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paperback. Lena Orlin paints a dense picture of everyday life in Renaissance England, with an emphasis on personal privacy, the built environment, and the life story of a remarkable undiscovered woman - merchant's wife and mother of four, Alice Barnham - with a central role in some of the most important untold stories of sixteenth-century women. Num Pages: 392 pages, 45 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577385
ISBN
9780199577385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.56

paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035919
ISBN
9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Editor(s): Barnes, Ruth; Parkin, David. Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; JF; RGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138981843
ISBN
9781138981843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; HPS; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415406260
ISBN
9780415406260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.06

hardcover. Offers an interpretation of Thomas Hobbes's response to the English Revolution. By focusing of his religious thought, this work debunks the view of him as a royalist, and recovers his sympathies with the religious projects of the 1640s and 1650s. It culminates with an exploration of Hobbes's sympathies with Oliver Cromwell and his supporters. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HPC; HRAX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036036
ISBN
9780199268474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. In an exploration of the life and customs of the Hungarian nobility, this text compares historical reality and legal literature on the example of one noble kindred: the Elefanthy of northern Hungary (present-day Slovakia). Editor(s): Karbic, Damir. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639116207
ISBN
9789639116207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 4KL; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Connell Guides United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911187516
ISBN
9781911187516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

paperback. The most comprehensive social, political, military, and artistic history of one of America s iconic towns." Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804762
ISBN
9781907804762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.94

Paperback. For 700 years the fierce tribesmen of Thrace dominated a huge stretch of territory between the Danube, the Black Sea and northern Greece. This volume brings to light archaeological discoveries which allow a reconstruction of these colourful warriors, including their tactics and costume. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JWD; JWL; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841763293
ISBN
9781841763293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602232778
ISBN
9781602232778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.66

paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Candy Jar Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992860769
ISBN
9780992860769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312133108
ISBN
9780312133108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

paperback. This book provides perspectives on the ways in which scholastic natural philosophy anticipated and contributed to the emergence of scientific thought. Series Editor(s): McKitterick, Rosamond; Carpenter, Christine; Shepard, Jonathan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000727
ISBN
9780521793865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000721
ISBN
9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A major contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century England, from one of its foremost historians. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 805. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000630
ISBN
9780521843751
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. An exploration of the history of ideas in Europe from the revolutions of 1848 to the beginning of World War I. The text is populated with the great thinkers of the age - among them Mill, Nietzsche and Wilde - and examines the impact of scientific and social concepts such as social Darwinism. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000556
ISBN
9780300097184
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This study describes how two late 19th-century electronic technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisaged both by specialized engineering trade journals and the popular media. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; THRS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000529
ISBN
9780195063417
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000524
ISBN
9780300143164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Presents the story of Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great talents and minds of his times than in the exercise of his power. Rarely leaving Prague Castle, he gathered around him a galaxy of famous figures: the Italian painter, Giuseppe Arcimboldo; the Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe; and the German mathematician, Johannes Kepler. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000450
ISBN
9780436205217
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A non-fiction book about the social engineering operated in rural Eastern Europe by the Communist regime, based on the history of two villages in Romania. This book is mostly about the consequences of unlimited state power over people and communities. Translator(s): Jianu, Angela. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776784
ISBN
9789639776784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.41

hardcover. A monograph that investigates the origins of state policy toward population and the family in Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the evolution of state legislation in the field of social policy toward the family in Bulgaria between the two World Wars, colored by concerns about the national good and demographic considerations. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9789639776661
ISBN
9789639776661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.49

hardcover. Deals with the period of takeover and of 'high Stalinism' in Eastern Europe (1945-1955), the years that are considered to be fundamentally characterized by institutional and ideological transfers based upon the premise of radical transformism and of cultural revolution. Editor(s): Tismaneanu, Vladimir. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776555
ISBN
9789639776555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.48

hardcover. Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Southeastern Europe. This work represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776289
ISBN
9789639776289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 223.52

hardcover. Num Pages: 374 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639241565
ISBN
9789639241565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.55