 9780472036660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.86
€ 48.99
€ 43.86
hardcover. This book considers what the Greeks thought of foreigners and their religions, cultures and politics, and what these beliefs and opinions reveal about the Greeks. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, further reading. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 731.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612703
- ISBN
- 9780748612703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.84€ 151.83
€ 159.84
€ 151.83
paperback. In 1892 a stocky Danish immigrant named Magnus Jensen rode into south-central Montana. He liked what he saw and staked his future on the ranch he would carve out there. Today, the author and his wife, Emily, live on the ranch built by Jensen, Emily's grandfather. This illustrated book bears poetic witness to the myth and reality that are the West. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216365
- ISBN
- 9780803216365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1160 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AJ; HBJ; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 267 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Talking Finger, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933945187
- ISBN
- 9781933945187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
paperback. A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), Index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harper Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007395262
- ISBN
- 9780007395262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.05
€ 12.99
€ 12.05