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Hardcover. A biography of Patience Darton that tells the story of this young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195144
- ISBN
- 9781845195144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Hardback. Examines how the cult of Mother of the Gods came from Phrygia and Lydia, where she was the mother of tyrants, to Athens, where she protected the laws of the Athenian democracy. This work describes how Kybebe, the Lydian goddess, assumed a different aspect to the Greeks when Lydia became part of the Persian empire. Num Pages: 476 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243491
- ISBN
- 9780520243491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.05€ 62.38
€ 80.05
€ 62.38
Paperback. * Investigates issues of sexual ethics, religion, and politics through responses to the story of Helen of Troy throughout the ages * Examines representations of Helen of Troy in literature, art, drama and film * Shows how the Helen myth has relevance to gender debates today. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126359
- ISBN
- 9781405126359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.19
€ 44.99
€ 44.19
Hardback. In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362753
- ISBN
- 9780822362753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.14
€ 114.14
Hardcover. Despite attempts to suppress early women's speech, this study demonstrates that women were still actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were both complicit with the patriarchal ideology whilst also undermining it. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618763
- ISBN
- 9780230618763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.84€ 32.15
€ 50.84
€ 32.15
Hardcover. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illlustrations, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240207
- ISBN
- 9780393240207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
leather_bound. A wide-margin NASB reference Bible with red-letter text, printed on Bible paper and bound in black calf split leather. Num Pages: 1205 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: HRCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 257 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1205
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107654372
- ISBN
- 9781107654372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.23€ 150.12
€ 169.23
€ 150.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; LNDC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156194
- ISBN
- 9780691156194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
This book explores the Papal Inquisition in Modena and the status of Jews in an early modern Italian duchy. Its purpose is to deepen existing insights into the role of the former and thus lead to a better understanding of how the tribunal assumed jurisdiction over a practicing Jewish community in the seventeenth century. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFFP; JFSR1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085192
- ISBN
- 9780719085192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.19€ 73.18
€ 120.19
€ 73.18
Paperback. A reappraisal of the work of five major narrative historians (Voltaire, Hume, Robertson, Gibbon and Ramsay) in eighteenth-century Europe and America. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521619448
- ISBN
- 9780521619448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038441
- ISBN
- 9780268038441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.25
€ 43.99
€ 39.25
Paperback. The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Editor(s): More, Max; Vita-More, Natasha. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118334317
- ISBN
- 9781118334317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Paperback. Even more scurrilous than 'Rome', A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors tells the true story of toga parties, banquets, and the scandalous life of the Caesars. Ancient history with all the boring bits taken out. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845297190
- ISBN
- 9781845297190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Hardback. The updated second edition of a highly readable synthesis of the major determining features of the Renaissance. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 266 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521839099
- ISBN
- 9780521839099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.60
€ 87.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813228907
- ISBN
- 9780813228907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99
€ 40.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403904386
- ISBN
- 9781403904386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.14
€ 108.14
Paperback. Explores the representation of emotions as psychological concepts and cultural constructs in Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative poetry. McTaggart argues that Chaucer's main works including The Canterbury Tales are united thematically in their positive view of guilt and in their anxiety about the desire for sacrifice and vengeance that shame can provoke. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340910
- ISBN
- 9781349340910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. This work provides the author's own insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. It covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers. Translator(s): Levin, Leonard. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843048
- ISBN
- 9781934843048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.31
€ 51.99
€ 49.31
Hardback. Translator(s): Turner, Gerald. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268100728
- ISBN
- 9780268100728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.68
€ 34.68
Paperback. "Thought-provoking.. [Allen] writes without sanctimony and never simplifies the people in his book or the moral issues his story inevitably raises."-Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351040
- ISBN
- 9780393351040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. This volume asserts that many philosophical controversies really depend upon whether a particular language should be used. The author explores a "Principle of Tolerance", by which everyone is free to mix and match the rules of language. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695243
- ISBN
- 9780812695243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.52
€ 40.99
€ 32.52
Paperback. Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, select poetic contemporaries variously illuminate the scope of Hobbes's writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSC; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536856
- ISBN
- 9781349536856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardcover. Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens 2/e offers a vivid range of eyewitness perspectives - from female munitions workers to Indian troops in France - which explore the social, cultural, and military dimensions of World War I. This second edition includes added material to reflect the very latest historical thinking. Editor(s): Shevin-Coetzee, Marilyn; Coetzee, Frans. Num Pages: 406 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655825
- ISBN
- 9780470655825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.51
€ 96.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644810
- ISBN
- 9780816644810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59