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paperback. A lively and fascinating account of the political life of the nineteenth-century Prussian diplomat and scholar Baron von Bunsen. Editor(s): Bunsen, Baroness Frances Waddington. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History. Num Pages: 1298 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BM; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 70. Weight in Grams: 2120.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1298
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781108171076
- ISBN
- 9781108171076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.45
€ 112.45
Hardback. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science provide stimulating discussions of classical political thought, ranging from the Archaic Greek epics to the final days of the Roman Empire and beyond. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HPS; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 184 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151436
- ISBN
- 9781405151436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.93
€ 215.93
Paperback. This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 17 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521717786
- ISBN
- 9780521717786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 38.76
€ 41.99
€ 38.76
hardcover. The definitive account of Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814171
- ISBN
- 9780774814171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Hardcover. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804866
- ISBN
- 9780875804866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.70
€ 146.70
Paperback. A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001983
- ISBN
- 9780753820766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective. Editor(s): Grabas, Christian; Nutzenadel, Alexander. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460748
- ISBN
- 9781349460748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Zimme, Matthias. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643056
- ISBN
- 9780888643056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.41
€ 34.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. Revealing primary documents on the crucial origins of the Nazi concentration camp system in the prewar years between 1933 and 1939. Editor(s): Goeschel, Christian; Wachsmann, Nikolaus. Translator(s): Osers, Ewald. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map, 2 tables, 1 graph, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803227828
- ISBN
- 9780803227828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.18
€ 86.18
Paperback. Discussing the photographs and paintings (many of them reproduced in this book), the essays and novels of the Depression era, David Peeler shows that in their pursuit of the reality of 1930s America, social artists also dreamed of a rebirth of Western art. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820331409
- ISBN
- 9780820331409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. The greatest threat to Western unity in the 1960s came not from a communist enemy but from an ally: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the US by bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and seeking detente with the Soviet bloc. As this book shows, the US and Britain cooperated successfully to ensure that his plans did not prosper." Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349356874
- ISBN
- 9781349356874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023394
- ISBN
- 9781493023394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBLA; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401700276
- ISBN
- 9789401700276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.16
€ 69.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415555074
- ISBN
- 9780415555074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
Hardcover. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745692166
- ISBN
- 9780745692166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30
€ 71.30
Paperback. Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 656 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KKD0006012
- ISBN
- 9780140440393
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.95
€ 19.99
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Following closely on the heels of his recent biography of George III, the author turns to the reign of his grandfather, George II, to set the record straight. This book sets out to demonstrate the unfairness of charges that George II was a puppet king overshadowed by towering politicians such as Walpole, and later, Pitt. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780859898072
- ISBN
- 9780859898072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.70
€ 137.70
Hardback. Fritzsche traces twentieth-century history through the remarkable diaries of an ordinary Berliner. Franz Goll wrote of hungry winters during WWI, the Berlin bombing, rapes by Russian soldiers, shockwaves cast by Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, the flexing of U.S. superpower, and the strange lifestyles that marked Germany's transition to modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055315
- ISBN
- 9780674055315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.53
€ 47.99
€ 39.53
Paperback. Giving a different perspective on 'The Uncrowned King of Ireland', and his downfall, O' Shea's account was first published in 1914. Her early life is covered, as is her marriage to Captain O' Shea. Her life with Parnell is described in a personal and touching way, with many letters and discussions between them covered in depth. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ten Black and White. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KKD0003461
- ISBN
- 9781845885342
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349243020
- ISBN
- 9781349243020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
Hardback. Offers an original, thought provoking analysis of the origins and permutations of Danish modernism and Danish national identity Series: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992204
- ISBN
- 9780295992204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.27
€ 129.27
Paperback. Shows how urban liberals joined in uneasy alliance with agrarian interests to install Francisco Madero as president and how his attempts to bring constitutional democracy to Mexico were doomed by counter-revolutionary forces. This title illuminates on all levels, local and national, the complex history of an era. Num Pages: 620 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803277700
- ISBN
- 9780803277700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.19
€ 47.99
€ 42.19
Hardcover. Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Gill, Rebecca; Taithe, Bertrand. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241275
- ISBN
- 9780230241275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518025
- ISBN
- 9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.93
€ 175.93