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Puritanism and the English Revolution. Volume II. Godly Rule: Politics and Religion 1603-1660.

LAMONT, WILLIAM M. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Aldershot: Gregg Revivals, 1991. 0751200026. Rep. "What if millenarianism meant not alienation from the spirit of the age but a total involvement with it?.the Book of Revelation had foretold the destruction of the Antichrist. How far such confidence was widespread among English …

Breakout nations : in pursuit of the next economic miracle.

Sharma, Ruchir. · 2012 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London : Allen Lane, 2012. Hardcover. Dustjacket. x, 292 pp. Library stamp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - The argument of Breakout Nations is that the astonishingly rapid growth over the last decade of the world's celebrated emerging …

A Lesser Evil

Pearse, Lesley · 2005 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

Michael Joseph Ltd. First edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Michael Joseph,2005.First edition-first printing.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean p…

AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)

WORDSWORTH, William · 51815 · Charles Agvent

$5,000.00 (€4,536.66 | £3,784.84 | ¥798,437)

A one-page (8" x 10") lengthy AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED by Wordsworth from a poem by Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke), a contemporary and friend of poet Philip Sidney. In full: "The chief use, then in Man of that he knowsIs his painstaking for the good of all; Not fleshly weepi…

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Emily Henry · 2022 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€7.00 ($7.71 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Penguin. 2022, paperback, lichte leessporen / some wear. <b><b>An insightful, delightful, instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller from the author of <i>Funny Story</i>.</b> <br><br>“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover<br><br></b><i>One summer. Two rivals. A plot twis…

Sporen vol betekenis. In gesprek met 'getuigen & tijdgenoten' over de Indonesische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog. / Meniti arti. Bertukar makna bersama 'saksi & rekan sezaman' tentang Perang Kemerdekaan Indonesia.

Buchheim,Eveline, Satrio Dwicahyo, Fridus Steijlen & Stephanie Welvaart. · 2022 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, [2022]. 311 pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. [ISBN: 9789463726580]. The struggle for independence in Indonesia between 1945 and 1949 has left its mark, both literally and figuratively. Through images and text, the autho…

Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

Consolmagno, Guy · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

McGraw-Hill vi, 229, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not quite true, argues Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno in his moving and intellectuall…

Lectures of the Philosophy of the Human Mind.

BROWN (Thomas) · 1820 · Forest Books

£510.63 (€612.06 | $674.57 | ¥107,721)

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait, 1820. First edition, 4 vols., 8vo, 587, [1]; viii, 607, [1]; viii, 638; viii, 615, [1]pp., contemporary calf, a little rubbed, upper cover of vol. 1 detached, gilt lettering on spines. “Brown was concerned not …

Cicero on Politics and the Limits of Reason. The 'Republic' and 'Laws'.

ATKINS, J.W., · 2020 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€37.50 ($41.33 | £31.29 | ¥6,600)

Cambridge University Press, 2020. XIV,270p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Nice copy. Like new. 'Recently James Zetzel, in his chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Cicero, noted that ‘Cicero’s political theory has been discussed very little in English until fa…

The Sound Pattern of Ancient Greek.

SOMMERSTEIN, A.H., · 1973 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€32.50 ($35.82 | £27.11 | ¥5,720)

Blackwell, Oxford, 1973. VIII,215p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. ‘The book is remarkably clear, well written, and well organized. Yet the reader’s first reaction is one of disappointment: the title (…) promises more than it provides. In the first par…

Account of the organs of speech of the orang outang. [Philosophical Transactions, 1779 Part I].

Camper, P. · 1779 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€450.00 ($495.96 | £375.43 | ¥79,199)

London, The Royal Society, 1779. 4to (25.5 x 19.7 cm). 21 pp.; one large, double-folded engraved plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt-bordered raised bands. Black morocco label with gilt title. All edges speckled red. = Important contribution t…

The Children Of Jocasta

Natalie Haynes · 2017 · Book Haven

NZ$35.50 (€17.79 | $19.61 | £14.84 | ¥3,131)

Mantle 2017 Paperback, 333pp. When You Have Grown Up As I Have, There Is No Security In Not Knowing Things, In Avoiding The Ugliest Truths Because They Can't Be Faced. because That Is What Happened The Last Time, And That Is Why My Siblings And I Have Grown Up In A Cursed House,…

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen · 1995 · Book Haven

NZ$16.50 (€8.27 | $9.11 | £6.90 | ¥1,455)

New Press 1995 Hardback, 372pp. "Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that "not one" does a decent job of making his…

Spook Country

William Gibson · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,543)

Viking 2007 Trade Paperback, 371pp. In New York, what you've got on your iPod can be bad for your health. Tito, a young and athletic Cuban, has been asked to pass iPods to the 'old man' in Washington Square. He doesn't know why and he's not stupid enough to ask, either. But the …

Rain

Karen Duve · 2004 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Bloomsbury (UK) 2004 Paperback, 256pp. An international bestseller already translated into nine languages, Karen Duve's disturbing and hilarious debut is not for the squeamish-or anyone with snail phobia. When Leon Ulbricht lands a contract to write a gangster's memoirs and move…

The Sweet Second Life of Darrell Kincaid

Catherine Robertson · 2011 · Book Haven

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.71 | ¥1,836)

Random House NZ 2011 Paperback No one knows 'happy endings' like romance novelist Darrell Kincaid. She's delivered eight of them to her readers with pleasure. But it's not to be with book number nine. In the act of adding the final full stop, Darrell has a revelation: it's not t…

History Of The World In 10 Chapters

Julian Barnes · 1990 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Picador 1990 Paperback, 384pp. A stowaway aboard Noah\'s Ark gives us his account of the Voyage \' a surprising, subversive one, quite unlike the official version \' which explains a lot about how the human race has subsequently developed. A guest lecturer on a cruise ship in th…

Cuba was different : views of the Cuban Communist Party on the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European socialism.

Underlid, Even Sandvik. · 2022 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2022. Paperback. x, 380 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - In Cuba Was Different, Even Sandvik Underlid explores the views of Cuban authorities, official press, and Party members as they reflect back on the coll…

Behind the Scenes in the Reichstag: Sixteen [16] Years of Parliamentary Life in Germany

WETTERLE, ABBE E.; DOUMIC, RENE [PREFATORY LETTER]; LEES, GEORGE FREDERIC [TRANSLATOR] · 1918 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$79.95 (€72.54 | £60.52 | ¥12,767)

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1918. First English Edition. Hardcover. xii, 196 pages. Text in English, translated from the French. Tissue-protected frontis portrait of author, who was Ex-Deputy at the Reichstag and in the Alsace-Lorraine Chamber. Seven additional black a…

Confucius, Rawls, and the Sense of Justice.

Cline, Erin M. · 2012 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 368 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - This book compares the role of a sense of justice in the ethical and political thought of Confucius and John Rawls. Erin Cline demons…