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hardcover. By assessing how the military roles have evolved and by comparing them in various military settings, the author argues that certain functions must be fulfiled in every army, regardless of its ideological orientation. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JWA; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511057
- ISBN
- 9780742511057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.38
€ 181.38
Paperback. Divided into 4 parts, this book examines the cause of the demise of the slave trade to Bahia (a province of Brazil) by 1851. It traces Bahia's abolitionist movement through the enactment of the Law of the Free Womb in 1871, and focuses on the role of Candomble, an African religion practiced by the Africans of Brazil, in ending slavery in the area. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 324 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340511
- ISBN
- 9780826340511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319510811
- ISBN
- 9783319510811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.30
€ 112.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAM1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163215
- ISBN
- 9780691163215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.01
€ 36.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HPQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173757
- ISBN
- 9780691173757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.90
€ 29.99
€ 21.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBL; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349451081
- ISBN
- 9781349451081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Tricoire, Damien. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319542799
- ISBN
- 9783319542799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.98
€ 154.98
Hardcover. Medieval Monsters shows how strange creatures sparked artists' imaginations to remarkable heights. Half-human hybrids of land and sea mingle with bewitching demons, blemmyae, cyclops and multi-headed beasts of nightmare and comic grotesques. Over 100 wondrous and terrifying images offer a fascinating insight into the medieval mind. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- British Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712357906
- ISBN
- 9780712357906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. A recent series of terrorist attacks, the uncovering of a large terrorist network and a string of continuing regional conflicts have raised an awareness that Southeast Asia is amongst the world's most troubled areas. This book analyses local terrorism and state state repression in this populous, strategically important region. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute Australia
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924379
- ISBN
- 9781876924379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.54
€ 42.99
€ 30.54
Hardback. This collection of essays by leading scholars in their fields provides a comprehensive survey of Holocaust historiography, and covers both long-established historical disputes as well as research questions and methodologies that have developed during the massive growth in Holocaust studies. Editor(s): Stone, Dan. Num Pages: 584 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBAH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1029.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333997451
- ISBN
- 9780333997451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.92
€ 200.92
Paperback. Explores four key aspects of romance for the years 1900 to 1930: what average Canadians sought in a marriage partner; the specific rules they were expected to follow and in most cases did follow in their romantic quest; the many hardships they endured along the way; and, how the defining event of that era the Great War affected such things. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552385203
- ISBN
- 9781552385203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.58
€ 46.99
€ 39.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Carta,The Israel Map & Publishing Company Ltd,Israel
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652208392
- ISBN
- 9789652208392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.82
€ 20.99
€ 18.82
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BTP; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062372130
- ISBN
- 9780062372130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.54
€ 35.99
€ 24.54
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Social Science History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319429502
- ISBN
- 9783319429502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.13
€ 112.13
Paperback. A personal memoir from Dan Breen, a must read for those interested in the struggle for Irish freedom Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780947962333
- ISBN
- 9780947962333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Where was God during the Holocaust? And where has God been since? Holocaust Theology provides a panoramic survey of the writings of more than one hundred leading Jewish and Christian thinkers on these profound theological problems. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Num Pages: 414 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716205
- ISBN
- 9780814716205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. "From the grisly cover photo of a reproduction gibbet to ghostly folk tales, the topic never fails to thrill. Dan Conlin's Pirates of the Atlantic is a brief but lively account of a popular subject" -Telegraph Journal Pirates have scoured the Atlantic coast from the 15th century to the present day. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1QSAN; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Formac Publishing,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887807411
- ISBN
- 9780887807411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. Examining the nature of the sex trade, this title offers an insight into the impact of prostitution to give a vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099527961
- ISBN
- 9780099527961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.23
€ 21.99
€ 16.23
Hardcover. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184388
- ISBN
- 9780226184388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 44.93
€ 52.50
€ 44.93
paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226184395
- ISBN
- 9780226184395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.43
€ 39.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Heralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story. Num Pages: 616 pages, 16 colour, 232 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035093
- ISBN
- 9780813035093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774829205
- ISBN
- 9780774829205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.20
€ 44.99
€ 40.20
Hardback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780774829199
- ISBN
- 9780774829199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.06
€ 114.06
Paperback. Series: The traveller's history. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group Inc
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566562836
- ISBN
- 9781566562836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.01
€ 17.01