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Hardcover. Petrarch was the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book reveals a remarkable self-awareness as he probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to fame and love. Editor(s): Mann, Nicholas. Translator(s): Mann, Nicholas. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DCF; HPCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003460
ISBN
9780674003460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171784
ISBN
9780691171784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Hardback. Francesco Filelfo's On Exile depicts noblemen and humanists, driven from Florence by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings of exile--poverty and loss of reputation--and the best way to endure and profit from them. This volume contains the first complete edition of the Latin text and the first complete translation into any modern language. Editor(s): Keyser, Jeroen de. Translator(s): Blanchard, W. Scott. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
510
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066366
ISBN
9780674066366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBJ; 1FBP; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9789059113961
ISBN
9789059113961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.25

Hardback. Challenges the hold that cliometrics - an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists - has exerted on the study of our economic past. This book calls for the reconstruction of economic history, one in which history and the social sciences are brought to bear on economics, and not the other way around. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HBAH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144009
ISBN
9780691144009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 42.52

Hardback. The highly-anticipated first English-language edition of the monumental critical anthology of writings from the golden age of the Italian disapora in America is now available. Editor(s): Durante, Francesco. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 193 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823260614
ISBN
9780823260614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Edition
First Trade Paper
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932714319
ISBN
9781932714319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. "Institude of Classical Archaeology, Packard Humanities Institute." Editor(s): Carter, Joseph Coleman. Num Pages: 678 pages, 300 color and 660 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 915. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
678
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309476
ISBN
9781477309476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.05

Hardcover. Looks at how Tacitus Annales references the themes and language of tragedy and what the implications are for his historiography. This book is of special interest to students and scholars of comparative literature and Greek and Roman language, literature, rhetoric, and historiography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115198
ISBN
9780472115198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583944479
ISBN
9781583944479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.80

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570629259
ISBN
9781570629259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 41.63

Hardcover. At Columbia University in 1906, William James gave a highly confrontational speech to the American Philosophical Association (APA). What was the goal of this unusual speech? This work reveals that James' trespassing of boundaries was an essential element of a broader intellectual and social project. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066523
ISBN
9780226066523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 45.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Trivellato, Francesca; Halevi, Leor; Antunes, Catia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HRAX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199379194
ISBN
9780199379194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Hardcover. Recounts how one woman's hope of building a new China gradually turned to disappointment, disillusionment and despair, reflecting the minds of China's intellectuals at the time. Num Pages: 192 pages, plate section of photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622091719
ISBN
9789622091719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.73

Paperback. An eye-opening short biography of Rasputin, drawing on previously unpublished material, in which Frances Welch turns her inimitable wry gaze on one of the great mysteries of Russian history. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722320
ISBN
9781780722320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.52

Paperback. On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasure. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Short Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907595707
ISBN
9781907595707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585426195
ISBN
9781585426195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.75

paperback. Focuses on a relationship, for the relationship of "seeker" and "master" mirrors that of the human and God. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032536
ISBN
9780812214390
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Hardback. Baba Rexheb founded the first community of the Bektashi order in America. This ethnographic biography recounts his life through lived example and through stories collected during Frances Trix's more than twenty years of study with the dervish. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HRHX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934536124
ISBN
9781934536124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.13

Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; BGH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612481432
ISBN
9781612481432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.01

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