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Paperback. Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker; Freedman, Paul H. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217025
ISBN
9780812217025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Hardcover. The Hurricane served in every theatre during the Second World War as a fighter, night fighter, ground attack aircraft and even on board ship guarding vital convoys. This book offers first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Andre Deutsch Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780233004549
ISBN
9780233004549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.74

Hardcover. This guide to the world of late antiquity offers eleven essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries. Experts provide information and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of an era marked by the rise of two world religions and political upheavals that remade the map of the known world. Editor(s): Bowersock, G. W.; etc. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 63 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 260 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1798.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674511736
ISBN
9780674511736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.16
€ 55.46

Paperback. Explores the slow shift from one form of public community to another - from the ancient city to the Christian Church. He explains how in the four centuries between Marcus Aurelius (161-180) and Justinian (527-565), the Mediterranean world passed through a series of profound transmutations. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674511705
ISBN
9780674511705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390. Series: Aspects of Greek & Roman Life S. 352 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; LAFR. Dimension: 206 x 138 x 21. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492730
ISBN
9780801492730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.10

Paperback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts andengages with recent treatments of this theme inknown works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology." Editor(s): Hunter, I.; Dorsett, Shaunnagh. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289134
ISBN
9781349289134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. The author uses a sample of 25 effective leaders drawn from a wide historical universe to determine that the paradigm of effective leadership consists of strong direction, acute sensitivity to follower's needs and sustained energy in pursuing this direction. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JH; JP; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651711
ISBN
9780333651711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.32

Hardback. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBWN; JWD; TTM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312226404
ISBN
9780312226404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.67

Paperback. John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative. Num Pages: 548 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822307624
ISBN
9780822307624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349425303
ISBN
9781349425303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.81

Hardcover. Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Square Peg
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224087025
ISBN
9780224087025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.73

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483218
ISBN
9781137483218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.58

Paperback. This collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation. Editor(s): Elliot, B. Num Pages: 325 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBAH; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349532636
ISBN
9781349532636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Elliot, Bruce S.; Gerber, David A.; Sinke, Suzanne M. Num Pages: 315 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; HBG; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403971012
ISBN
9781403971012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.44

Paperback. Presents the story of the romance between an American Eighth Air Force serviceman and a Suffolk girl during the Second World War. Using letters preserved by the author's mother, this title reconstructs the relationship from the day of its beginning in March 1944, to its culmination in marriage in July 1945. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452524
ISBN
9780752452524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

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

€ 34.99
€ 31.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birch Brook Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913559475
ISBN
9780913559475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.87

Hardcover. Translator(s): Struminsky, Bohdan A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 1224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 93. Weight in Grams: 2332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458294
ISBN
9780916458294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 58.34

Paperback. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; GLM; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097214
ISBN
9780300097214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives' tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense. This title exposes errors that have been perpetuated for far too long. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616085964
ISBN
9781616085964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBLW; HBW; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445600208
ISBN
9781445600208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map, 10 color images, 10 b/w photos, 26 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; HBG; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280595
ISBN
9780520280595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject. Num Pages: 368 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349113142
ISBN
9780349113142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 132 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841655406
ISBN
9781841655406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.12

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