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Paperback. Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. This book traces the history of jet and the Whitby jet industry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; WCP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807315
ISBN
9780747807315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.22

Hardback. This book explores the history of refrigeration and how the fridge has become an essential appliance in our homes today. Series: Science Museum. Num Pages: 100 illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; TBX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237510
ISBN
9781780237510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.53

Paperback. Between the first revolution in February 1917, and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses and volunteer nurses. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592426
ISBN
9780099592426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Hardback. Moving beyond the more familiar stories of residential schools, two generations of Tsimshian students recall their experiences attending day and public schools in northwestern British Columbia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 34 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774830195
ISBN
9780774830195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Paperback. Series: The English Kitchen. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Prospect Books
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018729
ISBN
9781903018729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137470980
ISBN
9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.04

Paperback. Tropical Africa was one of the last regions of the world to experience formal European colonialism, a process that coincided with the advent of a range of scientific specialties and research methods. This title studies the thorny relationship between imperialism and the role of scientific expertise in the colonization of British Africa. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 colour plates, 2 halftones, 8 line drawings, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226803470
ISBN
9780226803470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Paperback. A guided tour of the Golden Age of New York City. It is a warm salute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation and the city that embraced, thrilled and entertained them during World War II. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402653
ISBN
9781908402653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.06

Hardback. This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMG; HBG; HBTK; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993009
ISBN
9781784993009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quercus MacLehose Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694197
ISBN
9781906694197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume draws attention to the ways in which changing gender relations shaped the development and organization of the social knowledge. Editor(s): Silverberg, Helene. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048208
ISBN
9780691048208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095523
ISBN
9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Holm, Helge Vidar; Laegreid, Sissel; Skorgen, Torgeir. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345522
ISBN
9788779345522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.48

Paperback. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Church. This study will interest historians of gender, sexuality and religion, as well as scholars of medieval history and culture. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFH; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226685069
ISBN
9780226685069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604459
ISBN
9780691604459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Paperback. One of the most dramatic explorations of a German town in the grip of anti-Semitic passion ever written. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393325058
ISBN
9780393325058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633589
ISBN
9780691633589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.61

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

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

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

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

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

€ 52.73
€ 51.45

Paperback. Series: Oriental Institute Publications. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260082
ISBN
9780226260082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299088149
ISBN
9780299088149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Paperback. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710305
ISBN
9780804710305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. Presenting results from many scientific disciplines, including geology, anthropology and sociology, The End is Nigh explores the global history of natural disasters whilst investigating how these tragedies have changed us, the way that we live and how we think. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Rep Tra
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898982
ISBN
9781861898982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.84

Paperback. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; HBTM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855054
ISBN
9780801855054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Num Pages: 736 pages, 33 duotone photographs, 16 color uniform plates, 12 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1822.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764303517
ISBN
9780764303517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.44
€ 45.30

Paperback. The Guide is organized into sections such as Vital Records, Church Records, Tax Lists, and Special Finding Aids. Num Pages: 140 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Edition
fifth edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420729
ISBN
9780938420729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.32

Hardcover. This book presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving ethnic and class tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. Editor(s): Carey, Henry F. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335126
ISBN
9780880335126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.82

Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442105
ISBN
9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies in Germany, this text explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and gypsies. It describes how the programme provided a practical model for the Holocaust. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 tables, bibliography, index, 1 illustration, notes. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846759
ISBN
9780807846759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Paperback. Presents a memoir of a Holocaust survivor, who settled in Austria after the war, where he became a successful black market entrepreneur. He took special satisfaction at profiting from the misfortune of his former oppressor and became a compulsive philanderer as well. Eventually, he migrated to America, where he led a quiet family life. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295981161
ISBN
9780295981161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.41

Paperback. Reprint of a classic work in folklore and literature by a famous scholar. Num Pages: 872 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBTB; HBTG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1201.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209870
ISBN
9780253209870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859373033
ISBN
9781859373033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. Manners: the quintessential business of being English. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBT; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546677
ISBN
9781848546677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. In this study Henry L. Minton traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late 19th century to its role in challenging the mental illness model in the 1970s. He describes the accomplishments made by key researchers and mainstream sexologists. Num Pages: 344 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226530444
ISBN
9780226530444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Hardcover. Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBJF1; HBTP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538101
ISBN
9781784538101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 369.47

Paperback. A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village which enables him to amass a fortune of. This tale begins with buried treasure and turns into a historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, and the Knights Templar. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRCA; HRCC2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 39. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099503095
ISBN
9780099503095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
466
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0010655
ISBN
9780446532730
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49