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Paperback. In the late summer of 1984, the author and a group of his archaeology students excavated fragments of Chinese porcelain at the site of a Pomo Indian village a hundred miles north of San Francisco. How did these ceramics, which were more than a hundred years old, find their way to this remote area? Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738491
ISBN
9780804738491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651279
ISBN
9780691651279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.15

Paperback. Proffers diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. This book brings political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means. Editor(s): Bisson, T. N. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215557
ISBN
9780812215557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.59

Hardback. A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M.; Donnan, Hastings. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 636 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFC; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405198936
ISBN
9781405198936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.27

Paperback. Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And then, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who got away with faking His Majesty's coins, and was trying to take over the Mint itself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571229932
ISBN
9780571229932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Newitt, Professor Malyn. Series: Lost & Found: Classic Travel Writing S. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 133. .
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955696
ISBN
9781904955696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.59

The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the south-eastern United States. This book illustrates how the activists failed because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTB; JFFA; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125091
ISBN
9780813125091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Hardcover. Focuses on dedicated Quaker missionaries in post-Civil War Arkansas. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557289162
ISBN
9781557289162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.70

Paperback. Winner of the Booker Prize and international bestseller Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780340936290
ISBN
9780340936290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Head, Thomas; Landes, Richard. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480218
ISBN
9780801480218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.63

paperback. Moving from the Middle-Eastern campaigns of the First World War to bohemian Berlin in the 1920s, to the horror of the concentration camps and the trials in Belsen and Nuremberg, this book tells the story of two German men whose lives diverged, and intersected, in an unusual way. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 202 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559054
ISBN
9780099559054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. Revealing the story of Germany through the inhabitants of one small wooden building: a nobleman farmer, a Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant, this book moves from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from the devastation of two world wars to the dividing and reuniting of a nation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592044
ISBN
9780099592044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Sheet map, folded. .
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918096
ISBN
9781844918096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardback. This is a study of the growth of the police control in Latin America offering a history of one of the fundamental institutions of the modern world through which the power of the state intrudes on public space to control and direct behaviour. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720564
ISBN
9780804720564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Paperback. Archaeologists are unsure exactly when the Maya inhabited the coastal areas of Belize, but evidence exists to support maritime trade network along the coast by AD 600. This text focuses on maritime trade network sites on Ambergris Caye, Belize where excavations have revealed remnants of very small villages, or camps, along the Caribbean coastline. Series: Fire Ant Books. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTM; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817354633
ISBN
9780817354633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.43

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081606
ISBN
9780252081606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Hardback. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. This title examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418451
ISBN
9780821418451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765602442
ISBN
9780765602442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.74

Paperback. Offers a perspective on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and the 'Great Coalfield War'. This title shows the causes and consequences of the militancy that erupted in colliers' strikes over the course of nearly half a century. It reveals a complex world shaped by the connected forces of land, labor, corporate industrialization, and workers' resistance. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTK; KNAT; KNBC; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046917
ISBN
9780674046917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.18

Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260129
ISBN
9780226260129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.76