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Paperback. The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRAM9; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810873
- ISBN
- 9780753810873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Pledged to defend the Christian holy places, the Templars formed a monastic order of "fighting monks". This collection of translated sources examines the activities of the order from its establishment in 1099, through the arrests of the French members in 1307 until its dissolution in 1392 Translator(s): Barber, Malcolm; Bate, Keith (former Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Reading); Bate, Keith (Former Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Reading). Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719051104
- ISBN
- 9780719051104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Margaret Jonas examines some of the various claims and revealing something of the esoteric practices and beliefs of the Order, including influences from other religious traditions. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCZ; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906999254
- ISBN
- 9781906999254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. This work reveals a secret history, encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX8; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 110 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552155403
- ISBN
- 9780552155403
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Reveals the meaning behind the cryptic codes and secret rituals of the medieval brotherhood of warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. This guide covers topics such as who the Knights Templar were, how they rose so high and fell so far, and why there is so much interest in them. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470127650
- ISBN
- 9780470127650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. How the temp industry undermined the idea that workers are a company's chief asset Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439900802
- ISBN
- 9781439900802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.54
€ 82.54
Paperback. In the medieval Castilian village of Guzman (population: 80), villagers have gathered for centuries in the 'telling room' to share stories and drink the local wine. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DN; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112792
- ISBN
- 9781782112792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write about Han dynasty China or Jomon Japan. And almost all historians refer to prehistoric China or Japan. Thus imposing the national story on the local, the authors contend, harms the historical record. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238204
- ISBN
- 9780812238204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
Hardback. Hochfelder thus supplies us with an introduction to the early stirrings of the information age. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; TBX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407470
- ISBN
- 9781421407470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 54.16
€ 59.21
€ 54.16
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662540312
- ISBN
- 9783662540312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.40
€ 113.40
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.75
€ 82.75
Paperback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273263
- ISBN
- 9780823273263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273256
- ISBN
- 9780823273256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. BIC Classification: HRCV4; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801018664
- ISBN
- 9780801018664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. Acontroversial history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single family, the Lows, ancestors of the author, Ferdinand Mount Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp 4-4 plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471129469
- ISBN
- 9781471129469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Hardback. Entomologist Gene Kritsky presents the first full-length discussion of the ways in which bees were a part of life in ancient Egypt. From the presence of bees in paintings and hieroglyphs in tombs to the use of beeswax in a variety of products, bees had a significant presence in ancient Egyptian culture. Num Pages: 160 pages, 103. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA1; TVHH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199361380
- ISBN
- 9780199361380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.87
€ 43.99
€ 40.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611802917
- ISBN
- 9781611802917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.26
€ 18.99
€ 17.26
Paperback. Examines how Catholic thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the enduring teachings of important Catholic intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Catholic intellectuals have shaped debates over the family, the state, religion, and society. Editor(s): Witte, John, Jr.; Alexander, Frank S. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142618
- ISBN
- 9780231142618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the teachings of Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family and society. Editor(s): Witte, John, Jr.; Alexander, Frank S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142656
- ISBN
- 9780231142656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Hardback. Examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the teachings of Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family and society. Editor(s): Witte, John, Jr.; Alexander, Frank S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRCC8; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142649
- ISBN
- 9780231142649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.82€ 100.69
€ 133.82
€ 100.69