Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0017533
- ISBN
- 9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.12
€ 15.99
€ 11.12
Hardcover. A perfect introduction to the ancient sites of Greece. Num Pages: 160 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; AJRK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714860848
- ISBN
- 9780714860848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.36
€ 52.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Detailed examination of the origins and dissemination of the eleven main theories proposed from the late 18th century to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected. Num Pages: 306 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889203242
- ISBN
- 9780889203242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93
€ 52.93
Paperback. Uses English language education for women in India between 1850 and 1940 as a way to explore how and why the English language became a powerful tool in struggles over caste hierarchy. This book shows how elite men linked ideas of matrimony, chastity, and heteronormativity with modernity in order to claim power on a national level. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 2AB; CFB; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352273
- ISBN
- 9780822352273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Paperback. This volume, written in both English and Arabic, tells the story of the Sphinx from ancient times to the present, focusing particularly on the task - first addressed in the second millennium BC - of preserving it. Num Pages: 64 pages, 47 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774244926
- ISBN
- 9789774244926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.17
€ 18.17
Hardback. By exposing the perversion, repression, corruption, and injustice at the heart of Justinian's regime, Prokopios' "The Secret History" destroyed forever that emperor's reputation as the great and benevolent ruler of a vast Byzantine state. In this title, Prokopios' tell-all is faithfully rendered in blunt and idiomatic English. Editor(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841818
- ISBN
- 9781603841818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.54€ 43.35
€ 55.54
€ 43.35
paperback. Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule. Editor(s): Sarris, Peter. Translator(s): Williamson, G. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455281
- ISBN
- 9780140455281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520509
- ISBN
- 9780742520509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.98
€ 116.98
Paperback. 'The biggest discovery since Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon unearthed Tutankhamun in 1922' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp colour and b/w. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831724
- ISBN
- 9780340831724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.43
€ 23.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394. 256 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Dimension: 231 x 171 x 17. Weight: 404. Translator(s): Lorton, David.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487293
- ISBN
- 9780801487293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.65
€ 32.99
€ 32.65
Hardcover. An overview of the sculptures of the Parthenon, presenting interpretations of the ancient temple's sculptural creation. It focuses on the meanings of the sculptures in the light of classical Athenian knowledge and society, and considers what they reveal about the Greek sense of democracy. Num Pages: 212 pages, 6 colour plates, 51 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300073911
- ISBN
- 9780300073911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 49.96
€ 65.00
€ 49.96
paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691171357
- ISBN
- 9780691171357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.88
€ 29.99
€ 23.88
Paperback. History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation - the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE). This text provides an examination of this democracy transformed by war. Num Pages: 537 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236851
- ISBN
- 9780520236851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardcover. In the series of final publications for the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, this book presents ceramic material from Roman Corinth (primarily from the middle of the first century to the end of the fourth century A.D.) in which is included the relatively small number of Roman lamps. Series: Corinth S. Num Pages: 176 pages, xvi + 160 pp, 33 figs, 18 pls, 3 plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Edition
- Volume XVIII Part 2
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876611821
- ISBN
- 9780876611821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.06
€ 119.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Volume XXVI
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615263
- ISBN
- 9780876615263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Hardcover. In 1995, remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a Greek inscription, known as "The Salmakis Inscription". An international symposium was held where scholars offered their views on the inscription. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Num Pages: 237 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778388230
- ISBN
- 9788778388230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. First published in 1758, this was the book that brought the wonders of Greek classical architecture to the notice of the Western world. This is a translation of the second, considerably expanded, edition of 1770. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 576 pages, 101 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 44. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366699
- ISBN
- 9780892366699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.72
€ 59.09
€ 45.72
Paperback. Presents an introduction to literary Ottoman. This book provides a course of lessons, readings and exercises to take the student from beginner to intermediate level. It features numerous readings taken from historiography, historical, literary, journalistic and legal sources from the 16th to the 20th century. Translator(s): Frakes, Jerold. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415494380
- ISBN
- 9780415494380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.04
€ 141.04
Paperback. What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it tell us about the history of writing and the story of our own alphabets? How do decipherments work and how can we know if they are right? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861973399
- ISBN
- 9781861973399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.52
€ 12.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt, and opened up 3,000 years of that country's history and culture. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 25 illustrations, 22 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714150215
- ISBN
- 9780714150215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.19
€ 8.99
€ 8.19