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Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287587
- ISBN
- 9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.20
€ 20.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. How has the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) developed since 1910 and responded to the fundamental shift from Empire into Commonwealth? What are the enduring aims and values, shared by all members of the League, which inform its activities? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 70 integrated black and white illustrations & 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QFC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850118
- ISBN
- 9781848850118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. The study s use of local sources in Savannah, especially behind-the-scenes church records, provides a rare glimpse into church life and ritual, depicting scenes never before described. Blending history, ethnography, and Geertzian dramaturgy, it traces the evolution of black southern society." Series: Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820341262
- ISBN
- 9780820341262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.89
€ 38.89
Leather / fine binding. First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible was hailed as a landmark. It combines the entire Hebrew Bible-in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation-with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text. Editor(s): Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi. Num Pages: 2400 pages, Full-color map section; 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRCG; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 51. Weight in Grams: 10.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 2400
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190263898
- ISBN
- 9780190263898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.92€ 100.61
€ 107.92
€ 100.61
Hardcover. Includes preface to the 1985 JPS edition, published under title: Tanakh: a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the traditional Hebrew text. Editor(s): Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi. Num Pages: 2400 pages, Full-color map section; 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 179 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1466.
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199978465
- ISBN
- 9780199978465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.77
€ 52.99
€ 43.77
Paperback. An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Editor(s): Barker, Adele Marie; Grant, Bruce. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 784 pages, 96 photos, incl. 8 pg color insert, 1 table, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346487
- ISBN
- 9780822346487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Brings history, politics, and research to the author's study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County. This title looks at diasporic Vietnamese in each location. Num Pages: 218 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD; JFFN; JHBT; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396868
- ISBN
- 9781566396868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.43
€ 36.99
€ 33.43
Hardcover. Brings to bear on the text of the first Gospel the historical-critical perspectives, providing a treatment of such controversial issues as the relationship of canonical Mark to the "Secret Gospel of Mark" and the text of the Gospel, including its longer endings. This book also introduces a store of data on the language and style of Mark. Editor(s): Attridge, Harold W. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRCG9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 218 x 46. Weight in Grams: 2060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fortress Press
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800660789
- ISBN
- 9780800660789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349053735
- ISBN
- 9781349053735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.80
€ 35.80
Paperback. Originally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author. Num Pages: 408 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157931
- ISBN
- 9780691157931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New with a new chapter on the twenty-first-centur
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169156
- ISBN
- 9780691169156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCU; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454097
- ISBN
- 9780801454097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.11
€ 138.11
Paperback. How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? This title combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282155
- ISBN
- 9780520282155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.36
€ 35.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. The 200 pictures offered here provide illustrations for church bulletins, programs, and for school and special events. Num Pages: 32 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 217 x 3. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934134897
- ISBN
- 9780934134897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. A Companion to Contemporary Britain covers the key themes and debates of 20th-century history from the outbreak of the Second World War to the end of the century. Editor(s): Addison, Paul; Jones, Harriet. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167307
- ISBN
- 9781405167307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.96
€ 59.96
paperback. A paradigm for peace discovered in the cosmopolitan neighborhoods of poor urban immigrants Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Illinois Edition
- SKU
- V9780252073458
- ISBN
- 9780252073458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.45
€ 20.45
Paperback. Presents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed. Editor(s): Adcock, Robert; Bevir, Mark; Stimson, Shannon C. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128740
- ISBN
- 9780691128740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.49
€ 52.99
€ 37.49
paperback. Illustrator(s): Smith, E. Boyd. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803250000
- ISBN
- 9780803250000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.22
€ 17.22
Hardback. Continuing the success of the 101 series, Buddhism 101 delivers readers a clear and straightforward explanation of Buddhism. Series: Adams 101. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: HR; HRE; HREP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Adams Media Corporation
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781507204290
- ISBN
- 9781507204290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Hardback. The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic. Vice President John Adams chaired Senate sessions even as he was prevented from participating in any meaningful fashion. Abigail joined him when her health permitted. This volume offers insight into the family and a commentary on life that many expected from the Adamses. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Barzilay, Karen N.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson; Karachuk, Robert F.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032750
- ISBN
- 9780674032750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43€ 114.30
€ 129.43
€ 114.30