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Western Continental Europe

Hardback. This is the first detailed comparative study of patronage as an instrument of power in the relations between kings and bishops in England and Normandy after the Conquest. Esteemed medievalist Everett U. Crosby considers new perspectives of medieval state-building and the vexed relations between secular and ecclesiastical authority. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 537 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137307767
ISBN
9781137307767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.35

Hardcover. This volume brings together research on retailing, shopping and urban space; themes that have attracted wide interest in recent decades. The authors argue that the 'modernity' of the nineteenth century is often over-emphasised at the expense of recognising earlier innovation. Editor(s): Furnee, Jan Hein; Lesger, Cle. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355644
ISBN
9780230355644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 131 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 2AB; 2ADF; CFB; CFGR; JFSJ1; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 303.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137557971
ISBN
9781137557971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.83

Paperback. Features letters and articles written by Dutch immigrants during the 1920's, which offer fresh insight into the struggles the Dutch faced attempting to fit into their new country, and open up the inner dimensions of the immigrants: the reasons for their emigration, their hopes, fears, and their experiences in Canada. Editor(s): Ganzevoort, Herman. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBC; DQ; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552380130
ISBN
9781552380130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.77

Paperback. Points to the late work of Jacques Derrida, the writing by and about him in the period roughly from 1994 to 2004. This volume also deconstructs the whole question of lateness and the usefulness of periodization. It calls into question the "fact" of Derrida's turn to politics, law, and ethics and highlights continuities throughout his oeuvre. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Davidson, Arnold I. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 99 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532578
ISBN
9780226532578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451294
ISBN
9780801451294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; JHBK; JHMC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801478772
ISBN
9780801478772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.81

Hardback. "A narrative survey of the draftsmanship of the eighteenth-century French artist Edme Bouchardon"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 271 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606065044
ISBN
9781606065044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.75
€ 49.51

Hardback. This interdisciplinary collection uses the legend of Charlemagne to explore larger themes in the European Middle Ages, such as crusading, conceptions of kingship, and apocalyptic expectation. Editor(s): Gabriele, Matthew; Stuckey, Jace. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608269
ISBN
9780230608269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.20

Hardback. The astronomer, Jan Hendrik Oort (1900-1992) left behind a collection of notes and correspondence, both on his research and on matters that concerned him in a variety of official functions. This collection forms a source of information on many aspects of twentieth-century astronomy, in which Oort played such an important role. Editor(s): Katgert-Merkelijn, J. K. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BG; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792345428
ISBN
9780792345428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

hardcover. This final volume in the acclaimed edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett covers the last twenty-four years of Beckett's life and work. Editor(s): Overbeck, Lois More; Craig, George; Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow; Gunn, Dan. Series: The Letters of Samuel Beckett. Num Pages: 942 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JJP; BJ; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 240 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521867962
ISBN
9780521867962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.63

Hardcover. The years before World War I were a time of profound social and political ferment in Europe that deeply affected the art world. In this title, the author argues that anarchist aesthetics and a related politics of form played crucial roles in the development of modern art, only to be suppressed soon after the war and then forgotten. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour plates, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACXD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 288 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226471389
ISBN
9780226471389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.96
€ 49.14

Hardback. Taking issue with history's harsh treatment of a woman who ruled under difficult circumstances, Adams convincingly recasts Isabeau as a respected and competent queen. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896255
ISBN
9780801896255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.96
€ 53.08

Hardcover. Did portraits exist in the medieval era? This title challenges the canonical account of the invention of modern portrait practices, offering a case against the tendency of the scholarship to identify late medieval likenesses of historical personages as 'the first modern portraits'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; ACK; AGHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226658797
ISBN
9780226658797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.55
€ 58.45

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; JFSC; JNB; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642543
ISBN
9780691642543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.65

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614977
ISBN
9780691614977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 41.21

Hardcover. This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 56 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230290983
ISBN
9780230290983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641058
ISBN
9780691641058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.81

Hardback. This study offers a new reading of the development of modern authorship in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France, through a detailed reexamination of one of the central mythologies of this evolution: the author's passage from dependence on patronage to the autonomy of the market. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241952
ISBN
9780812241952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.64

Hardcover. This enchanting tour of Paris's most charming places, objects, and pastimes has been lovingly complied by Francophile extraordinaire Leslie Jonath and brought to vivid life by rising-star illustrator Lizzy Stewart. Illustrator(s): Stewart, Lizzy. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50 full-colour illustrations, unjacketed. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452141725
ISBN
9781452141725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.45

Curtis surveys the current state of Japanese politics and predicts what events are likely to transpire in Japan in the coming years. This book offers a unique perspective into Japanese political identity through the lens of its relation to worldwide political systems. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line drawing; 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231108423
ISBN
9780231108423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.64

Paperback. Curtis surveys the current state of Japanese politics and predicts what events are likely to transpire in Japan in the coming years. This book offers a unique perspective into Japanese political identity through the lens of its relation to worldwide political systems. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231108430
ISBN
9780231108430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530532
ISBN
9781784530532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.18

Paperback. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe. This book tells their story and recaptures the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and uses various eye-witness reports. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979267
ISBN
9780141979267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

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