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Paperback. An account of the capture of Lisbon in 1147 by the combined forces of King Alfonso Henriques of Portugal and a fleet of crusaders from the Anglo-Norman realm, Flanders, and the Rhineland. This work conveys the tensions between the secular and spiritual motives of a crusading army. Translator(s): David, Charles Wendell. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121231
- ISBN
- 9780231121231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.43
€ 35.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285606
- ISBN
- 9780520285606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.20€ 69.51
€ 90.20
€ 69.51
Hardcover. This book offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narratives are changed significantly over time, but also to have been invested with importance and meaning by religious individuals and organisations as well as by secular ones. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572652
- ISBN
- 9780230572652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Hardcover. Traces the history of early Judaism, Christianity and Islam against the geographical canvas of the Ancient Near East. This book draws from the insights in archeology, paleo-anthropology, forensic science and biblical literature to narrate the story of how three cultures originated from the same cradle in the Fertile Crescent. Num Pages: 384 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLA; HRAC; HRC; HRH; HRJ; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426201387
- ISBN
- 9781426201387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.65
€ 41.99
€ 31.65
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and sunning, but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Eastern Horizon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0003513
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618364
- ISBN
- 9780745618364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.98
€ 24.98
Paperback. Explores the relationship between the well-established practice of oral history and the burgeoning field of memory studies. This work explains the processes by which oral histories move beyond interviews with individual people to become articulated memories shared by others. Editor(s): Hamilton, Paula; Shopes, Linda. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131419
- ISBN
- 9781592131419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.98
€ 38.99
€ 35.98
Paperback. Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato's pupil Dion of Syracuse. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian; Duff, Timothy. Num Pages: 672 pages, 5 maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780140449358
- ISBN
- 9780140449358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.95
€ 17.99
€ 17.95
Paperback. Traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through mayor Richard M Daley's Plan for Transformation. In the process, the author chronicles the Chicago Housing Authority's own transformation from the city's most progressive government agency to its largest slumlord. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226360867
- ISBN
- 9780226360867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.73
€ 33.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. The Pa-O, one of Burma's many ethnic minorities, engaged in a forty-year insurgency against the government of Burma which ended in a cease-fire in 1994. This book draws upon historical accounts, contemporary writing, and personal interviews to present the mythological and historical background of the Pa-O in Burma and Thailand. Num Pages: 118 pages, 11 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749575932
- ISBN
- 9789749575932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 249 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL3; JNKS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117815
- ISBN
- 9780230117815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.20
€ 50.20
Paperback. Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyses these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506955
- ISBN
- 9781137506955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.28
€ 52.28
Paperback. Argues that anti-statist inclinations prevented Cold War anxieties from transforming the United States into the garrison state it might have become in their absence. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 tables, 21line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048901
- ISBN
- 9780691048901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74€ 40.69
€ 50.74
€ 40.69
hardcover. This Ancient History describes the period beginning in the year after the death of Julius Caesar, and ending in the year after the fall of Nero. Editor(s): Bowman, Alan K.; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew William. Series: Cambridge Ancient History. Num Pages: 1090 pages, 21 maps 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521264303
- ISBN
- 9780521264303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 319.87
€ 319.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349280971
- ISBN
- 9781349280971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Paperback. Sets the professionalization of social work into a dynamic social context. The explicit political and economic framework of Wenocur and Reisch's model enables the authors to examine how various subgroups within social work lost or gained control of the professional enterprise at various points. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252070730
- ISBN
- 9780252070730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403938336
- ISBN
- 9781403938336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Conzen, Michael P.; Carr, K. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801285
- ISBN
- 9780875801285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Hardcover. One of the central challenges facing Macedonia, along with other Yugoslav successor states, is to develop civic values and to combat such uncivic values as ethnic intolerance, religious bigotry, and homophobia. This volume brings together specialists in Macedonian affairs to offer insights into the experiences and values of the Macedonians. Editor(s): Listhaug, Ola; Simkus, Albert. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033338
- ISBN
- 9781137033338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
Paperback. "Rubin raises . . . deep and disturbing questions about the nature of persecution and mass hysteria, and not least about the ways in which Christian beliefs have caused the deaths of Jews. . . . This is a courageous book, with implications far beyond medieval history."--Michael Clanchy, Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218800
- ISBN
- 9780812218800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. This seven-volume illustrated edition of James Cook's journals, originally published in 1821, brings together these celebrated writings in an attractive format. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration. Num Pages: 426 pages, 6 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108084758
- ISBN
- 9781108084758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Hardback. An indepth examination of the presentation of Constantinople and its complex relationship with the west in medieval French texts. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6, 5 black and white, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADF; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843023
- ISBN
- 9781843843023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.99
€ 87.99
Paperback. An exploration of the way in which the Northern Democrats of the mid-19th century lived their public lives. The author begins with an explanation of how people became Democrats, and goes on to discuss topics including the Democratic ideology, and their mordant rascism and partisan behaviour. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 367 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPFM; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218653
- ISBN
- 9780823218653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.11
€ 44.99
€ 40.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349532636
- ISBN
- 9781349532636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.94
€ 110.94