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The Great Expedition. Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main, 1585-86.
Konstam, Angus. Illus: Dennis, Peter; Gillila...
Paperback. Drake's daring raids had finally resulted in the outbreak of the long-expected war and it would be the last action of its kind for some years as England sought to protect herself against invasion and the Spanish invasion. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan; Delf, Brian. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849082457
- ISBN
- 9781849082457
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
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Paperback. This edition has detailed information on the battle and maps pinpointing key moments in this campaign. The Gettysburg campaign was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the North he hoped to force Lincoln into peace or win support from European powers watching events closely. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 b&w and 14 colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 185 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855323360
- ISBN
- 9781855323360
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Words Between Us: First Maaori-Paakehaa Conversations on Paper = He Ka...
Professor Of Law Alison Jones
Paperback. This book traces M?ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M?ori and P?keh? based around the written word. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2PGPA; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huia Pub.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869694784
- ISBN
- 9781869694784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.02
€ 46.99
€ 31.02
Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130806
- ISBN
- 9780231130806
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Condition: New
€ 108.35€ 83.75
€ 108.35
€ 83.75
Exhibitions of Chinese artifacts were a rare occurrence when the Chinese controlled their own representations in America. This title demonstrates that exhibitions of Chinese artifacts held great popular appeal. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130943
- ISBN
- 9780231130943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.08€ 62.72
€ 80.08
€ 62.72
The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self. An Intellectual History of Persona...
Martin, Raymond; Barresi, John
Traces the development of Western ideas about personal identity and reveals the larger intellectual trends, controversies, and ideas that have revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. This title considers ancient Greece, where the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and the materialistic atomists laid the groundwork for future theories. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137447
- ISBN
- 9780231137447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.88€ 86.38
€ 111.88
€ 86.38
Philosophers, analytic as well as continental, tend to feel uneasy about Ernst Tugendhat, who, though he positions himself in the analytic field, poses questions in the Heideggerian style. This book aims to present Tugendhat as an example of merged horizons, and to prove that any such labels impoverish philosophical research. Translator(s): Haskell, Michael. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143882
- ISBN
- 9780231143882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.23
€ 64.77
€ 51.23
Rev. ed. of: The Marriage of Hindu widows. 1976. Translator(s): Hatcher, Brian A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HRGP; HRLM7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156332
- ISBN
- 9780231156332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 64.47
€ 82.44
€ 64.47
Collects interviews with survivors, bystanders, and emergency workers during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, focusing on the different "zones of sadness" affected by the attack. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JKSN; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158985
- ISBN
- 9780231158985
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078859
- ISBN
- 9780252078859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007230
- ISBN
- 9780253007230
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Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
A chilling wartime diary of the destruction of the Lithuanian/Polish Jews, recorded by a non-Jew Editor(s): Arad, Yitzhak. Translator(s): Weinbaum, Laurance. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108538
- ISBN
- 9780300108538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.82€ 41.62
€ 51.82
€ 41.62
Children have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages, there were hundreds of schools, supporting a highly literate society. This book traces their history from the Romans to the Renaissance, showing how they developed, what they taught, how they were run and who attended them. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300111026
- ISBN
- 9780300111026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.76
€ 46.99
€ 33.76
Offers a look at Asia from 700 to 1500 AD, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travellers - the merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road, the apothecaries who exchanged medicine and knowledge from China to the Middle East, and the philosophers and holy men who crossed continents to explore. Num Pages: 288 pages, 35 pages of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126365
- ISBN
- 9780300126365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300139112
- ISBN
- 9780300139112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
The letters of Paul to Timothy, one of his favorite delegates, often make for difficult reading. This book provides a commentary that will help lay readers navigate the letters and better understand their place within the context Paul's teachings. Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300139884
- ISBN
- 9780300139884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.53
€ 67.72
€ 53.53
Featuring a translation of the "First Corinthians", this work explains the religious meaning of this Pauline epistle. It discusses many of the usual introductory problems associated with the epistle, including issues of its authorship, time of composition, and purpose. Translator(s): Fitzmyer, Joseph A., SJ. Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140446
- ISBN
- 9780300140446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.53
€ 67.72
€ 53.53
London's Soho district underwent a spectacular transformation between the late Victorian era and the end of the Second World War. This title shows how the area's foreignness, liminality, and porousness were key to the explosion of culture and development of modernity in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 black-&-white integrated illustrations + 8-pages of colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151947
- ISBN
- 9780300151947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Advice for Callow Jurists and Gullible Mendicants on Befriending Emirs
Abd Al-Wahhab Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali Al-Sha'Rani
This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt Translator(s): Sabra, Adam. Series: World Thought in Translation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRAM2; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198652
- ISBN
- 9780300198652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.87
€ 58.89
€ 46.87
For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139333
- ISBN
- 9780691139333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.31€ 53.85
€ 68.31
€ 53.85