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Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286146
ISBN
9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 46.48

Paperback. A History of Warfare stresses that warmaking, for all its destructiveness, has been an inescapable feature of human culture since organised societies emerged. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: HBT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137497
ISBN
9781844137497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. This is a book that helps church leaders think through how to go about creating long-term communities for those who go along to Messy Church. It gives church leaders the theology and practical steps for a longer-term strategy to ensure that Messy Church and those who come along are given the right nurturing environment to grow and flourish. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116. Growing Faith in an All-age Community. 128 pages. This is a book that helps church leaders think through how to go about creating long-term communities for those who go along to Messy Church. It gives church leaders the theology and practical steps for a longer-term strategy to ensure that Messy Church and those who come along are given the right nurturing environment to grow and flourish. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRCX4. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 11. Weight: 168.
Publisher
BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship)
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857462183
ISBN
9780857462183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic, most evangelists were not Anglo-Americans but were members of the groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles reveals the way Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves redefined Christianity and addressed the challenges of slavery, dispossession, and European settlement. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC9; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072466
ISBN
9780674072466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.94

Paperback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403465
ISBN
9781421403465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Drawing upon the resources of the Imperial War Museum's archive, which contains thousands of interviews with both soldiers and civilians, both British and Argentinean, this book redresses the balance, presenting an oral history of the Falklands War. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908812
ISBN
9780091908812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472585714
ISBN
9781472585714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. This invaluable interpretive tool, first published in 1937, is now available for the first time in a paperback edition specially aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism. Num Pages: 536 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CBD; GBC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 291 x 37. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700714551
ISBN
9780700714551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.23

Paperback. "First published in Hebrew by The Open University of Israel, Raanana, 2005. This English, updated edition published in 2017 by Equinox Publishing Ltd." BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781795804
ISBN
9781781795804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.13

Paperback. Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was knighted in 1929 and became the first Indian historian to gain honorary membership in the American Historical Association. This book examines Sarkar's career - and poignant obsolescence - as a way in to larger questions about the discipline of history and its public life. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100456
ISBN
9780226100456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Hardcover. A detailed examination - in words and pictures - of the principle figures in the SS Num Pages: 656 pages, 1050 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2006.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554333
ISBN
9781781554333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 43.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: HB; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Ozark Mountain
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781886940796
ISBN
9781886940796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.44

Paperback. A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827901
ISBN
9780753827901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. Presents sayings that guide on how to bring peace and harmony into our lives. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRQ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 89 x 7. Weight in Grams: 48. Sayings of White Eagle. 96 pages. Presents sayings that guide on how to bring peace and harmony into our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRQ; VXA. Dimension: 153 x 89 x 7. Weight: 56.
Publisher
White Eagle Pub Trust
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854871643
ISBN
9780854871643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771242379
ISBN
9788771242379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475979
ISBN
9780801475979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.30

Paperback. Adopting a historical approach to moral philosophy, this text introduces the thoughts of some of the major ethical philosophers of the past. It treats each as a coherent and comprehensive ethical theory, presented as an attempt to surmount some of the deficiencies of its predecessors. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752165
ISBN
9780198752165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.06

Paperback. This handbook analyses the different types of shields used by soldiers in the Neo-Assyrian army and their opponents. Written, visual, and material sources are analysed to illustrate practical aspects of defensive weaponry in the ancient Near East in the first millennium B.C. Over 200 b&w illustrations. Series: Material Culture of the Ancient Near East. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAA; HDD; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Lockwood Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040024
ISBN
9781937040024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.08

Hardcover. In the 1960s Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America's largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBEY; HBLW; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545069
ISBN
9780674545069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. History of the conception, design, construction of the line, lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; AMKL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526711519
ISBN
9781526711519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.66

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