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Paperback. At the time of his arrest by French paratroopers during the Battle of Algiers in June of 1957, Henri Alleg was a French journalist who supported Algerian independence. He was interrogated for one month. During this imprisonment, Alleg was questioned under torture. This book presents an account of that month and of his triumph over his torturers. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Bison Books Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259607
- ISBN
- 9780803259607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.96
€ 17.99
€ 15.96
Hardback. The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly among its people. Drawing on inside knowledge of SWAPO, the anti-colonial liberation movement, the author provides a valuable case study of nation building in the modern era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044127
- ISBN
- 9781849044127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.75€ 51.45
€ 52.75
€ 51.45
Paperback. Paperback, white spine. Cover is stained. A catalogue containing 741 items
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Henner Wachholtz Hamburg
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KON0819572
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Hardcover. First edition - 4 to Very good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper - REL0172 - 309pp. - The Hawthorn Press,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Hawthorn Press
- Number of pages
- 309
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KCK0002927
- ISBN
- 9780725602529
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 65.00
€ 65.00
Hardback. Tells how Jan Jeroenszoon, through great personal courage and faith in the rule of law, managed to survive gruesome torture and vindicate himself by successfully arguing at trial that the authorities remained subject to the law even in times of war. Translator(s): Grayson, J. C. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135649
- ISBN
- 9780691135649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.04
€ 86.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 92 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461532602
- ISBN
- 9789461532602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.09
€ 26.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. "Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience.. What a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us!"-Wall Street Journal Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 177 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408655
- ISBN
- 9780871408655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Hardback. Tracing Coolidge's life from his thirteenth birthday until his graduation from Amherst College ten years later, this work outlines the education of a reluctant young man from rural Vermont. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838752647
- ISBN
- 9780838752647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.13
€ 121.13
Hardback. Focusing on the military institutions of Bahia, Brazil, this book analyzes the region's transition from Portuguese colony to province of the Brazilian Empire. It examines the social, racial and cultural dimensions of post-independence state-building in the principal slave region of the Americas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742481
- ISBN
- 9780804742481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.43
€ 155.43
Hardback. The book analyzes the official and popular celebrations on the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity to elucidate elite and popular understandings of the imperial state in the capital city. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785266
- ISBN
- 9780804785266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.33
€ 93.33
Hardback. Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this gap. As an explosive economy drew the young away from home, we see how the elderly used promises of inheritance to keep children at their side. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LNW; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046887
- ISBN
- 9780674046887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Hardback. This work shows how, on November 7, 1841, the "Creole" was transporting slaves from Richmond to the auction block at New Orleans. A band of slaves led by Madison Washington seized the crew, and forced the ship to sail into Nassau harbour, where the British offered them freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; G; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634939
- ISBN
- 9781566634939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.74
€ 31.74
Paperback. Hendrick C Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought against the Red Army until the end of the war as a soldier in the 5th SS Panzer Division 'Wiking' and SS Regiment Besslein, with which he participated in the epic defence of Breslau. This title tells Verton's story. Num Pages: 264 pages, 41 b/w photos & 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466. The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer, 1941-45. 264 pages, 41 b/w photos & 5 maps. Hendrick C Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought against the Red Army until the end of the war as a soldier in the 5th SS Panzer Division 'Wiking' and SS Regiment Besslein, with which he participated in the epic defence of Breslau. This title tells Verton's story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735896
- ISBN
- 9780811735896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.26
€ 18.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. These two slave narratives expand our knowledge of the differing ways males and females coped with enslavement and later ordeals in flight. This popularly-priced anthology contains the often taught Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the recently discovered A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Editor(s): Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089650
- ISBN
- 9781881089650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.77
€ 44.77
Paperback. Fredrick Douglass (1818-1895), a fugitive slave who became the best-known black abolitionist orator and autobiographer, and Herman Melville (1819-1891), a fiction writer recognized for the elusiveness of his meanings, both composed stories about slave revolts at sea. Editor(s): Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089452
- ISBN
- 9781881089452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Hardback. First edition - 4to.Very good copy - KAW0547 - 104pp. - Australian Government Publishing house, Canberra Australia
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing house Canberra Australia
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- SKU
- KCK0002481
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. First edition - 4to Very good copy - KAW0231 - 104pp. - Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra Australia
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service Canberra Australia
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- SKU
- KCK0002165
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. First edition - 4to. Very good copy - KAW0137 - 363pp. - Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra Australia
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service Canberra Australia
- Number of pages
- 363
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- SKU
- KCK0002071
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Paperback. 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0360 - 226pp. - Cheshire,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cheshire
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KCK0002294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardcover. First edition - 8vo. Very Good copy in torn dustwrapper - KAW0193 - 226pp. - Cheshire, Melbourne
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cheshire Melbourne
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KCK0002127
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00