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Paperback. The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w illus. 33 maps 53 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107615700
- ISBN
- 9781107615700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Hardback. The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. This title examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong cult within the larger framework of the historical development of Chinese popular or vernacular religion. Num Pages: 397 pages, 37 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234086
- ISBN
- 9780520234086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.35€ 65.28
€ 84.35
€ 65.28
Hardback. Series: East Asian Monograph. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674175433
- ISBN
- 9780674175433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.86
€ 38.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Interned in a remote country house by MI6 after the war, the German physicists who worked to make a Nazi atomic bomb were secretly recorded. This book shows just how close they came and their disbelief as the Allies attack Hiroshima. Translator(s): Pare, Simon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323859
- ISBN
- 9781908323859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTM; JPSF; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118789
- ISBN
- 9780813118789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Richard W. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Orbis Books (USA) United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570758898
- ISBN
- 9781570758898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.72
€ 21.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Coming 30 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book The Thinking Ape, Evolving Insight develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of our human ability to understand the world of objects and other people. In a clear and accessible style, the book reviews the evidence for insight in the cognition of animals. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198757078
- ISBN
- 9780198757078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. Provides a historical overview of the post-1900 American West. This book offers a comprehensive account of the modern West, delineating the changes and resulting complexities that characterize the 20th-century West. It considers the ways in which urban, service, and computer-related industries replaced rural, extractive and agricultural economies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 maps, 47 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260221
- ISBN
- 9780803260221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816516834
- ISBN
- 9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Addresses the approximately 7,000 years of the prehistory of eastern North America, termed the Archaic Period by archaeologists. This title focuses on a 380-mile section of the Lower Ohio River Valley, an area rife with temporary and long-term Archaic sites. It covers the duration of the Holocene and offers a compendium of knowledge of the era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355418
- ISBN
- 9780817355418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Richard Kaeuper presents a new analysis of chivalry, re-interpreting it as a fundamental aspect of medieval society. Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521137959
- ISBN
- 9780521137959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.15
€ 31.15
Paperback. Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222975
- ISBN
- 9780812222975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215793
- ISBN
- 9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. A rare insider's look at Stanford's experience of dramatic political unrest during the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which time the author served as the university's vice president, provost, and then president. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760799
- ISBN
- 9780804760799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.08
€ 75.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634562
- ISBN
- 9780691634562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.93
€ 203.93
Paperback. Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports, vagrancy laws, and forced military service. This title presents the story of this nineteenth-century migratory ranch hand. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292154
- ISBN
- 9780803292154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652665
- ISBN
- 9780691652665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.38
€ 185.38
Paperback. Looking at a time when beer was often a nutritional necessity, was sometimes used as medicine, could be flavored with everything from the bark of fir trees to thyme and fresh eggs, and was consumed by men, women, and children alike, this book presents a detailed history of the business, art, and governance of brewing. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219999
- ISBN
- 9780812219999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- a
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226951515
- ISBN
- 9780226951515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? This book reveals the way ordinary men used bows and arrows in their day-to-day lives, and the way that their skills became recognised by the kings of England as invaluable in warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752465876
- ISBN
- 9780752465876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64