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Hardback. Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era brings together a range of case studies from the Pre-Modern era to illustrate key themes with regard to motherhood, ambition and authority, with a focus on queens and elite women who are at the political heart of their respective realms. Editor(s): Woodacre, Elena; Fleiner, Carey. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513106
ISBN
9781137513106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.10

Paperback. "This volume is the first full-length study on pioneering sexologist and sexual rights activist, Magnus Hirschfeld, that examines his impact on the politics and culture of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Germany and the value of his rationalist humanist approach for contemporary debates on sexual rights"-- Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349288717
ISBN
9781349288717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 154.41

Editor(s): Mageli, Eldrid. Num Pages: 236 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oslo Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9788274772540
ISBN
9788274772540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.58

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; HBG; HBTS; JPVR; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641621
ISBN
9780691641621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819580
ISBN
9780810819580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621006046
ISBN
9781621006046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.46
€ 160.25

Paperback. The story of World War II from the vantage point of its instigator German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411178
ISBN
9780815411178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.67

Paperback. A penetrating look at the way in which experts, policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. With examples, Said demonstrates that the government-business establishment has produced a portrait of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance, inaccuracy and prejudice. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; HBG; HRH; JFD; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595014
ISBN
9780099595014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215991
ISBN
9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. To its contemporaries, the First Crusade was a journey and the men who took part in it pilgrims. Only later were those participants dubbed Crusaders. In this greatly expanded second edition to his classic work, Edward Peters brings together the essential Christian, Hebrew, and Arabic Sources that document the events of 1095-1099. Editor(s): Peters, Edward. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216561
ISBN
9780812216561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. If you want peace, prepare for war. The worst road may be the best route to battle. Strategy, Edward Luttwak shows, is made of such seemingly self-contradictory propositions. In this book, Luttwak unveils the peculiar logic of strategy level by level, from grand strategy down to combat tactics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007031
ISBN
9780674007031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. " The War to End All Wars is considered by many to be the best single account of America's participation in World War I. Covering famous battles, the birth of the air force, naval engagements, the War Department, and experiences of the troops, this indispensable volume is again available in paperback for students and general readers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109558
ISBN
9780813109558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.45

Paperback. A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258167
ISBN
9780520258167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. This book presents the work of nine distinguished historians and naval officers writing about Theodore Roosevelt and his close association with the U. S. Navy in the pivotal Spanish-American War years. Editor(s): Marolda, Edward J. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 126 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349633449
ISBN
9781349633449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

paperback. Series: Signature. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714506951
ISBN
9780714506951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.11

Paperback. Caldron of Conflict tells the story of Eastern Europe in the tumultuous, often violent years 1918-1945. After introducing the region, Wynot traces the differing paths each nation took from imperial rule to independence following World War I. Num Pages: 140 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882959474
ISBN
9780882959474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Paperback. This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349454907
ISBN
9781349454907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.94

Paperback. "Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign"-- Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338375
ISBN
9781349338375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.68

Hardback. The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong Num Pages: 256 pages, Full Colour Throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 257 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471159459
ISBN
9781471159459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.59

Paperback. Presents the history of the world that condenses into its fragments radically altered visions of the significant events on the earth, and of the individuals who pass history from hand to hand in the official guidebooks. Translator(s): Fried, Mark. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846272202
ISBN
9781846272202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.40

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