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Paperback. This books links the stories of 18th Century courtesans into the way it was perceived at the time and uses satirical illustrations and contemporary quotations. Num Pages: 166 pages, Integrated images with colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473837744
ISBN
9781473837744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Editor(s): Chabon, Michael; Waldman, Ayelet. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008229191
ISBN
9780008229191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information. Num Pages: 480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199578146
ISBN
9780199578146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328495
ISBN
9781848328495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.20

Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122786
ISBN
9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBJM; JFSL9; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922059901
ISBN
9781922059901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against slavery, and defending the South, which portrayed itself as bravely fighting for its independence. This book gives fresh accounts of Civil War battles by seeing them through the eyes of British journalists and myriad soldiers. Num Pages: 1040 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 48. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1040
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040585
ISBN
9780141040585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350743
ISBN
9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.83

Hardcover. Dina Rezk analyses 8 case studies, culminating in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat on live television, Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and multi-archival research, she explores how the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in post-WWII Middle East. Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPS; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748698912
ISBN
9780748698912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.95
€ 111.07

Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091924416
ISBN
9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Hardback. Goldsmith examines how sectarian insecurity obstructs the emergence of genuine political pluralism in the Middle East, taking Syria's Alawites under the Asad dynasty as an example. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044684
ISBN
9781849044684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. 192 pages, illustrations
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780716530923
ISBN
9780716530923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Granta
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862073272
ISBN
9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. The Nimitz class aircraft carrier is the ultimate symbol of the United States superpower status. A true behemoth, this is an unsurpassed weapons platform that overshadows all of its nearest rivals. This book looks at the development and deployment of the nuclear-powered Nimitz class aircraft carriers from 1975 onwards. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846037597
ISBN
9781846037597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. An informative and entertaining study of London's lunatic fringe, and how we have dealt with the mad among us from pre-history to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847390004
ISBN
9781847390004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539733
ISBN
9781784539733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354628
ISBN
9780198354628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Paperback. King Harold Godwineson (c 1022-66) is one of history's shadowy figures, known mainly for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings. His true status and achievements have been overshadowed by the events of October 1066 and by the bias imposed by the Norman victory. This title sets out to correct this distorted image. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937634
ISBN
9780750937634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352546
ISBN
9780764352546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWS2; JFFD; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130. .
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881376435
ISBN
9789881376435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. The history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins has explorations of the mature concept of operations with the Harrier GR3 in the Cold War and progresses through the evolution of Harrier II. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 colour pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910690178
ISBN
9781910690178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. Presents a magisterial narrative of the most turbulent decade in Anglo-Irish history: a decade of unleashed passions that came close to destroying the parliamentary system and to causing civil war in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571297405
ISBN
9780571297405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Beginning with the birth of science in the ancient Greeks, the collection contains just about every major textual source in the growth of science, not shying away from recent controversies in the political and social place of contemporary science. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
470
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117706
ISBN
9781551117706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.53

Paperback. Few modern countries can boast of such a lengthy history as France, a staple of European maps for the last millennium. This engaging narrative analyses French political, social and cultural history since 987, in a single volume. Through revolution, war and peace, it explores how the Frankland of 1000AD has grown into the France we know today. Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339041
ISBN
9781137339041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.18

Paperback. Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence and playfulness. Doughnut: A Global History takes the reader on a fast-paced journey through the story of this iconic food, from prehistory, ancient Egypt and Rome to medieval Europe and the Renaissance to Krispy Kremes and today's artisan creations. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234984
ISBN
9781780234984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.09

Paperback. Modern travel memoir spans history in trailing the ghost of Archduke Ferdinand's assassin and WWI's primary catalyst, Gavrilo Princip. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645197
ISBN
9780888645197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Metaphors of Spain brings together leading historians to examine Spanish nationalism through its diverse and complementary cultural artifacts, from "formal" representations such as the flag to music, bullfighting, and other more diffuse examples. Editor(s): Moreno Luzon, Javier. Series: Studies in Latin American and Spanish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334665
ISBN
9781785334665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.53

Paperback. Traces how Russian nationalist writers refashioned key historical myths--the legend of the nation's spiritual birth, the tale of the founding of Russia, stories of Cossack independence--to portray the Russian people as the ruling nationality, whose characte Series: Mellon Slavic Studies Initiative Book. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299235949
ISBN
9780299235949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.39

Paperback. Politics under Salvador Allende was a battle fought in the streets. This book places urban conflict at the heart of Chilean history, exploring how marches and protests, posters and murals, documentary film and street photography, became the basis of a new form of political change in Latin America in the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 275 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289918
ISBN
9780520289918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

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

Paperback. When Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 they brought to an end the line of truly independent native rulers in Wales that had endured throughout recorded history. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752429731
ISBN
9780752429731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Interlink Signal
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955818
ISBN
9781904955818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.24

Paperback. This work is Benjamin's effort to represent and to critique the bourgeois experience of 19th century history. In it, he looks at 'les passage' of Paris, which he considered the most important architectural forms of the 19th century and which he linked with a number of phenomena characteristic of that century's preoccupations. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Kevin; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DNF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 161 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1536.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1088
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Third Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008021
ISBN
9780674008021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.46

Hardback. Of the many medical specializations to have been transformed by the rise of National Socialism, anatomy has received little attention. As historian & physician Sabine Hildebrandt reveals, anatomists progressed through gradual stages of ethical transgression. Num Pages: 388 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330674
ISBN
9781785330674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846684180
ISBN
9781846684180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. John Ashdown-Hill, whose research was instrumental in the discovery of Richard III's remains, explores and unravels the web of myths around Richard III. Num Pages: 248 pages, 44. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660103
ISBN
9781445660103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.36

Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674935396
ISBN
9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.14

Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356998
ISBN
9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107182561
ISBN
9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.53

Hardback. Series: A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-east Asian Relations. Num Pages: 760 pages, 27 maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180429
ISBN
9780231180429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.95