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hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035455
- ISBN
- 9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.96
€ 96.96
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872346
- ISBN
- 9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. The true story of Napoleon Bonaparte's friendship with Betsy Balcombe and her family, the only English people he ever lived with, during his exile on St Helena. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b+w photos and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781760113452
- ISBN
- 9781760113452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.34
€ 29.99
€ 8.34
Paperback. Presents a history of the concept of 'memory' and its uses, encompassing both memory as activity and the nature of memory. This book examines debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts; introduces the reader to key thinkers in the field; and traces the links between theorisations and literary representations of memory. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415402736
- ISBN
- 9780415402736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.25
€ 32.25
Hardback. A collection of cookbooks and culinary images. It guides readers through European and early American cuisine. It illuminates culinary crosscurrents among the cuisines of England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 150 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 281 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1172. Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 344 pages, Illustrations. A collection of cookbooks and culinary images. It guides readers through European and early American cuisine. It illuminates culinary crosscurrents among the cuisines of England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Dimension: 220 x 281 x 19. Weight: 1172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244009
- ISBN
- 9780520244009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.42€ 43.19
€ 54.42
€ 43.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Vogel, N. F. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880107501
- ISBN
- 9780880107501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.12
€ 40.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Exploring the practices of squatting and illegal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town during and immediately following the end of apartheid, Anne-Maria Makhulu how these squatters engaged in an important form of resistance that helped to end apartheid. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 256 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359661
- ISBN
- 9780822359661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. "Saladin" represents the best kind of biography a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man. The result is a unique view of the Crusades from an Arab perspective, and an erudite biography of a political figure whose image was layered in myth with the passage of time. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBAH; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283978
- ISBN
- 9780674283978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 194 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933303
- ISBN
- 9780861933303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.81
€ 33.99
€ 32.81
Paperback. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171349
- ISBN
- 9781781171349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.88
€ 14.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 50 colour illustrations, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; AFKC; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873654036
- ISBN
- 9780873654036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardback. In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. Translator(s): Scholz, Myra Heerspink. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238525
- ISBN
- 9780812238525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Using a spectrum of literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book uncovers the kaleidoscopic story of some of the most intriguing women in history, and the complex role of the empresses as political players on Rome's great stage. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523932
- ISBN
- 9780099523932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780801448638
- ISBN
- 9780801448638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.72
€ 48.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5, 2 maps, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479465
- ISBN
- 9780801479465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.12
€ 46.99
€ 33.12
Paperback. A ground-breaking historical work that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery and race. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492518
- ISBN
- 9781631492518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.50
€ 18.99
€ 17.50
Hardcover. A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404428
- ISBN
- 9780871404428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.66
€ 30.99
€ 25.66
Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337761
- ISBN
- 9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.68
€ 23.99
€ 20.68