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Hardcover. Alec Owen situates seemingly anachronistic practices such as exploratory sex magic, alchemy and astral travel, alongside revolutionary understandings of rationality in a demonstration of how a newly psychologized magic operated in conjunction with the developing patterns of modern life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226642017
ISBN
9780226642017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.92

Paperback. This rich lode of Indian and ethnic (English, French, Scottish, Irish, German etc) tradition and lore is a browser's paradise. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420286
ISBN
9780938420286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; GBGP; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904246060
ISBN
9781904246060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. In her memoir, Anna Lo writes for the first time about her extraordinary journey from her birth in Hong Kong to Belfast at the height of the Troubles. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1FPCH; BM; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409851
ISBN
9780856409851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

paperback. The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. In this book the author asks: was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? Num Pages: 672 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140275230
ISBN
9780140275230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153629
ISBN
9780691153629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Presents history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich. This book chronicles a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak produced a golden age second only to the Renaissance. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283945
ISBN
9780140283945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Titanic Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 4. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653341
ISBN
9781841653341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.92

Paperback. Showing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted negotiations with powerful national actors or broad political mobilization, this book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 b/w tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293199
ISBN
9780520293199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPA; JPHV; JPVH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349374885
ISBN
9781349374885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Paperback. This work provides a detailed description and pictorial exploration of the ships that scoured the high seas during the "Golden age of Piracy". It covers the vessels of the leading pirates of their age. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM; JWF; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764979
ISBN
9781841764979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Elizabeth I was originally dubbed 'the pirate queen' by Philip II of Spain and acknowledged as such by the pope. Extravagant, whimsical, hot-tempered, sexually enticing and the epitome of power, Elizabeth I has never ceased to amaze, entertain, and educate through the centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 51. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060820671
ISBN
9780060820671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.42

Num Pages: 446 pages, over 600 bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 228 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2476. 354th Fighter Group in World War Two. 446 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; JWG; JWTR. Dimension: 290 x 228 x 44. Weight: 2470.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329258
ISBN
9780764329258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.85
€ 57.09

hardcover. Soon after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula unified in the 1860s to create a single nation, the nationalist Massimo D'Azeglio is said to have remarked, "We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians." This work draws on a broad array of sources to trace this making of a modern national identity in Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226774480
ISBN
9780226774480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.87

Paperback. Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate, an architect and an intellectual who dumbfounded critics with her genius and originality. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sarah combined a zest for progress with a love of the past. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571269518
ISBN
9780571269518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. This volume features twenty essays written by Servais Pinckaers, O.P., one of the pre-eminent Catholic moral theologians. Rather than taking a simply historical approach to Aquinas, Pinckaers seeks the basis of the intelligibility of the moral life, providing spiritual and theological insights along the way. Editor(s): Berkman, John; Titus, Craig Steven. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213941
ISBN
9780813213941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Paperback. Published to celebrate the centenary and finally bring the mystery to a close, this book provides a definitive account of the Piltdown hoax. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 black & white plates, 8 black & white plates, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487748
ISBN
9780752487748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178. DUBLIN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Island
Condition
New
SKU
9781848403260
ISBN
9781848403260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.58

Hardcover. The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his intellectual oeuvre into its historical context - until now. Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJS; HRLC1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235704
ISBN
9781936235704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.03

Paperback. Pavel Florensky, a Russian theologian, is recognized as one of Russia's greatest polymaths. Known as the Russian Leonardo da Vinci, he became a Russian Orthodox priest in 1911, while remaining involved with the cultural, artistic, and scientific developments. This book presents the English translation of his defense of Russian Orthodox theology. Translator(s): Jakim, Boris. Num Pages: 624 pages, 26 halftones. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRCC8; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117676
ISBN
9780691117676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.03
€ 59.90

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