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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Placing the events in a context larger than just the inquisitorial process, Aspiring Saints sheds new light on the history of religion, the dynamics of gender relations, and the ambiguous boundary between sincerity and pretense in early modern Italy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8, 5 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801865480
ISBN
9780801865480
Condition: New

€ 70.49

Hardback. Focusing on the period since Irish independence, this history records the policies the Irish government has followed to encourage economic growth. Attention has been given to the "planning period" which began in 1958. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517. No dust jacket. Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Business, Finance & Law - Biographies & Histories - Business & Economic History,Special Features - Used Books - Business, Finance & Law - Economics - History,Subjects -"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
242
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0174187
ISBN
9780313274404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 82.16

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138221598
ISBN
9781138221598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.28

Paperback. The story of how a Belfast schoolgirl was expelled from St Dominics on the Falls Road in Belfast in 1959, and how that event went on to shape the rest of her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Blackstaff Pr
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408083
ISBN
9780856408083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.76

Paperback. A groundbreaking, comprehensive history of Asian settlement in Britain from 1700 to the present day. 'Fascinating' BBC History Magazine Num Pages: 504 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3J; HBJD1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313733
ISBN
9780745313733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English protagonists in the Renaissance era. * Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Carey, Dr. Daniel. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; KCLT; RGR; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405111607
ISBN
9781405111607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. This history of Leicester traces the impact of the Asian community on the city's transformation into the leading multicultural city in Europe. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJPL; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBT; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Sutton Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750922265
ISBN
9780750922265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Hardback. British knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes in British understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at how British imperial networks in India and Southeast Asia were critical mediators in the British encounter of China. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230200463
ISBN
9780230200463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. An essential collection that brings together the core primary texts of the Asian American experience in one volume Editor(s): Schlund-Vials, Cathy J.; Wong, K. Scott; Chang, Jason Oliver. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195446
ISBN
9780300195446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.06

Hardback. Asia, Modernity, and the Pursuit of the Sacred examines a large number of Europeans who, disillusioned with western culture and religion after World War I, and anticipating the spiritual seekers of the counterculture, turned to the religious traditions of Asia for inspiration. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 291 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567949
ISBN
9781137567949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

hardcover. Explores the resonance American conservatives felt with the defeat of Chiang Kai-Shek and his exile to Taiwan, which they lamented as the loss of China to communism and the corrosion of traditional values. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226252711
ISBN
9780226252711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Hardcover. This authoritative biography offers a comprehensive and highly accessible account of one of the most prominent and prolific religious scholars in Islamic history. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGX; HRH; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684151
ISBN
9781851684151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Hardcover. Examines the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding of three prominent sites in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. This title reveals aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the evolution of the Franco regime from an original and fruitful angle. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194369
ISBN
9781845194369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444760897
ISBN
9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 211 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Hove Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906447628
ISBN
9780906447628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Stevens, Michael E. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742559448
ISBN
9780742559448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953280
ISBN
9780241953280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The autobiography of Jean Paul Getty, American oil executive, multimillionaire and art collector. Getty tells how he amassed his fortune, discusses the prospects of democracy, lists the seven things men should know about women, and recounts conversations at Oxford with the future King of England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 64 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367009
ISBN
9780892367009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Num Pages: 1 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399583551
ISBN
9780399583551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953740
ISBN
9780750953740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

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