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Paperback. A compendium of Nevada place names, filled with folklore, legend and obscure facts. It examines the history and origin of names like Bloody Run, Dead Peak, Burning Moscow and Physic Spring. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; GBC; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874170948
ISBN
9780874170948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876111451
ISBN
9780876111451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Paperback. On a frigid, stormy day in February of 1686, a small French sailing ship lost control and ran aground in Matagorda Bay. More than 300 years later, Texas Historical Commission archeologists discovered La Belle's resting place. This title tells a tale of nautical adventure in the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 126 colour, 13 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBSX; 3JD; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585444311
ISBN
9781585444311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Ernest, John. Series: Writers in Their Own Times. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609382803
ISBN
9781609382803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 15 black & white photographs, 5 illustrations, 2 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609384234
ISBN
9781609384234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610170208
ISBN
9781610170208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.96

hardcover. The biography of the first female Supreme Court Justice of South Carolina Editor(s): Lewis, Burke W., Jr.; Assey, Joan P. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 colour and 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; B; HBTB; JFSJ1; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University South Carolina Pr United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176926
ISBN
9781611176926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.17

Paperback. A magical book that turns one modest square mile of exurban land into the most remarkably fascinating place Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; PSAF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611684889
ISBN
9781611684889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.60

Paperback. The history of restaurants in Boston Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illus. (16 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611689105
ISBN
9781611689105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611861204
ISBN
9781611861204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340207
ISBN
9781625340207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340702
ISBN
9781625340702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.85

Paperback. Examines the ways in which anxieties about fascism in the United States have been expressed in the public sphere, through American television shows, Off-Broadway theater, party newspaper, bestselling works of history, journalism, popular sociology, political theory, and other media. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPFQ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341303
ISBN
9781625341303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.51

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230863
ISBN
9781780230863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Hardcover. Relating the biographies of four European and two North American rivers, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between their history, culture and ecology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 black and white. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231068
ISBN
9781780231068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231105
ISBN
9781780231105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.48

Hardcover. Beastly London explores the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbours: from a mainly exploitative relationship, to London becoming the birthplace of animal welfare societies and animal rights' campaigns. Num Pages: 272 pages, 120 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231679
ISBN
9781780231679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. From Persepolis to Beijing's Forbidden City, Power in Stone explores cities built as symbols of military, political and economic power. Num Pages: 224 pages, 42. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232867
ISBN
9781780232867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Hardcover. An exploration of conscience throughout history, asking whether it evolved or is a purely social invention, which ranges across numerous subjects, from human rights to health and the environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234540
ISBN
9781780234540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.86

Paperback. The most important meal of the day is also one of the most diverse. While we know that you drink tea with your eggs and bacon in Britain and hot chocolate with churros in Spain, we don't know how breakfast came to be. The Breakfast Book collects stories from around the world in an attempt to pin down the mottled history of eating in the morning. Num Pages: 232 pages, 79 illustrations, 59 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780235073
ISBN
9781780235073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Hardcover. All you need is love? Not according to this essential guide to finding, wooing, and securing a suitable partner. Originally published in 1855, this brisk, no-nonsense handbook still has much to teach lovers and their suitors today. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 118 x 11. Weight in Grams: 92. A Facsimile. 40 pages. All you need is love? Not according to this essential guide to finding, wooing, and securing a suitable partner. Originally published in 1855, this brisk, no-nonsense handbook still has much to teach lovers and their suitors today. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; VFVG. Dimension: 150 x 118 x 11. Weight: 92.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243457
ISBN
9781851243457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.61

Hardback. Examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. This title shows how the female body is constantly being changed, and by various sometimes punishing means made to fit in with feminine physical ideals. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 185 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AC; HBTB; JFCK; JFCX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890047
ISBN
9781861890047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Hardback. Looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFZ; JPWD; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890146
ISBN
9781861890146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. A history of Tel Aviv which presents it as a centre of immigration that contains reminders of each immigrant's mother country; as a catalyst between the East and the West; and, not least, as a place of transformation for Jews who fled from the Nazi terror. Translator(s): Atkins, Helen. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 colour and 52 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books London
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890337
ISBN
9781861890337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.25

