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Paperback. Explores contemporary Christianity. This title searches for the true meaning of faith, and criticizes the tendency of mankind to create God in its own image. It describes the true role of man, the need to eschew personal arrogance, and the vital importance of faith if we are to understand our place in the universe. Editor(s): Screech, M. A. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444933
ISBN
9780140444933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.44

Hardback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362203
ISBN
9780822362203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Ernesto Bassi examines the lives of those who resided in the Caribbean between 1760 and 1860 to trace the configuration of a dynamic geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean, where residents made their own geographies and futures while trade, information, and people circulated freely across borders. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362401
ISBN
9780822362401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Rediscovered in Syria in the late 19th century, this account relates the experiences of Reverend Elias al-Musili, a priest of the Chaldean Church and the first known visitor to the Americas from the Middle East. Supported by Spain and the pope, he offers a unique perspective on the New World. Editor(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Translator(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607908
ISBN
9780815607908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 265 pages, bibliography. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121255
ISBN
9780231121255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. An original, substantial contribution to interpretive archaeology (the first of its kind for Japan and East Asia), An Archaeological History of Japan addresses a broad range of issues concerning the self-identification of groups and the use of the past in contemporary society. Series: Archaeology, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HB; HD; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236514
ISBN
9780812236514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09

Paperback. Opens up new ways of thinking about the period, 1400-1750. An original and theoretically-informed contribution to the discipline. Wide-disciplinary appeal. Well-illustrated. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 244 pages, with 41 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863485
ISBN
9781557863485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Paperback. The author argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the whole field of the study of the past to make innovative discoveries and apply modern approaches by widening the aims of the discipline. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 half-tones, 17 figures, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDA; HDDK; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078925
ISBN
9780520078925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Hardback. An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 249 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBTK; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319221045
ISBN
9783319221045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analyzed in the field. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; GB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415221504
ISBN
9780415221504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60

Hardback. Examines the cognitive and material records of the spatial design and use - including maps, architectural drawings, landscapes, and historical treatises - of three coffee plantations in the Yallahs drainage of eastern Jamaica. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDDK; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306458507
ISBN
9780306458507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.37

paperback. Adopting a material culture perspective, this study examines the social and cultural history of the Soviet period, looking particularly at social relations and the way individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture in order to cope with daily life. Series: Materializing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AM; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JHM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859734261
ISBN
9781859734261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HDA; JFCD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415840507
ISBN
9780415840507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b&w photographs and 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBLL; HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179928
ISBN
9780231179928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 51.18

Paperback. Presents an overview of the archaeology of urban common land. By recognising that urban common land represents a valid historical entity, this book contributes towards successful informed conservation. It contains a variety of illustrations, including contemporary and archive photographs. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Historic England United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781848020351
ISBN
9781848020351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. This book presents investigations of several constructed floors, built during the 600 to 800 years of site formation in the Archaic period (ca. 8000u2000 BCE), the crucial timespan in Mesoamerican prehistory when people were transitioning from full-blown dependency on wild resources to the use of domesticated crops. Editor(s): Voorhies, Barbara. Series: Monograph. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938770029
ISBN
9781938770029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.82

Paperback. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378. Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings. 280 pages. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275492
ISBN
9780520275492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486182
ISBN
9781349486182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 177.43

Hardcover. A story of the heel of Italy - Puglia - as told by travellers. It has beautiful landscapes, cave towns and frescoed grotto churches, wonderful old cities with Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic castles and a wealth of Baroque architecture. Series: Armchair Taveller's History. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973758
ISBN
9781907973758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DNF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909961005
ISBN
9781909961005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Vasily Grossman, author of Life and Fate, reflects on a season spent in Armenia. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782060888
ISBN
9781782060888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. * First volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 2003. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 32, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1H; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116365
ISBN
9780349116365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805087246
ISBN
9780805087246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.49

Paperback. In 1890, a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades, these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation, and to contest racial violence, creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222449
ISBN
9780812222449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

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