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Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WH; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472944375
ISBN
9781472944375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Translated and with an introduction by Eric L. Hut
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161044
ISBN
9780691161044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169316
ISBN
9780691169316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical society of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession and observance or ritual in life. And his ideas are still close to those of ours today. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129657
ISBN
9780231129657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. The author reveals the spirit of classical Chinese martial arts through instruction of hitherto secret internal practices from the Dai Family Style XinYi Martial Arts in this ground-breaking book. Exploring the connection between Daoist numerology, internal alchemy and the spirit of martial power, it offers guidance to strengthen inner cultivation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 85 black and white. BIC Classification: HRKN5; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848192065
ISBN
9781848192065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Hardback. The first full-scale account of a Persian king vilified by history Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; BGH; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180077
ISBN
9780300180077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224049
ISBN
9780520224049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 45.80

Paperback. This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society that makes it a document of prime historical importance. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686825
ISBN
9780856686825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Andrew M. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781931019026
ISBN
9781931019026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from modern-day Iraq into the mountains of Kurdistan and Armenia, and down to the coast of the Black Sea, fighting all the way. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223848
ISBN
9780571223848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Hardcover. The writing of Spartan history for long involved gliding - sometimes seamlessly - between the evidence of very different ancient sources. Now, a short series conceived by The Classical Press of Wales will examine closely and individually each of the principal sources and its relationship with classical Sparta. Editor(s): Powell, Anton; Richer, Nicolas. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125371
ISBN
9781905125371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328495
ISBN
9781848328495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover. Secret Research Aircraft of the Cold War. 160 pages, 100 colour and 250 b/w photos plus 50 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWS; JWG. Dimension: 215 x 304 x 27. Weight: 1536.
Publisher
Hikoki Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902109213
ISBN
9781902109213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 425. BIC Classification: 1D; HBW; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1466.
Publisher
Hikoki Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902109480
ISBN
9781902109480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Wiley
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471283621
ISBN
9780471283621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Hardcover. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471189671
ISBN
9780471189671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Moving chronologically and thematically through the complex history of the conflict, the author interweaves his own vivid memories of soldiering in the Pacific - from the look on a Japanese fighter pilot's face as he bombed Pearl Harbor, so close that Jones could see him smile and wave, to hitting the beach under fire in Guadalcanal. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226180939
ISBN
9780226180939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. In an age before TV and radio the impact and importance of cartoon art was immense, especially when the only sources of information were silent cinema newsreels, posters, newspapers and books - all largely black and white. This book examines cartoons from both sides of the conflict, both in colour and black-and-white. Num Pages: 160 pages, B&W and colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AKLC; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909808096
ISBN
9781909808096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.41

hardcover. Tells the story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520254459
ISBN
9780520254459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 61.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780321394262
ISBN
9780321394262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.33

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