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Regional & national history
Paperback. An exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 musical examples, 75 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3J; AVGC; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292444
- ISBN
- 9780520292444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback. The first ever personal account of the family at the heart of the Profumo Affair Num Pages: 304 pages, 24pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719566097
- ISBN
- 9780719566097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.62
€ 14.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Translator(s): Lattimore, Steven. Num Pages: 530 pages, M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Hackett Pub Co Inc
- Number of pages
- 530
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203945
- ISBN
- 9780872203945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.05
€ 27.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf offers a new interpretation of the role of the Vikings in Irish affairs and explains how Brian emerged from obscurity to attain the high-kingship of Ireland because of his exploitation of the Viking presence. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717162079
- ISBN
- 9780717162079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.18
€ 26.18
Hardcover. A study of an important class of ceramics from the key coastal colonial site of Cosa in southwest Tuscany, this work documents the rise of Republican Rome to dominance in central Italy in the third and second centuries BC. It catalogues and analyzes five deposits of black-glaze pottery from Cosa. Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 304 pages, 351 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1275.
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115853
- ISBN
- 9780472115853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295873
- ISBN
- 9789652295873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 26.91
€ 41.99
€ 26.91
Hardback. The first ever systematic and authoritative compilation of Napoleon's thinking on war, this is as close as we will ever get to the great book on war that Napoleon contemplated but never had the time or the will to complete in his last years in exile on Saint-Helena. Editor(s): Colson, Bruno. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199685561
- ISBN
- 9780199685561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Hardcover. A biography of Britain's centre of power and royal ceremony, evoking place, people and time. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 822. From Earliest Times to the Present. 440 pages, 10. A biography of Britain's centre of power and royal ceremony, evoking place, people and time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight: 822.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826423801
- ISBN
- 9780826423801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.47€ 45.06
€ 58.47
€ 45.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 100+ photos & maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550174953
- ISBN
- 9781550174953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828946
- ISBN
- 9780753828946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.96
€ 19.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. A cultural guide to a region on the edge of Europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930063
- ISBN
- 9781909930063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.25
€ 19.99
€ 19.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 207 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399573101
- ISBN
- 9780399573101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.47
€ 17.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167782
- ISBN
- 9789774167782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.22
€ 24.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Stark, Jared. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 114 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473166
- ISBN
- 9780801473166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Paperback. The relations between medieval East Anglia and countries across the North Sea examined from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Bates, David; Liddiard, Robert. Num Pages: 363 pages, 84 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 1QSF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270361
- ISBN
- 9781783270361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.18
€ 37.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Following the story of the Port Said orphan scandal, this book uncovers hidden links between Protestant evangelicals and the growth of Islamist groups in Egypt. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HRCX7; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804791380
- ISBN
- 9780804791380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Paperback. A study of the wars during the reign of Louis XIV, this text sets the wars, and their consequences, in their full diplomatic, military, administrative and institutional contexts, providing an insight into 17th- and 18th-century warfare. Series: Modern Wars in Perspective. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582056299
- ISBN
- 9780582056299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Series: I Love.. 400 Fantastic Facts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 180. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841656977
- ISBN
- 9781841656977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Hardback. This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui's Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume masterwork available to English readers for the first time. A leading public intellectual in China, Wang charts the historical currents that have shaped Chinese modernity from the Song Dynasty to the present day. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046955
- ISBN
- 9780674046955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. Looks at the initial confrontation of the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Duham, NC
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316374
- ISBN
- 9780822316374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40