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paperback. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BT; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099477761
- ISBN
- 9780099477761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.59
€ 12.99
€ 9.59
Paperback. For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history actively collaborated with one another. This book tells the story of the pact between Hitler and Stalin, from the motivation for its inception to its dramatic and abrupt end in 1941 as Germany declared war against its former partner. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099571896
- ISBN
- 9780099571896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year in 2009, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Junger. Spending more than three years in the French capital where his principal duty was to mingle with French intellectuals and with visiting German celebrities. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ACG; 3JJH; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451149
- ISBN
- 9780857451149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.28
€ 154.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454196
- ISBN
- 9780801454196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.41
€ 51.41
Paperback. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Coffee, the Driving Force in History. 240 pages. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; WBX. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951430
- ISBN
- 9781841951430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811712286
- ISBN
- 9780811712286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.79
€ 35.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the "Panzer Graf" (Armoured Count). An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leignitz, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004327
- ISBN
- 9781612004327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Germany's overseas colonial empire was relatively short-lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies. Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? This work tackles this question through a cross-cultural analysis of German colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 608 pages, 12 colour plates, 78 halftones, 6 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 37. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772431
- ISBN
- 9780226772431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. A Social History of Rubber. 416 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; TDCR. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 31. Weight: 684.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672310
- ISBN
- 9781583672310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. "Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306807435
- ISBN
- 9780306807435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.85
€ 19.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Dr Jesper Aagaard. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199779246
- ISBN
- 9780199779246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.59
€ 84.59
Hardback. Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HRKP; HRLF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157115
- ISBN
- 9780691157115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008159689
- ISBN
- 9780008159689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
€ 19.99
€ 14.44
Hardback. Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046160
- ISBN
- 9780674046160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155538
- ISBN
- 9781844155538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.34
€ 33.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554394
- ISBN
- 9780099554394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. Presenting a collection of simple verses gathered in themes such as 'awareness', 'fools' and 'old age', this title features lessons in each verse to give ethical advice and to remind the listener of the transience of life. Translator(s): Roebuck, Valerie J. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRE; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449419
- ISBN
- 9780140449419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardback. 'If man's faith is unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be perfect' Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRES. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780289694
- ISBN
- 9781780289694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. A collection of aphorisms that illustrate the moral teachings of Buddha, the spiritual path to the supreme Truth. It contains the verses arranged according to theme, covering ideas such as self-possession, good and evil, watchfulness and endurance and describe how an individual can attain the enlightenment of Nirvana, the supreme goal of Buddhism. Translator(s): Mascaro, Juan. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRE; HRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442847
- ISBN
- 9780140442847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
€ 11.99
€ 11.01