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Biography: general
Paperback. A letter collection of Ruricius, bishop of Limoges c 485-510 that describes the last quarter of the fifth century, when it had seemed that the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse, not the kingdom of the Franks, would become the primary barbarian power of Gaul. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, table, map. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237037
- ISBN
- 9780853237037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Deals with the next nine biographies from the Liber Pontificalis of the Roman Church down to AD 817. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311543
- ISBN
- 9781846311543
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Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Paperback. 'My Vietnam' is Dave Morgan's story. A typical 20 year old, he was forced into extraordinary circumstances in Vietnam. The Vietnam War would expose Dave to an omnipresent danger and sheer terror that would impact him forever. Dave's story focuses on his time as a soldier and his return psychologically exhausted to a divided nation. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBWS2; MMZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Big Sky Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922132772
- ISBN
- 9781922132772
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Hardback. Translator(s): Rossabi, Mary. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207509
- ISBN
- 9781442207509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.38
€ 140.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; ANB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783903131484
- ISBN
- 9783903131484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.96
€ 52.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 21 colour, 2 b& w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863357665
- ISBN
- 9783863357665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.45
€ 33.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cuneen, Christopher. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BG; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Supplement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522852141
- ISBN
- 9780522852141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Hardcover. B.A. Santamaria was a political activist and traditionalist Catholic layman, an important figure in one of the key political events in Australia history, the disastrous 1954 split in the ALP. Santamaria produced many working documents for his employees, supporters and members, published here in the public realm for the first time. Editor(s): Morgan, Patrick. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGH; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522854978
- ISBN
- 9780522854978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.87
€ 53.87
Hardcover. The letters of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon detail the expansive life of a privileged woman and her family throughout the turbulent years of the early to mid-17th century. Complemented by extensive notes and 16 illustrations, this title is a useful contribution to our knowledge of Jacobean and Stuart family life. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639856
- ISBN
- 9780838639856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.97
€ 146.97
Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406630
- ISBN
- 9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Paperback. InWomen: Models of Liberation, Marie Anne Mayeski presents women of spirit, intelligence and accomplishment from the Christian heritage. With this anthology of selected writings of well-known women, Mayeski recaptures the importance and relevance of these Christian heroines. Editor(s): Mayeski, Marie Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556120862
- ISBN
- 9781556120862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.30
€ 28.30
Paperback. When Chabani Manganyi published the first edition of selected letters twenty-five years ago as a companion volume to "Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele", the idea of Mphahlele's death was remote and poetic. That death has now come and we mourn it. This volume offers an account of Mphahlele's rich and varied life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144891
- ISBN
- 9781868144891
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Condition: New
€ 47.68
€ 47.68
Paperback. Seven of the 20th century's greatest thinkers describe how they arrived at the ideas for which they are now known. The seven great thinkers are: A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Editor(s): Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695045
- ISBN
- 9780812695045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.31
€ 26.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Comrade Jack sketches the life of the late Jack Simons, an intellectual, distinguished academic, Marxist and archetypal revolutionary. The title is a social commentary that details the ideologies of this hero of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Editor(s): Sparg, Marion; Schreiner, Jenny. Num Pages: 257 pages, 31 photographs, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Real African Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919855028
- ISBN
- 9781919855028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.10
€ 20.99
€ 19.10
mass_market. As the government of South Vietnam was collapsing and communist troops were closing in, American diplomat Francis Terry McNamara led more than 300 Americans, Vietnamese, and Filipinos down a tributary of the Mekong River to safety. This is his dramatic true account of leadership, courage, and commitment. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886931
- ISBN
- 9781574886931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. From 1964 till his retirement in 1993, Harry Wardlaw was professor first of systematic then of philosophical theology at the Ormond College Theological Hall in Melbourne. This collection of articles, by appreciative friends, former students and colleagues both in Australia and overseas, is presented to Harry on his 77th birthday. Editor(s): Weeks, Ian; Reid, Duncan. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920691653
- ISBN
- 9781920691653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.98
€ 35.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Fleming, Lee. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559480
- ISBN
- 9781875559480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented Cubism and to that extent engendered modernism. Bringing a fresh light to bear on the artist's sensationalised private life, this title presents a view of this paradoxical man of his paradoxical work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 184 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951566
- ISBN
- 9781845951566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.39
€ 51.99
€ 33.39
Paperback. A biography that establishes the complexity of Picasso's Spanish roots, his aversion to his native Malaga and his passion for Barcelona and Catalan 'modernisme'. It introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art. It provides fresh insights into the artistic failures of Picasso's father as an impetus to his sons' triumphs. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 185 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1392.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951559
- ISBN
- 9781845951559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.25
€ 51.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951290
- ISBN
- 9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.25
€ 51.99
€ 33.25