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Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 48.48
€ 57.54
€ 48.48
Hardcover. The struggle against a determined enemy at the crossroads of civilization is the story of American kids who grew up down the block only to fly halfway around the world to fight in the largest battle of the war in Fallujah. 'New Dawn' is about their courage, their sacrifice, and their commitment to freedom. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b/w photos and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932714777
- ISBN
- 9781932714777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.03
€ 32.99
€ 29.03
Hardback. A translation of "Jacqueries et revolution dans la Chine du XXe siecle" that focuses on 'spontaneous' rural unrest, uninfluenced by revolutionary intellectuals. It raises issues inspired by the perennial concerns of revolutionary leaders, such as peasant 'class consciousness' and China's modernization. Translator(s): Liddell, Philip. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035423
- ISBN
- 9780674035423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.32
€ 48.99
€ 40.32
hardcover. This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Editor(s): Rapp, Claudia; Drake, H. A. Num Pages: 243 pages, 2 b/w illus. 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107032668
- ISBN
- 9781107032668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.40
€ 108.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Richie, Daniel E. (Professor of English Literature, Bethel College, Kansas, USA). Num Pages: 361 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970991
- ISBN
- 9780865970991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.59
€ 19.59
Hardback. Series: Beitrage Zur Europaischen Religionsgeschichte (Berg). Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HPCA; HRAX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525540206
- ISBN
- 9783525540206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardcover. Ralph Ayres was head cook at New College in the 1770s. This book is a fascinating insight into the eighteenth-century kitchen, a period of great interest to social and culinary historians, and includes recipes for famous dishes such as Quaking Pudding, and Oxford Sausages. Editor(s): Jakeman, Jane. Num Pages: 88 pages, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240753
- ISBN
- 9781851240753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.60
€ 18.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JH; BGR; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411357
- ISBN
- 9781572411357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.00
€ 37.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback. A trenchant reappraisal of Chinese communist foreign policy that provides the first comprehensive analysis of the actual party documents, memoirs, and writings of Mao Zedong that have only recently become available. Num Pages: 343 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPA; JPFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103114
- ISBN
- 9780231103114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.08
€ 53.08
Paperback. Readers will be delighted by the broad array of comic talent spotlighted in this book, and for those interested in comedy with substance, it will offer an alternative punchline. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ASZB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414300
- ISBN
- 9781421414300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.20
€ 29.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. The English republican tradition and eighteenth-century France offers the first full account of the role played by English republican ideas in eighteenth-century French moral and political thought Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719079320
- ISBN
- 9780719079320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.18
€ 151.18
Paperback. Michael Mallin was a devout Catholic, a temperance advocate, father of four young children and husband to a pregnant wife when he was executed for his part in the Easter Rising. In this revealing new book, the first ever biography of Mallin, Brian Hughes asks what led such a man, with so much to lose, to wage war against the British in 1916? Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy, as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0026126
- ISBN
- 9781847172662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Including the personal experiences and biographies of key players, this text examines the causes, course and consequences of the English Civil War. Dr Gaunt offers a concise military account, providing an assessment of the severity of the conflict and the extent of its impact on civilian life. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 26 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764177
- ISBN
- 9781841764177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Hardback. A title that opens on 1 July 1802, when Thomas Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. Upon learning in August of the declaration of war by Mawlay Sulayman, the sultan of Morocco, much of the president's and the cabinet's attention is focused on that issue. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 808 pages, 8 duotones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1257.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153230
- ISBN
- 9780691153230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.41€ 121.33
€ 163.41
€ 121.33
Paperback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080081
- ISBN
- 9780719080081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552663264
- ISBN
- 9781552663264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337430
- ISBN
- 9780822337430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. The Mesopotamians invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. To understand how Mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, Bottero begins with an account of Assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture. Translator(s): Van De Mieroop, Marc; Bahrani, Zainab; Mieroop, Marc van de. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067278
- ISBN
- 9780226067278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Leading personalities, civilian and military, Mexican and American, are given incisive and fair evaluations. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given American expansion and Mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261075
- ISBN
- 9780803261075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Presents interpretations of the causes of the revolution in Bolivia of 1952 and compares them to the great social transformations that occurred in France, Mexico, Russia, China and Cuba. The essays also examine the political, social and economic development of the country after the revolution. Series: David Rockefeller Centre on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 figures, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011410
- ISBN
- 9780674011410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.74
€ 27.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699377
- ISBN
- 9780847699377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Paperback. Few English monarchs have a worse reputation than Mary Tudor. She has been seen both as a religious fanatic who tried against the will of her people to reverse the course of the Reformation and as the pawn of her husband, Philip II of Spain -- her infatuation with whom led her to betray Englanda s vital interests. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184492
- ISBN
- 9780631184492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.32
€ 46.99
€ 45.32
Hardcover. Pliny the Younger (C61-112AD) was a Roman official and writer. He has become famous for his two letters to the historian Tacitus, which detail his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. This title presents readers with a translation of Pliny's letters, accompanied by black-and-white engravings by artist Barry Moser. Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry. Num Pages: 40 pages, 16 detailed relief engravings. BIC Classification: BJ; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892369003
- ISBN
- 9780892369003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.29
€ 21.99
€ 17.29