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Paperback. The scenes of Babel and Pentecost, the original confusion of tongues and their redemption through translation, haunt German Romanticism and Idealism. This book begins by retracing the ways in which the task of translation, so crucial to Romantic writing, Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JH; DSA; DSBF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274024
- ISBN
- 9780823274024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.86
€ 40.99
€ 35.86
The poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, and Richard Crashaw has fascinated critics for centuries. This work features essays from the 17th and early 20th centuries that offer students of literature historical insights into these significant poets. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Classic Critical Views. Num Pages: 608 pages, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1168.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Pub (T)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604131390
- ISBN
- 9781604131390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Paperback. In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130484
- ISBN
- 9780691130484
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.50
€ 40.99
€ 28.50
paperback. An interpretative history of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union between 1850 and 1991, showing how the countries of this vast area were transformed from traditional, agrarian societies into modern industrial states. The text discusses how these transformations affected both governments and people. Num Pages: 488 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Red Globe Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030924
- ISBN
- 9780333662946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
hardcover. Part of a definitive English-language edition, prepared in collaboration with the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Moscow, which contains all the works of Marx and Engels, whether published in their lifetimes or since. The series includes their complete correspondence and newly discovered works. Num Pages: 787 pages, 3M. BIC Classification: 3JH; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 223 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Number of pages
- 787
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853153559
- ISBN
- 9780853153559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.55€ 53.79
€ 58.55
€ 53.79
Hardback. Taking Medicine challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine by bringing to light the healing work of Aboriginal and settler women in southern Alberta. Series: Women and Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774818285
- ISBN
- 9780774818285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Hardcover. The presidential election of 1952, unlike most others before and since, was dominated by foreign policy. In this study, Ronald R. Krebs shows that two very different images of Eastern Europe's ultimate status competed to guide American policy during this period: Finlandization and rollback. Series: Foreign Relations and the Presidency. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890969687
- ISBN
- 9780890969687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425683
- ISBN
- 9781137425683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.59
€ 123.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Wohlforth, William C. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022383
- ISBN
- 9780271022383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.13
€ 49.99
€ 38.13
Hardback. This book takes a fresh look at English buccaneering and privateering literature from the Golden Age of Piracy and includes discussion of well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan as well as more obscure figures like Captain George Cusack. Num Pages: 202 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493870
- ISBN
- 9781611493870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.43
€ 122.43
paperback. Strype's monumental work Annals of the Reformation is the most important eighteenth-century Protestant religious history of the Elizabethan period. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 15th & 16th Centuries. Num Pages: 4634 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 323 x 250 x 160. Weight in Grams: 5945.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 4634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108018050
- ISBN
- 9781108018050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 383.41
€ 383.41
Hardback. World War II threw Britain and the USSR together as allies. This analysis shows how views of internal developments in the USSR, and of Stalin himself, influenced Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Foreign Office to believe that long-term collaboration was a desirable and achievable goal. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333754467
- ISBN
- 9780333754467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardback. Losing to Win:The 1996 Elections and American Politics advances their groundbreaking research to electoral politics and continues their penetrating discussions of divided government, independent candidates, party platform, "outsiderism", and campaign strategies. Series: Studies in American Political Institutions and Public Policy. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684052
- ISBN
- 9780847684052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.38
€ 159.38
Hardback. Rather than exploring the Dada movement from the usual perspective of its strategies of shock and opposition, this book gives us a new picture of Dada art and writings as a lucid reflection on history and the role of art therein. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804794244
- ISBN
- 9780804794244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.54
€ 103.54
Hardback. Tells the story of the Quelch case, demonstrating its historical significance. Quelch's execution led to the first stirrings of American rebellion against English rule, as his high-handed treatment was viewed as an attack on personal liberty and freedom in Massachusetts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations (b&w). BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275994075
- ISBN
- 9780275994075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.65€ 77.59
€ 86.65
€ 77.59
Hardback. Part of the "Studies in Biology, Economy and Society" series, this book looks at Sir Francis Galton, a grandson of Erasmus Darwin. In his twenties he won fame as an explorer, writing "The Art of Travel". In 1883, he coined the word eugenics by which he meant "good in birth" and "noble in heredity", Editor(s): Keynes, Milo. Series: Studies in Biology, Economy & Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; MFN; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333546956
- ISBN
- 9780333546956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.30
€ 186.30
Hardback. This is a comprehensive analysis of the main dynamics of modernity which discusses the technological, social and political elements of modernism, and analyzes the works of Hegel, Marx, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Arendt. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216124
- ISBN
- 9780631216124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.88
€ 147.88
Hardback. Discusses various aspects of the early Plymouth Christian Brethren and provides for readers an enlightened understanding of the people and their evangelical secessionist movement. The book is structured chronologically, with a focus on writings produced during the late 1830s through the early 1840s and writings that focus on that time period. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRCC2; HRCM; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831261
- ISBN
- 9780810831261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.40
€ 135.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 203. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780300226225
- ISBN
- 9780300226225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
€ 26.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. Stendhal is remembered as one of the originators of the modern novel. During his lifetime, however, he was reputed to be a religious dissident and was known as a fervent supporter of Napoleon. This biography traces Stendhal's gradual evolution into a writer, following the defeat and exile of his political hero. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843919131
- ISBN
- 9781843919131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Hardcover. Praise for Meeting the Fox "Orr Kelly has dramatically brought to life the desert war by masterfully weaving the view of higher headquarters with the pathos of the foxhole. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471414292
- ISBN
- 9780471414292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.92
€ 41.99
€ 31.92
A History of Women Philosophers: Contemporary Women Philosophers, 1900...
Mary Ellen . Ed(S): Waithe
paperback. Like their predecessors, and like their male counterparts, most women philosophers of the 20th century have significant expertise in several specialities. This fourth volume includes discussions of L Susan Stebbing, Edith Stein, Hedwig Conrad Martius, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Mary Whiton Calkins, Gerda Walther, and others. Editor(s): Waithe, Mary Ellen. Series: History of Women Philosophers. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 471
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328087
- ISBN
- 9780792328087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 246.66
€ 246.66
Paperback. The majority of the stories of the Alamo fight have been partly legendary, partly hearsay and at best fragmentary. This book reveals the chronicle of the siege of the Alamo in a different light. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 244 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257795
- ISBN
- 9780803257795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.55
€ 21.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Describes the reality of journalism behind the Iron Curtain - how Western reporters banded together to thwart Soviet propagandists, how their "official sources" were almost always controlled by the KGB, and how those sources would sometimes try to turn newsmen into collaborators. Num Pages: 440 pages, 20 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; BGHA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826218049
- ISBN
- 9780826218049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56