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Paperback. The Middle Ages inherited a tradition of prophesy which, during those centuries, took on fresh vitality. This tradition foretold a millennium in which the world would be inhabited by happy people. This book tells the story of those millenarian fanaticism and points to their persistence today. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; HRCM; HRCZ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712656641
ISBN
9780712656641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Nyiri, Pal; Tan, Danielle. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 9 b&w illus., 4 maps, 3 ta. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999302
ISBN
9780295999302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

Hardback. Scholars have described the eighteenth century in China as a time of "state activism" and often associate the Taiping Rebellion and postbellum restoration efforts with the origins of elite activism. Seunghyun Han, however, argues that the ascendance of elite activism can be traced to the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns in the early nineteenth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737174
ISBN
9780674737174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282292
ISBN
9780520282292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Hardcover. One Sunday morning in October, Istvan and his wife Vera start their day as usual. They tidy their house; Vera makes a festive cake to put in the freezer and cuts fresh roses for a vase in the living room. That evening, after nearly fifty years of marriage, they lie down in the bed that they share and take their own lives. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846554544
ISBN
9781846554544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.70

Hardcover. The first biography of Zachary Macaulay - the 'engineer' of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. He was never an orator or organiser of meetings but through careful research and publication of the facts, providing the vital resources for the parliamentary and public campaign. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 263 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316968
ISBN
9781846316968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Paperback. With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture, and artifacts, this title provides an introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the "Epic of Gilgamesh", "the Creation Epic (Enuma elish)", "the Code of Hammurabi", and "the Baal Cycle". Editor(s): Pritchard, James Bennett. Num Pages: 512 pages, 307 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147260
ISBN
9780691147260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.60
€ 56.28

Paperback. A guide to debate and action. It charts the past and present of international migration and makes practical recommendations that allow everyone to benefit from its unstoppable future growth. It also allows individuals to escape destitution, human rights abuses, and repressive regimes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 37 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFN; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156316
ISBN
9780691156316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HB. .
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781510718760
ISBN
9781510718760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Series: Cambridge perspectives in history. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 1D; 4KL; HBTZ1; JW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595018
ISBN
9780521595018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476754
ISBN
9780801476754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.33

paperback. * The sequel to NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, this completes Dominic Sandbrook's groundbreaking history of Britain in the 1960s Num Pages: 976 pages, Section: 24, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118208
ISBN
9780349118208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.33

Hardback. Beheaded for plotting against the Qing empire, poet Qiu Jin would later be celebrated as a Republican martyr and China's first feminist. Hu Ying studies Qiu's enduring bond with Wu Zhiying and Xu Zihua, who braved political persecution to keep her legacy alive. In doing so, their friendship fulfilled its ultimate socially transformative potential. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737204
ISBN
9780674737204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 649 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPHC; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 964.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
649
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972568
ISBN
9780865972568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.40

Paperback. The ancient Aztecs dwelt at the center of a dazzling and complex cosmos. This book represents a dramatic overview of the Aztec conception of the universe and the gods who populated it - Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent; Tezcatlipoca, the Smoking Mirror; and Huitzilopochtli, the Southern Hummingbird. Illustrator(s): Anderson, Roy E. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 271 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292724389
ISBN
9780292724389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic turning point in the war to hash out the terms of the peace. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBLW; HBT; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143118923
ISBN
9780143118923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047478
ISBN
9780141047478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Combining the history of East End London with personal quest, this book weaves together Lichtenstein's quest for Rodinsky - which took her to Poland, Israel and around Jewish London - with Iain Sinclair's meditations on her journey into her own past. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AFKN; HBTB; JFCA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862073296
ISBN
9781862073296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. Tirpitz Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937559
ISBN
9780750937559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Hardback. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; AJC; BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450333
ISBN
9781625450333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. An account of operations by the Royal Navy's 'D' Class MGBs and MTBs in the Second World War in Home, Mediterranean and Norwegian waters. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450452
ISBN
9780752450452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. An anthropological analysis of Sarajevo and its cultural complexities that examines contemporary issues of social divisiveness, pluralism, and intergroup dynamics in the context of national identity and state formation. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 black & white photographs, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077135
ISBN
9780252077135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.83

Paperback. He connects the evolving image of a unified globe to politically powerful conceptions of human unity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 54, 49 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874444
ISBN
9780801874444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542. 8vo. Very good copy.The history and politics of India
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KEX0272614
ISBN
9780801484605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Levene, D. S. Translator(s): Fyfe, W.H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540709
ISBN
9780199540709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.32

Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 200 pages, over 450 black and white photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWH; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 288 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317682
ISBN
9780764317682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.44
€ 45.54

Hardcover. Examines public exhibitions of human anatomy from their first appearance in the early 1700s to the present day, and how these exhibitions taught their spectators to see their bodies. Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316449
ISBN
9781846316449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473807
ISBN
9780801473807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Hardcover. In an era of mass mobilization, the Great Famine and rebellion, this book shows how the writers of the mid-nineteenth century Dublin nationalist press were at the heart of Irish nationalist activities, and evaluates the consequences for the development of Irish nationalism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381427
ISBN
9781781381427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198329
ISBN
9781845198329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; HBTB; JFSR1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364768
ISBN
9781559364768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Living Oil is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels, and memoirs. Series: Oxford Studies in American Literary History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190461973
ISBN
9780190461973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535506
ISBN
9781784535506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.03
€ 135.17

Paperback. Unearths scholars with bizarre sexual fantasies, eunuchs, rare manuscripts and a malicious dowager Queen, and sets them all against the backdrop of a decadent and intrigue-ridden Imperial Court. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518. The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse. 416 pages. Unearths scholars with bizarre sexual fantasies, eunuchs, rare manuscripts and a malicious dowager Queen, and sets them all against the backdrop of a decadent and intrigue-ridden Imperial Court. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 28. Weight: 516.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011017
ISBN
9781906011017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.70

Hardback. Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome - and why they still inspire and affect us in the 21st century. A book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199597369
ISBN
9780199597369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.23

Hardcover. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Britain & Ireland - Archaeology, Religion & Spirituality - Christianity.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KHS0082927
ISBN
9780716524236
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 44.99
€ 34.50

Paperback. First edition. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KOC0020190
ISBN
9781903464014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.00

Paperback. A fascinating memoir of one of Judaism's earliest female writers, translated from the original Yiddish, Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve, she wrote the riveting memoir that would become a timeless classic, revealing much about Jewish life in seventeenth-century Germany. Editor(s): Abrahams, Beth-Zion. Num Pages: 230 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780827609433
ISBN
9780827609433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.56

Hardcover. "Includes index. Bibliography: p. 219-220. 227 p. ports., maps. 23 cm. Original boards. Good copy in torn and worn dw. Text bright and clean."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
FABER
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0105346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A celebration of evolving taste, told through the stories behind 250 objects sold by the world's largest auction house Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ABQ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 253 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872025
ISBN
9780714872025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 34.36