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Paperback. Seeking the historical and cultural roots of the conflict between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam, this work examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century - a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JFM; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520200647
- ISBN
- 9780520200647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. Heroes of Our Time contains all 239 Medal of Honor citations such as this excerpt: Num Pages: 351 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407413
- ISBN
- 9780887407413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.47
€ 31.99
€ 21.47
Paperback. A tribute to the pilots and crew who flew from airbases in Suffolk during the last war and whose actions displayed some of the finest examples of courage and devotion to duty. Series: Aviation History. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Countryside Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846741036
- ISBN
- 9781846741036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.73
€ 33.99
€ 27.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 141 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346316
- ISBN
- 9780764346316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.47
€ 37.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Explores the cultural power of war memorials in 20th-century Romania through two world wars and a succession of radical political changes - from attempts to create pluralist democratic political institutions after World War I to shifts toward authoritarian rule in the 1930s, to military dictatorships and Nazi occupation. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JWTY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221346
- ISBN
- 9780253221346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. When ordinary individuals in the TV show Heroes inexplicably develop superhuman abilities, they question who they are, struggle to cope with new responsibilities and decide whether to use their new power for good or for evil. Every episode is a philosophical quandary and Heroes and Philosophy is the first book to analyse what's going on. Editor(s): Johnson, David K. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470373385
- ISBN
- 9780470373385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.91
€ 22.91
Hardback. When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? And how do communities deal with betrayal? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, this book reveals the stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. 13 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691137049
- ISBN
- 9780691137049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.35
€ 29.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605852
- ISBN
- 9780691605852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Treats the classical writer not as a historian but as a political philosopher. This title uses close textual analysis to demonstrate that Herodotus investigates recurring themes in the important forms of government in the ancient world. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602580077
- ISBN
- 9781602580077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.34
€ 64.34
Paperback. Series: Greek Commentaries Series. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 66. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929524139
- ISBN
- 9780929524139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.17
€ 20.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC2; HRCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310422518
- ISBN
- 9780310422518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Michael Korda's Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious,Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as 'Lawrence of Arabia. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 51. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845137717
- ISBN
- 9781845137717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Raoul Wallenberg is remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II, and as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. This book examines how thirty-one Wallenberg monuments, in twelve countries on five continents commemorate the man. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMGD; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222380
- ISBN
- 9780230222380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.07
€ 130.07
Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612347028
- ISBN
- 9781612347028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420188
- ISBN
- 9780821420188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.38
€ 36.38
Paperback. Introduces readers to the worshippers and the cult of Tran Hung Dao, the legendary fourteenth-century hero and saviour of Vietnam who has evolved as a key symbol of the nation as well as an efficacious deity in its spiritual pantheon. Series: Mekong Press. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789743031571
- ISBN
- 9789743031571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.50
€ 32.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Douglas L.; Davis, Rodney O. Series: The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039812
- ISBN
- 9780252039812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This volume presents a blend of travel narrative, a stream of consciousness account of a retreat high in the Himalayas, and a quest for inner stillness and a glimpse of the divine. It also includes an insight into the society and religion of Tibet before the Chinese invasion. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FPCT; HRE; VXA; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844130429
- ISBN
- 9781844130429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ibis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892541676
- ISBN
- 9780892541676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.30
€ 33.99
€ 30.30