Paperback. In this work, Nancy Stepan explores the ways in which the Tropics, in particular tropical nature, places, animals and people, were imagined and presented in European culture from the 19th century on. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 89 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AB; HBTB; JFC; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891464
ISBN
9781861891464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.35

Paperback. This text offers a wide-ranging survey of the notion of longevity. Lucian Boia looks at the many manifestations of one of humanity's most powerful dreams - the prolongation of life and youth with immortality as a final objective. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891549
ISBN
9781861891549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.60

Hardback. Charts how the heart has signified our essential desires, whether for love and passion in the medieval excesses of troubadour poetry and chivalric idealism, the body-soul dualism propounded by the Enlightenment, or even the modern notions of individualism expressed in the works of thinkers such as Nietzsche and Foucault. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893116
ISBN
9781861893116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Hardcover. The French Revolution was marked by a wealth of imagery and visual symbolism that inspired the masses to fight for freedom. This book surveys the rich and multifaceted visual culture of this time, exploring its creation and how it conveyed the new revolutionary sensibilities of the era. Translator(s): Attwood, Corinne. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 156 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; ACQH; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893123
ISBN
9781861893123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42

Paperback. Discusses the constructive aspect of drug use, and reviews the policies and interventions that make up the contemporary web of drug controls. This title traces the classification of substances to define 'drugs', and examines the links with both crime and addiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893819
ISBN
9781861893819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.53

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861894335
ISBN
9781861894335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895189
ISBN
9781861895189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.85

Hardcover. Featuring beautiful images, and many classic and contemporary recipes, Lobster: A Global History is the first book to describe the social history of lobster consumption around the world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897947
ISBN
9781861897947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Paperback. In this fascinating history of the aquarium, Bernd Brunner tells a compelling story of obsession, beauty, discovery and delight, from the aquarium's humble origins as a tool for scientific observation to the Victorian era's elaborately decorated containers of oceanic curiosity, to the great public aquaria of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 colour illustrations, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WNGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898166
ISBN
9781861898166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.45

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

Hardcover. Lords of the Sea is an engrossing tale of piracy, maritime conquest, slavery and exploration that details the history of the Barbary corsairs. Jamieson artfully explains how these Muslim corsairs from the Ottoman Turkish empire captured Christian ships for centuries. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3J; HBJH; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899071
ISBN
9781861899071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Hardcover. Historian G. H. Bennett pieces together the forgotten story of a wartime German road-building project, which exterminated numerous Jewish and other lives. A moving and sometimes horrifying chronicle of suffering and deprivation, this book retells an important episode in the history of World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899095
ISBN
9781861899095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.57

Hardcover. To help the world overcome its diffidence towards solo sex, Mels van Driel has written With the Hand. Van Driel covers a great number of topics, from the physical, to the mythical, to the mythological, to the artistic, in order to explore masturbation in all its astonishing variety. Translator(s): Vincent, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899194
ISBN
9781861899194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback. From the Mormon Wars to the Border Wars to gangs of Bald Knobbers and Bushwhackers, Missouri's reign of vigilante justice during the nineteenth century is unparalleled by any other state in the nation. This book chronicles the implications of vigilantism in Missouri. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Missouri Historical Society Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982812
ISBN
9781883982812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.58

Paperback. The arrest in 1998 and subsequent detention in London of General Augusto Pinochet on the orders of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon occasioned worldwide debate and raised numerous issues of critical significance for politics, human rights and international law. This paper traces the progress of the case against Pinochet from its inception. Num Pages: 78 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBTV; JPVR; JPWQ; LB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900039352
ISBN
9781900039352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

Hardcover. Contains essays that convey the enduring nature of the questions raised by the work of David Brading. They reflect the range of his interests: from Mexican Baroque and post-Tridentine Catholicism to studies of the dynamics of state-building in nineteenth century Mexico. Editor(s): Deans-Smith, Susan; Van Young, Eric. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 29.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900039734
ISBN
9781900039734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.99