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Paperback. Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. This book includes a narrative of the major events of author's life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BM; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393124
- ISBN
- 9780141393124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China (Zone ...
François; Translated By Janet Lloyd Jullien
hardcover. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ZONE BOOKS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033928
- ISBN
- 9780942299946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Hardback. Shows one thinker's debts to and departures from another and reveals the limits of one's approach while highlighting the innovation of another's Translator(s): Vallier, Robert. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 3. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233731
- ISBN
- 9780823233731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.90
€ 124.90
Hardback. Asks what it means to be human and to embrace death and mortality as the defining essence of our humanity Translator(s): Vallier, Robert. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242399
- ISBN
- 9780823242399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.51
€ 76.51
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. 3000 BCE to 395 CE. 400 pages, 23 line illustrations, 4 maps, 1 table. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight: 676. Translator(s): Lorton, David.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488535
- ISBN
- 9780801488535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.82
€ 50.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 258. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF; HBLA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444722
- ISBN
- 9780801444722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Kiely, Declan. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441653
- ISBN
- 9780801441653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.85
€ 174.85
Hardback. Over the past fifty years, Francoise Henry has been the leading authority on the history of early Irish art. Num Pages: 468 pages, 250 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; AM; HBLC1; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132233
- ISBN
- 9780907132233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Paperback. If you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we spend daily on sleeping, shopping, eating, working, tending to our relationships and on everything else that is obligatory, then how much time is left for the average person to enjoy those activities that are the sweetness of life? This book deals with this questions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; HP; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718198831
- ISBN
- 9780718198831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
paperback. Why are secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion? Why has Joan of Arc fascinated important thinkers of the 20th century? This text uses the story of Joan of Arc as a guide for reading the postmodern nostalgia for a body that is intact and transparent. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519821
- ISBN
- 9780226519821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81
€ 51.81
Paperback. Analyses the complex relationship between the coloniser and colonised on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Through novels, iconography, and texts from various disciplines including law, medicine, and psychology, this title constructs a political and cultural history of the island's relations with France. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322948
- ISBN
- 9780822322948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 537 pages, colour tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 537
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507707
- ISBN
- 9788763507707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.01€ 60.48
€ 78.01
€ 60.48
Paperback. BIC Classification: HB. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- THE HISTORY PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738500874
- ISBN
- 9780738500874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
€ 24.99
€ 20.31
Hardback. This collection of original papers offers an important comparative-historical dimension to the debate by examining the historical roots of civil society in Germany and Britain from the 17th century revolutions to the beginning of the welfare state. Editor(s): Trentmann, Frank. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811424
- ISBN
- 9781571811424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.47
€ 165.47
paperback. Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. This book includes essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, oranges, and tobacco, to offer an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these institutions. Editor(s): Uekotter, Frank. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9783593500287
- ISBN
- 9783593500287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJQ. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864404
- ISBN
- 9781894864404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. 'What is history'? From Thucydides to Toynbee, historians and non-historians alike have wondered how to answer this question. This book focuses on developments over the years in historical writing, not least the renewed interest in the status of narrative itself and the presence of the authorial 'voice'. Editor(s): Ankersmit, Frank; Kellner, Hans. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948462771
- ISBN
- 9780948462771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.56
€ 31.56
Paperback. Re-Figuring Hayden White is a reconsideration of the work of Hayden White by a group of internationally prominent scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, rhetoric, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Ankersmit, Frank; Domanska, Ewa; Kellner, Hans. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 400 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762755
- ISBN
- 9780804762755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Hardback. Re-Figuring Hayden White is a reconsideration of the work of Hayden White by a group of internationally prominent scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, rhetoric, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Ankersmit, Frank; Domanska, Ewa; Kellner, Hans. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760034
- ISBN
- 9780804760034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.35
€ 176.35
hardcover. Provides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813537016
- ISBN
- 9780813537016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.60
€ 69.60