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Paperback. Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 332 pages, illustrations geneal. table, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415214643
ISBN
9780415214643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

Hardback. The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. Translator(s): Somers, Nick. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 328 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509511204
ISBN
9781509511204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603771
ISBN
9780815603771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, this title explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280106
ISBN
9780520280106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.15

Paperback. From Homer's hymn to Apollo to the writing of French-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida, this anthology juxtaposes the voices and experiences of travelers, exiles, and colonizers who have lived in or visited the Mediterranean region since before 1200 B C E. Editor(s): Cooke, Miriam G.; Goknar, Erdag M.; Parker, Grant. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32 illustrations, 7 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: DQ; HBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858714
ISBN
9780807858714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801480058
ISBN
9780801480058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. Large 4to. Illustrated. Very good copy .

Early Ireland. Irish Archaeology.

Revolutionary Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0282828
ISBN
9780755775828
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how Portuguese immigrant - merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part - reasserted their Judaism, while maintaining their Iberian heritage. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213518
ISBN
9780253213518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99

paperback. A paperback edition of Miri Rubin's highly successful study of the meaning of the eucharist, c. 1150-1500. Num Pages: 452 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521438056
ISBN
9780521438056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 31.58

paperback. There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. This account brings the reader a long lost world, a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war, but continues to define so much of England's national myth. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780140148251
ISBN
9780140148251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. "Rubin raises . . . deep and disturbing questions about the nature of persecution and mass hysteria, and not least about the ways in which Christian beliefs have caused the deaths of Jews. . . . This is a courageous book, with implications far beyond medieval history."--Michael Clanchy, Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218800
ISBN
9780812218800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. The Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the people and their lifestyles. Including stories of kingship and Christian salvation, agriculture and trade, Rubin demonstrates the remarkable nature and legacy of the Middle Ages. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199697298
ISBN
9780199697298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588. 416 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 26. Weight: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336581
ISBN
9780880336581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.49

Paperback. Eyots and Aits Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKES; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 250 x 12. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752462134
ISBN
9780752462134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226673509
ISBN
9780226673509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.11

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Paperback. As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe's three most powerful states. This book offers an account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2x16 insets. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019987
ISBN
9780141019987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

hardcover. Exploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries BC and AD, the author argues that they were a highly complex, intellectual, and sophisticated group whose influence transcended religion and reached into the realms of secular power and politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 80 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HRQX; VXWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Book Club Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300124422
ISBN
9780300124422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.40

Hardback. "191 p. illus., map. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, with some water staining to cloth. In a worn dw with slight fraying at spine ends and some water staining."
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Hutchinson
Publication date
1960
SKU
KEX0053240
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. China's efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China's facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA; JPZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737297
ISBN
9780674737297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.86

Paperback. An introduction synthesizes the latest anthropological, archaeological, historical, and sociological scholarship and the 95 carefully edited selections provide students with an overview of Native American history from the earliest migrations to the present. Editor(s): Mintz, Steven. Num Pages: 264 pages, 61 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781881089599
ISBN
9781881089599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Paperback. Including more than 50 documents that span the history of slavery in America, African American Voices chronicles the widely varied experience of African American slaves. Editor(s): Mintz, Steven. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405182676
ISBN
9781405182676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dragon Hill Publishing Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896124537
ISBN
9781896124537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.95

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836339
ISBN
9781843836339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.25

Paperback. Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters featured in this book describe a soldier's daily life. Editor(s): Bridgman, Dianne; Masuda, Hana. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987453
ISBN
9780295987453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HBAH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979472
ISBN
9780141979472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London, 1917-1939 Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469617527
ISBN
9781469617527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.64

Paperback. Paperback, white cover. Cover is slightly stained. 63pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Toronto
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
SKU
KON0819164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. 160pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1024435
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTX; HBTB; JFCK; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360308
ISBN
9780822360308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

paperback. The Gettysburg Campaign has been examined in minute detail from nearly every aspect but one; the key role played by Richard Ewell's Second Corps during the final days in June. Num Pages: 312 pages, 32 illustrations and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9781611210729
ISBN
9781611210729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.35

Paperback. This book examines the transformation of the Sino-Japanese relationship since 1989. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761178
ISBN
9780804761178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. Hong Kong has faced many changes,challenges and opportunities since the retrocession from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty. This volume presents an assessment of the major developments and unfolding trends in the initial years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Editor(s): So, Alvin Y. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9789622096073
ISBN
9789622096073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 52ill.1M. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700603640
ISBN
9780700603640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99

Hardcover. The author was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent - nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens - who were forced into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. This is a graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah. Series: Classics of Asian American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FXZ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993928
ISBN
9780295993928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.88

Hardback. Presents a social history of poor Egyptians - beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed. This book tells their stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropists, and explores the economic, political, and colonial context that shaped poverty policy for a century and a half. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113784
ISBN
9780691113784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704772
ISBN
9781501704772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.62

Hardcover. Bibliography: p. 131-134. Commissioning organisation: [by] Mina J. Moore-Rinvolucri. 141 p. 23 cm. Hardback. Fine copy in equally fine dw.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Shoe String Pr Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
SKU
KEX0085399
ISBN
9780208013392
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Rare. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, good clean copy, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
David & Charles
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KSG0023698
ISBN
9780715359693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628548
ISBN
9783837628548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03