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Paperback. Packed with informative tales, this title features nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships - and how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091958602
- ISBN
- 9780091958602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.38
€ 20.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. The Fourteenth Army in Burma became one of the largest and most diverse armies of the Second World War. British, West African, Ghurkha and Indian regiments fought alongside one another and became comrades. Taken from Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive - this title tells stories of this epic conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091932374
- ISBN
- 9780091932374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.21
€ 21.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. Julian Thompson presents a complete insider's story of the campaign and victory of the Falklands War with personal touches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B & W Photos. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844158799
- ISBN
- 9781844158799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.42
€ 20.99
€ 16.42
Hardcover. This fascinating new book explores some of the materials and bizarre methods that women - and men - have used in the past to enhance or hold on to their looks. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: HBTB; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- British Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712357524
- ISBN
- 9780712357524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.39
€ 17.99
€ 17.39
Hardcover. The idea of the centralized State has played a powerful role in shaping French republicanism. But for two hundred years, many have tried to find other ways of being French and Republican. These essays challenge the traditional account, bringing together new insights from leading scholars. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272095
- ISBN
- 9780230272095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639625
- ISBN
- 9780816639625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardcover.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846822919
- ISBN
- 9781846822919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.00€ 46.19
€ 55.00
€ 46.19
Paperback. Contested Spaces of Early America is a wide-ranging, eclectic volume that seeks to reconcile the parallel histories and historiographies of European and Indian spaces created throughout the hemisphere during the colonial era. Editor(s): Barr, Juliana; Countryman, Edward. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 444 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223996
- ISBN
- 9780812223996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.21
€ 51.99
€ 46.21
Paperback. Demonstrates that between the 1690s and 1780s, Indian peoples including Caddos, Apaches, Payayas, and others formed relationships with Spaniards in Texas that refuted European claims of imperial control. Examining six realms of encounter, this work shows that native categories of gender provided the political structure of Indian-Spanish relations. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807857908
- ISBN
- 9780807857908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.34
€ 49.34
hardcover. Beasts and Beauties examines the relationship between domesticity and power by focusing on the contemporaneous development of the invention of the 'pet' and the delineation of the home as a uniquely private enclosure, where the pater familias ruled over his own secluded world of domesticated wife, children, servants, and animals. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099228
- ISBN
- 9780802099228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.26
€ 56.26
Hardback. Series: Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GM; HBTD; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319201696
- ISBN
- 9783319201696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Hardback. A thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 1650 to 1820, covering homosexuality, heterosexuality, sexual variations, prostitution, medicine, religion, erotica and popular belief. Editor(s): Peakman, Julie. Series: The Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 310 pages, 76 bw illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847888037
- ISBN
- 9781847888037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.94€ 103.75
€ 115.94
€ 103.75
Paperback. Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130323
- ISBN
- 9780691130323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447299
- ISBN
- 9781349447299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Paperback. This study questions the idea that the introduction of coffee to Latin America forced most people to become landless proles working on large plantations. It suggests that small and medium-sized growers in Nicaragua were vital to the economy, constituting the farming and land-owning majority. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSF; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 585. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802278
- ISBN
- 9780896802278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9, 2 maps, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781501713613
- ISBN
- 9781501713613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206342
- ISBN
- 9780520206342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.04
€ 35.99
€ 26.04
Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226710204
- ISBN
- 9780226710204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.57
€ 43.99
€ 33.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993498
- ISBN
- 9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.28
€ 19.28
Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814793589
- ISBN
- 9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Hardcover. Around the start of the 20th century, US laws on adoption were flexible compared to modern ones. This work chronicles the experiences of adoptive parents and children during a century of change, illuminating the prominent role adoption came to play in defining both motherhood and family in America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610518
- ISBN
- 9780700610518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Hardcover. Attempting to indoctrinate the public into a new society, the Bolsheviks staged "show trials" - legal trials that incorporated theatrical elements. This work examines how elements of theatre and film were incorporated into Soviet courtrooms, turning public trials into propaganda vehicles. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AN; APF; HBJD; HBLW; JPVN; JPVR; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802664
- ISBN
- 9780875802664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.11
€ 57.11
Hardback. Alaskans were introduced to the airplane as early as 1913, when town officials in Fairbanks invited stunt flyers James and Lilly Martin to fly over the local baseball park on July 4. This publication celebrates the 100th anniversary of this relationship. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HBJK; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Publisher
- Braun Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037681411
- ISBN
- 9783037681411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.97
€ 26.99
€ 19.97
Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813347639
- ISBN
- 9780813347639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.62
€ 49.99
€ 48.62