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Paperback. The ancient civilization of Egypt offers a dazzling array of kings and dynasties, gods and goddesses, temples and tombs. This dictionary features archaeological sites of Egypt and Sudan, kings who ruled Egypt, and events from its birth as a state to Alexander the Great. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 316 illustrations, 163 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GBC; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500203965
- ISBN
- 9780500203965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the first pyramids to Cleopatra Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540. 672 pages. As the world's first nation-state, the history of Ancient Egypt is above all the story of the attempt to unite a disparate realm and defend it against hostile forces from within and without. This title reveals Ancient Egypt in all its complexity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 47. Weight: 538.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408810026
- ISBN
- 9781408810026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mayer, Toby; Madelung, Wilferd. Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530884
- ISBN
- 9781784530884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.54
€ 52.99
€ 43.54
Paperback. WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. The inside story of one of the most notorious tours of duty of the current Afghan War. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, ports., map. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 52. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849164238
- ISBN
- 9781849164238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99
Hardback. Examination and analysis of one of the most important artefacts of Anglo-Saxon society, the cruciform brooch, setting it in a wider context. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 406 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 44 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 252 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839934
- ISBN
- 9781843839934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Hardback. Provides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state. This title demonstrates how vital the exploitation of nature and the roles of science and global experts were to the consolidation of political authority in the desert. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBX; HBJF1; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049857
- ISBN
- 9780674049857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081699
- ISBN
- 9780252081699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040238
- ISBN
- 9780252040238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300101140
- ISBN
- 9780300101140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.93
€ 36.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Covers the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This book examines the background to that great achievement, the mechanisms by which it was accomplished, and the character of life in the Nile valley during the first 500 years of Pharaonic rule. Num Pages: 440 pages, 11 maps and 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415260114
- ISBN
- 9780415260114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
This is an important collection of essays focusing on pre-colonial trade and African-European interaction, looking at western Africa between Senegal and Sierra Leone. It spans the whole pre-colonial period between the first Portuguese voyages of discovery and the transition to legitimate commerce in the 19th century. Editor(s): Green, Toby. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 320 pages, c. 12 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3J; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265208
- ISBN
- 9780197265208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.87
€ 151.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; HRLM3; JFSR1; JNU; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739130940
- ISBN
- 9780739130940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder, and Misuse of Power. 304 pages, illustrations. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Very little has been written about the war behind the lines - a war carried out by merciless guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes, and sinister secret agents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811710190
- ISBN
- 9780811710190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.60
€ 21.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501707452
- ISBN
- 9781501707452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.47
€ 40.47
Hardback. Based on oral history interviews, photographs, letters, minutes, diaries, and journals of white and African-American Mennonites, this fascinating book further illuminates the role of race in modern American religion. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRA; HRCC9; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897009
- ISBN
- 9780801897009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 61.99
€ 68.21
€ 61.99
Hardback. This work covers cultural change in a Chinese city following the Manchu conquest of 1644. Yangzhou, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangzi river, is known as the site of human and physical devastation during the conquest and as a vibrant commercial centre during the 18th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744850
- ISBN
- 9780804744850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
Hardback. On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. This book provides a keen analytical description of the battle and its place in the naval history of World War I. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011695
- ISBN
- 9780253011695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Hardback. This study presents material from the Talmud and Midrash which have one characteristic in common: they reflect an anthropocentric, rather than a theocentric, view of the world. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611471021
- ISBN
- 9781611471021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.99
€ 101.99
Paperback. An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660. From Ancient Persia to Modern Times. 480 pages. The Gnostics believed that the universe embodies a ceaseless contest between opposing principles. Terrestrial life exhibits the struggle between good and evil, life and death, beauty and ugliness, and enlightenment and ignorance: Gnosis and Agnosis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRQC1. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 31. Weight: 578.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594770357
- ISBN
- 9781594770357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.62
€ 29.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Blowing the myths wide open, this exciting exploration of the notorious Aleister Crowley, packed with previously unpublished information, is the true story of a poet, explorer, mystic, mountaineer, philosopher, prophet and spy Num Pages: 496 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780283845
- ISBN
- 9781780283845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.62
€ 40.99
€ 25.62