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Hardback. An illuminating collection of essays from the preeminent scholar of architectural history and theory Num Pages: 232 pages, 63 color + 63 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AMX; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300218718
- ISBN
- 9780300218718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.91
€ 36.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. This book tells the story of who built the chapel and how it came into existence and survived against all the odds. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; 3JJH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLW; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402. The True Story of an Icon. 256 pages, 8pp plates. Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. This book tells the story of who built the chapel and how it came into existence and survived against all the odds. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; 3JJH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLW; HRC. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845025298
- ISBN
- 9781845025298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145447
- ISBN
- 9781868145447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.95
€ 37.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614294177
- ISBN
- 9781614294177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.86
€ 25.99
€ 17.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: HRES. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Snow Lion
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559394284
- ISBN
- 9781559394284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.95€ 58.02
€ 63.95
€ 58.02
Paperback. Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral--Universiteat Meunchen, 2012) Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 b/w & 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMK; AMR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837622768
- ISBN
- 9783837622768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.13€ 47.35
€ 60.13
€ 47.35
Paperback. Orosius' work is crucial for an understanding of early Christian approaches to history, the development of universal history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages. This title offers an annotated translation of "Orosius' Seven Books of History against the Pagans". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312397
- ISBN
- 9781846312397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.39
€ 55.39
Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226616674
- ISBN
- 9780226616674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. This text explores the "orphan trains" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826211217
- ISBN
- 9780826211217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.09
€ 16.99
€ 16.09
Hardback. On July 10, 1940, by a 570 to 80 margin, the representatives in the French parliament voted full powers to Philippe Petain, ending the Third Republic and paving the way for the collaborationist Vichy regime. This work offers a nuanced portrait of the individuals who determined the fate of France at this critical moment. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032613
- ISBN
- 9780674032613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05€ 66.36
€ 73.05
€ 66.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 140 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739127315
- ISBN
- 9780739127315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Paperback. The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut - and to have saved Jason's life. Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His influence on Greek thought is undeniable, but his disciples left little of substance behind them. This work attempts to uncover and define Orphism by following its circuitous path through ancient history. Editor(s): Alderink, Larry. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024998
- ISBN
- 9780691024998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.07€ 41.82
€ 53.07
€ 41.82
Hardcover. Presents a record of Florentine musician Jacopo Peri's wide-ranging investments and activities in the marketplace that enables a detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and opens a completely new perspective on one of Europe's principal centers of capitalism. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 470 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVH; HBJD; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 233 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724648
- ISBN
- 9780674724648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.26€ 55.86
€ 61.26
€ 55.86
Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951689
- ISBN
- 9781845951689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486437019
- ISBN
- 9780486437019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556436574
- ISBN
- 9781556436574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Tyneh, Carl S. Num Pages: 347 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 30. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334669
- ISBN
- 9781590334669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.77€ 45.61
€ 57.77
€ 45.61
Paperback. Presents an introduction to Orthodox Church. This guide describes the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Series: Simple Guides S. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 112 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kuperard United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857334876
- ISBN
- 9781857334876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. The essays collected in this volume represent an ecumenical and interdisciplinary engagement with the numerous factors that have come to comprise the multiple and often ambivalent contours of "Eastern" Christian attitudes towards an ambiguous, multiform, and ever-changing "West." Editor(s): Demacopoulos, George E.; Papanikolaou, Aristotle. Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought (FUP). Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251933
- ISBN
- 9780823251933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. The foremost Roman Catholic theologian of the middle ages, Thomas Aquinas, was hugely popular in the last days of the Orthodox Byzantine Empire, in contrast to his largely negative reception by later Orthodox commentators. This book is the first to explore the long history of Orthodox fascination with Aquinas. Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC8; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198708896
- ISBN
- 9780198708896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.73
€ 61.73