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Paperback. Philip Steadman investigates the claims that the 17th-century artist, Johannes Vermeer, used the camera obscura to create some of his artwork. this study reconstructs his studio, complete with camera. He asserts that that this experimentation with new technology enabled his style to develop. Num Pages: 222 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings; 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803023
ISBN
9780192803023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Using a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, this book explores the originality of Vermeer in the context of 17th-century Dutch painting. It suggests that his confrontation with painting represented a very personal effort to define a new pictorial practice within the classical tradition of his art. Translator(s): Grabar, Terry. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 color plates 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029306
ISBN
9780691029306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 51.02

Hardback. Examines ideas about the nature of law as reflected in literary and political writing before, during, and after the American Civil War. This work traces the evolution of antislavery thought from its pre-war opposition to the constitutional order of the young nation to its elevation of the US Constitution as an expression of the ideal of justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883507
ISBN
9780801883507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.06
€ 50.77

Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554646
ISBN
9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974623
ISBN
9780865974623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. A shocking expose of France's wine industry by an acclaimed French journalist, Vino Business reveals the big-money deals, speculation, and shady practices that go on even in many of the most prestigious chateaux in Bordeaux and beyond. Translator(s): Deimling, Kate. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KNDF; WBXD; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855432
ISBN
9781611855432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053281
ISBN
9780674053281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464. A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris. 352 pages, illustrations. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272729
ISBN
9780520272729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473854321
ISBN
9781473854321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437724
ISBN
9780801437724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.92

hardcover. What constitutes a need? Who gets to decide what people do or do not need? The author traces the history of this concept, revealing the intersections between technologies of measurement, such as calorimeters and social surveys, and technologies of wages and welfare, such as minimum wages, poor aid, and welfare programs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226251561
ISBN
9780226251561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.21

Paperback. Tells the story of the 6th of June, 1944, and the Battle for Normandy. This book features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world's finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon E. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472103987
ISBN
9781472103987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789051705133
ISBN
9789051705133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Hardback. Illustrated with maps, photographs of Walcheren today, and contemporary images from the Dutch archives. Provides a medically informed (but easily understandable) account of the mysterious fever which decimated the expeditionary force and blighted the British army for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848844681
ISBN
9781848844681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844156191
ISBN
9781844156191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour photos & schematic maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Red Dog Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953600144
ISBN
9780953600144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 120 colour and black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WSZC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848368
ISBN
9781848848368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Guidebook to 30 varied day walks in the east of Provence in the Alpes Maritimes, Alpes de Haute-Provence and Mercantour, with practical information for the walker. Walks span from the Esterel on the coast to the Mercantour, and include the Verdon Gorge and Geological Reserve of Haute Provence, from bases such as Vence, Grasse and Digne-les-Bains. Num Pages: 240 pages, Over 90 photos and 60 maps and profiles. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cicerone Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781852846176
ISBN
9781852846176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Guidebook to 30 varied day walks in the west of Provence in the Drome Provencale, the Vaucluse and the Var, with practical information for the walker. Walks span from the Baronnies in the north to the Ste-Baume ridge in the south and can be tackled from charming bases such as Nyons, Apt and Aix-en-Provence. Num Pages: 272 pages, Over 90 photos and 60 maps and profiles. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cicerone Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781852846169
ISBN
9781852846169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Walking in the Ardennes covers 32 day walks between 2 and 24km and one multi-stage route, the Sentier du Nord. The Ardennes region in southern Belgium overlaps into Luxembourg and France and features rolling hills, deep valleys, rivers and wide reaches of forest. Walks take in WW2 battlefields, medieval castles, towns and villages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 photos and 45 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDL; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Cicerone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852846862
ISBN
9781852846862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.62

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