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Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261485
- ISBN
- 9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.70
€ 47.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0009186
- ISBN
- 9780312308889
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780674088061
- ISBN
- 9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.10
€ 35.99
€ 30.10
Hardback. Four months after the end of the war, Hitler's personal physician Theo Morell stated to his fellow prisoner Karl Brandt: "In fact, Hitler was never sick. " Brandt, who had been responsible for the "euthanasia" killings and was thus deeply implicated in the crimes of the Nazi regime, disagreed. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652221
- ISBN
- 9780745652221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.86
€ 18.86
Hardcover. The Peirene Fountain as described by its first excavator, Rufus B. Richardson, is "the most famous fountain of Greece." Here is a retrospective of a wellspring of Western civilization, distinguished by its long history, service to a great ancient city, and early identification as the site where Pegasus landed and was tamed by the hero Bellerophon. Num Pages: 418 pages, 218 col and bw photos and ills, 18 col pls, 4 plans, 1 foldout. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 302 x 253 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876619650
- ISBN
- 9780876619650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.97
€ 109.97
Paperback. The 'coming of age' edition of this acclaimed paperback series discusses contemporary Cornish Studies, as well the Cornish language, medieval and early modern Cornwall, the Duchy of Cornwall, the establishment of the Cornish diocese, Cornish folklore, together with an overview of Cornish nationalism and a postscript on John Betjeman and Cornwall. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898867
- ISBN
- 9780859898867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316816
- ISBN
- 9780755316816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
paperback. Susan Branson examines the avenues through which women's presence became central to the competition for control of the nation's political life in the post-Revolutionary era. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217773
- ISBN
- 9780812217773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128436
- ISBN
- 9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813136103
- ISBN
- 9780813136103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.17
€ 59.17
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634265
- ISBN
- 9780691634265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
If the railroads won the Gilded Age, the coal industry lost it. Railroads epitomized modern management, high technology, and vast economies of scale. By comparison, the coal industry was embarrassingly primitive. This book shows how disorder in the coal industry disrupted the strategic plans of the railroads. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764985
- ISBN
- 9780814764985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.76
€ 60.76
Paperback. * A comprehensive anthology of the long and bloody history of women's struggle to get the vote. Here is the story in the voices of the women themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349007748
- ISBN
- 9780349007748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.66
€ 9.66
Hardback. This extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; Veit, Helen E.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 64. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416069
- ISBN
- 9781421416069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.40€ 107.16
€ 121.40
€ 107.16
Hardback. This comprehensive survey of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) rivalries places the Bush Doctrine of preemption in historical context, arguing that instability fueled by first-strike incentives is an inherent byproduct of WMD proliferation. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JPS; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750264
- ISBN
- 9780804750264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.72
€ 89.72
hardcover. These volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the lives of the c.700 members of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth. Num Pages: 4446 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 180 x 183. Weight in Grams: 3870.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 4446
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781107139565
- ISBN
- 9781107139565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 705.90
€ 705.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; HBG; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0003849
- ISBN
- 9781782126966
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The Blacks of Premodern China describes the earliest Chinese encounters with peoples regarded as black. It focuses on the first exposure of Chinese to blacks hailing from East Africa, chiefly from today's Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, who arrived in China as slaves between the seventh and seventeenth centuries C.E. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241938
- ISBN
- 9780812241938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.14
€ 84.14
Paperback. For almost a decade, Col. Ryszard Kuklinski betrayed the Communist leadership of Poland, cooperating with the CIA in one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Now that Poland is free, a riddle remains: Was Kuklinski a patriot or a traitor? Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483050
- ISBN
- 9781586483050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082351
- ISBN
- 9780252082351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. 8vo..Original paperback edition.
Good clean former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
Good clean former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0294216
- ISBN
- 9781840186109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361145
- ISBN
- 9780822361145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
paperback. Ireland's story is amazingly dramatic and intense - and today the influence of Irish culture can be felt around the globe. This book helps explain why, taking readers on the rollercoaster journey through the highs and lows of Ireland's past including invasions, battles, executions, religious divide, uprisings and emigration. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- For Dummies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KMK0021535
- ISBN
- 9781119995876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Written from a geographical perspective, this book provides a new look at Ireland. Num Pages: 136 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DB; HB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780521020145
- ISBN
- 9780521020145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.09
€ 38.09