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Plutarch: Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics)
Biography & True StoriesClassics and World Literature

Plutarch: Greek Lives (Oxford World's Classics)

Plutarch (translated by Robin Waterfield)
Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander `I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time...
$15.99
The Last Zulu Warrior by David Clammer Limited Edition 957/1000 HC/DJ The Last Zulu Warrior by David Clammer Limited Edition 957/1000 HC/DJ
Antiquarian & CollectiblesBiography & True Stories

The Last Zulu Warrior by David Clammer Limited Edition 957/1000 HC/DJ

David Clammer
This impressive volume was published to coincide with the centenary of the Zulu War in 1979. At the time it was not a commercial success and copies were being remaindered...
$350.00
The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea By Gilbert Herdt The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea By Gilbert Herdt
Cultural AnthropologyHistory

The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea By Gilbert Herdt

Gilbert Herdt
This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes initiation rites and socialisation studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies,...
$20.00
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The Collector's Guide to FANS by Susan Mayor HC/DJ The Collector's Guide to FANS by Susan Mayor HC/DJ
Fashion DesignHistory

The Collector's Guide to FANS by Susan Mayor HC/DJ

Susan Mayor
The Author of this book has collected the best the best excuses of all time for every possible occasion. Humorous, wild , witty, deadpan, treacherous, and so- silly- as-to-be- believable....
$25.00 $14.50
With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913, Photographs Ponting HC/DJ With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913, Photographs Ponting HC/DJ
Exploration, Travel, AdventureHistory

With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913, Photographs Ponting HC/DJ

Elizabeth Cruwys, Hjp Arnold, Beau Riffenburgh
With Scott to the Pole celebrates the achievements and heroism of Captain Scott and the members of the 1910-1913 expedition. It presents more than 400 duotone prints by the expedition's...
$25.00
Imagined Interiors: Domestic Interior since the Renaissance J.Aynsley & C Grant Imagined Interiors: Domestic Interior since the Renaissance J.Aynsley & C Grant
HistoryHouse and Interior Design

Imagined Interiors: Domestic Interior since the Renaissance J.Aynsley & C Grant

Jeremy Aynsley & Charlotte Grant
This innovative book examines the changing ways in which the domestic interior has been represented in the West over the last five hundred years. Looking at a rich array of...
$49.95
Gran Teatro La Fenice by Giandomenico Romanelli et al (Hardover/Dust Jacket) Gran Teatro La Fenice by Giandomenico Romanelli et al (Hardover/Dust Jacket)
ArchitectureHistory

Gran Teatro La Fenice by Giandomenico Romanelli et al (Hardover/Dust Jacket)

Giandomenico Romanelli, Guiseppe Pugliese et al
How does one do justice to a building that is far more than its constituent materials, a building that is a vessel of myth, an embodiment of the dreams and...
$25.00
Days of Orkney Steam by Alastair and Anne Cormack HC/DJ *SCARCE* Days of Orkney Steam by Alastair and Anne Cormack HC/DJ *SCARCE*
Automobiles and TransportHistory

Days of Orkney Steam by Alastair and Anne Cormack HC/DJ *SCARCE*

Alastair and Anne Cormack
 Map of Orkney on end papers. With appendices, bibliography and index. An interesting and well-researched history of the steam-powered boats that had served the islands and communities of Orkney for...
$55.00
Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome during the Late Republic & Early Principate by CH. Wirszubski, Cambridge Classical Studies Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome during the Late Republic & Early Principate by CH. Wirszubski, Cambridge Classical Studies
CambridgeHistory

Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome during the Late Republic & Early Principate by CH. Wirszubski, Cambridge Classical Studies

CH. Wirszubski
This study describes the meaning of libertas as a political idea at Rome during the two hundred years or so between the Gracchi and Trajan, a period in which the...
$55.00
Rednecks, Eggheads and Blackfellas by Gillian Cowlishaw (Paperback, 1999) Rednecks, Eggheads and Blackfellas by Gillian Cowlishaw (Paperback, 1999)
HistoryIndigenous Studies

Rednecks, Eggheads and Blackfellas by Gillian Cowlishaw (Paperback, 1999)

Gillian Cowlishaw
A study of racial power and intimacy in Australia. Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Australia Year: 1999, First Edition, First Printing Condition: Very good paperback with no annotations (please see photos)
$10.00
Twentieth-Century Jewelry: Art Nouveau to Modern Design (Jewellery) Edited by Lodovica Rizzoli Eleuteri Twentieth-Century Jewelry: Art Nouveau to Modern Design (Jewellery) Edited by Lodovica Rizzoli Eleuteri
Fashion DesignHistory

Twentieth-Century Jewelry: Art Nouveau to Modern Design (Jewellery) Edited by Lodovica Rizzoli Eleuteri

Edited by Lodovica Rizzoli Eleuteri, Photographs by Annamaria Massinelli
Spectacularly beautiful, this authoritative book presents jewelry designs of this century. With almost two hundred full-colour photographs specially commissioned for this book and archival pictures of pieces that have disappeared...
$29.95
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks HC/DJ Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks HC/DJ
HistoryReligion

Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks HC/DJ

Jonathan Sacks
Despite predictions of continuing secularisation, the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge of religious extremism and violence in the name of God. In this powerful and timely book, Jonathan Sacks...
$20.00
A History of Women in the West 1 From Ancient Goddesses to Christian saints by Georges Duby et al A History of Women in the West 1 From Ancient Goddesses to Christian saints by Georges Duby et al
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A History of Women in the West 1 From Ancient Goddesses to Christian saints by Georges Duby et al

Edited by Pauline Schmitt-Pantel, Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot
In the words of the general editors, A History of Women seeks to understand women's place in society, their condition, the roles they played and the powers they possessed, their...
$20.00
The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History 1000 BC - 51 AD by Peter Berresford Ellis HC/DJ The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History 1000 BC - 51 AD by Peter Berresford Ellis HC/DJ
HistoryHistory > Ancient

The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History 1000 BC - 51 AD by Peter Berresford Ellis HC/DJ

Peter Berresford Ellis
Writing for the general reader, Peter Berresford Ellis provides a full survey of the rise of one of the greatest of Europe's ancient civilizations. He covers the first millennium of...
$25.00
Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green
Biography & True StoriesHistory

Zuni : Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing Edited & Introduction Jesse Green

Edited with an Introduction by Jesse Green
"Frank Hamilton Cushing's stay at Zuñi pueblo from 1879 to 1884 made him the first professional anthropologist actually to live with his subjects. Learning the language and winning acceptance as...
$20.00
Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England by Juliet Fleming HC/DJ Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England by Juliet Fleming HC/DJ
Art/Art HIstoryHistory

Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England by Juliet Fleming HC/DJ

Juliet Fleming
Tattoos and graffiti immediately bring to mind contemporary urban life and its inhabitants. But in fact, both practices date back much further than is generally thought--even by scholars. Drawing on...
$85.00
Books, Banks, Buttons : And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages by Chiara Frugoni HC/DJ Books, Banks, Buttons : And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages by Chiara Frugoni HC/DJ
HistoryShop

Books, Banks, Buttons : And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages by Chiara Frugoni HC/DJ

Chiara Frugoni
Once regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a period of extraordinary technological innovation. This romp through the inventions of the period tells...
$15.00
Botanical Riches: Stories Of Botanical Exploration by Richard Aitken HC/DJ Botanical Riches: Stories Of Botanical Exploration by Richard Aitken HC/DJ
BotanyHistory

Botanical Riches: Stories Of Botanical Exploration by Richard Aitken HC/DJ

Richard Aitken
Gardeners' Chronicle on botanical exploration, 1881- 'Of all the deadly occupations this is surely the most fatal.' Explorer Frank Kingdon Ward on his first sighting of the blue poppy in...
$35.00
Biology for Beginners by Wilson McCord Jr. (No. 77) Biology for Beginners by Wilson McCord Jr. (No. 77)
BiologyHistory

Biology for Beginners by Wilson McCord Jr. (No. 77)

Wilson McCord Jr.
Sex For Beginners is a beautifully illustrated, often humorous documentary comic book that examines human sexuality from the standpoints of history, social relations, and sexual politics.Diverse authorities such as Sade,...
$10.00
Sex for Beginners by Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt (No. 34) Sex for Beginners by Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt (No. 34)
BiologyHistory

Sex for Beginners by Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt (No. 34)

Errol Selkirk, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt
Sex For Beginners is a beautifully illustrated, often humorous documentary comic book that examines human sexuality from the standpoints of history, social relations, and sexual politics.Diverse authorities such as Sade,...
$22.00
Existentialism for Beginners by David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee Existentialism for Beginners by David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee
HistoryHumour

Existentialism for Beginners by David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee

David Cogswell, Illustrations Joe Lee
"Existentialism For Beginners" takes an affectionate, good-humoured look at a style of thinking that, while pervasive in influence, has often been seen as obscure, difficult, cryptic and dark. Publisher: Writers...
$20.00
The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat Collective (ex-libris) The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat Collective (ex-libris)
HistoryNon-Fiction

The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat Collective (ex-libris)

S.E. Anderson, illustrated by The Cro-Maat Collective
The Black Holocaust for Beginners answers a series of questions regarding all dimensions of the Black Holocaust - from its widespread and destructive effect on African cultures through to its...
$10.00
Black History for Beginners (No. 24), First edition by Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan Willmarth Black History for Beginners (No. 24), First edition by Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan Willmarth
HistoryNon-Fiction

Black History for Beginners (No. 24), First edition by Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan Willmarth

Denise Dennis, Illustrations Susan Willmarth
Covering a rich but often ignored history, the author chronicles the black struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa right up to the Civil Rights movement and different kinds of...
$10.00
The Birth of Europe 400-1500 by Jacques Le Goff The Birth of Europe 400-1500 by Jacques Le Goff
HistoryHistory > Medieval

The Birth of Europe 400-1500 by Jacques Le Goff

Jacques Le Goff
In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history....
$35.00
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