Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951689
- ISBN
- 9781845951689
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. This book covers a wide range of topics, including social conditions as causes of war, the role of professional warriors, the discourse of war in Hellenistic cities, the budget of war, the collective memory of war, and the aesthetics of war. Series: Ancient World at War. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFFE; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226079
- ISBN
- 9780631226079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.12
€ 149.12
Paperback. Exploiting the abundant primary sources available, this book examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. * An overview of war and society in the Hellenistic world. * Highlights the interdependence of warfare and social phenomena. Series: Ancient World at War. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFFE; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226086
- ISBN
- 9780631226086
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Laiou, Angeliki E.; Maguire, Henry. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; 3H; ACK; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884022152
- ISBN
- 9780884022152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tarquin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906212295
- ISBN
- 9780906212295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.26
€ 8.99
€ 8.26
Hardback. In other words, she gives a voice to silence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412559
- ISBN
- 9781421412559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Hardback. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this book offers a fascinating history of Rome and the Roman peoples during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176552
- ISBN
- 9781405176552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.15
€ 153.15
Paperback. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this book offers a fascinating history of Rome and the Roman peoples during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD1; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176545
- ISBN
- 9781405176545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Paperback. Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. This book explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer insights into Roman social life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 color plates 122 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029092
- ISBN
- 9780691029092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Hardcover. During his reign and following his death, the physiognomy of Alexander the Great was one of the most famous in history, adorning numerous works of art. This study demonstrates how the various portraits transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of cliches that symbolized the ruler. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 545 pages, 8 color illustrations, 191 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520068513
- ISBN
- 9780520068513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.38
€ 104.58
€ 79.38
Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520281684
- ISBN
- 9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87€ 57.69
€ 74.87
€ 57.69
Paperback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281691
- ISBN
- 9780520281691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.84
€ 45.99
€ 32.84
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954384586
- ISBN
- 9780954384586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.05
€ 74.05
This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history. Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew S. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086007
- ISBN
- 9780719086007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.66
€ 163.66
Paperback. This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. Series Editor(s): Louis, Wm Roger. Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire. Num Pages: 800 pages, 15 Maps, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199246786
- ISBN
- 9780199246786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. In this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; LAFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521687119
- ISBN
- 9780521687119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16
Paperback. Features the original heroes of Greece as they battle the mythical creatures that have inspired imaginations for thousands of years, from the Minotaur to Cyclops. Written by a Homeric expert, this condensed retelling of the Greek legends brings these ancient bestsellers to a new generation of fans. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 5AH; YFA; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333509
- ISBN
- 9780571333509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Hardback. The story of the Ottoman Empire's religious crusade with the Central Powers against Allied Europe - and its lasting legacy Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBW; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445666150
- ISBN
- 9781445666150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.25
€ 36.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120256
- ISBN
- 9780691120256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.28
€ 53.48
€ 42.28
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19