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Paperback. The ordeal of the refugee ship St. Louis has become a symbol of the world's indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of the Holocaust. Although the story of the St. Louis is well known, the actual fates of the passengers has slipped into hi Num Pages: 224 pages, 38 b/w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299219840
- ISBN
- 9780299219840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Paperback. In the century between the Napoleonic Wars and the Irish Civil War, millions of Irish men and women left their homeland to begin new lives abroad. This book compares Irish immigrants in the United States and Australia. It highlights the ways that economic, social, and cultural conditions shaped experiences for Irish immigrants in each country. Series: History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299223342
- ISBN
- 9780299223342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299289546
- ISBN
- 9780299289546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. Series: History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; CFB; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299302740
- ISBN
- 9780299302740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Hardcover. Series: Pacific Islands Monograph Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824838188
- ISBN
- 9780824838188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.77
€ 80.77
paperback. In 1984, America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device erected at Coney Island. This book examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen's use of psychology in designing one. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879723422
- ISBN
- 9780879723422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138982505
- ISBN
- 9781138982505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.51
€ 61.51
paperback. Takes you on a tour of some of the world's significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 230 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2515.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285449326
- ISBN
- 9781285449326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 302.26
€ 302.26
paperback. Rudolph Hoess was Commandant of Auschwitz during the war. He was taken prisoner by the British. Between his trial and his execution he was ordered to write his autobiography. This is it. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001230
- ISBN
- 9781842120248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
hardcover. The human sciences,including psychology, anthropology and social theory, are widely held to have been born during the 18th century. This study of the Enlightenment sciences of humans explores the sources, context and effects of this major intellectual development. Editor(s): Fox, Christopher; Porter, Roy; Wokler, Robert. Num Pages: 357 pages, 5 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; JM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, lacking dj, showing a little age and wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- California University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037743
- ISBN
- 9780520200104
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Golden Dog Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919614833
- ISBN
- 9780919614833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.62
€ 26.99
€ 24.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550023602
- ISBN
- 9781550023602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.65
€ 25.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550027440
- ISBN
- 9781550027440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.04
€ 40.99
€ 34.04
Hardcover. The early modern execution was far more than a spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of execution literature: last speeches and confessions; criminal trials and biographies, featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700. Execution in England, 1675-1775. 320 pages, 8 bw illustrations. The early modern execution was far more than a spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of execution literature: last speeches and confessions; criminal trials and biographies, featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JKVP. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847251718
- ISBN
- 9781847251718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.47€ 78.18
€ 105.47
€ 78.18
Hardcover. Shows how, in pre-industrial England, horses were bred and trained, what they ate, how much they were worth, how long they lived, and what their owners thought of them. While they were named individually, and sometimes became favourites, many were worked hard and poorly treated, leading to their early deaths. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852854805
- ISBN
- 9781852854805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91€ 94.21
€ 128.91
€ 94.21
hardcover. From the stand point that democracies existed in traditional Africa where the military's role was clearly defined, the author argues that the African military is a deviant institution, and delves into ways to prevent military coups. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275963255
- ISBN
- 9780275963255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46€ 59.16
€ 64.46
€ 59.16
hardcover. Founded in 1866, by Henry Bergh, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was the nation's first animal welfare organization. This title recounts how, after Bergh's death, the ASPCA's mission "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals" drew committed men and women to continue the work. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Praeger (UK) United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780275990213
- ISBN
- 9780275990213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.21
€ 51.99
€ 43.21
paperback. * Vivid, panoramic history of life in Palestine under the British Mandate (1917-1948) - when the seeds of today's conflicts were sown. Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349112862
- ISBN
- 9780349112862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.70
€ 19.99
€ 16.70
hardcover. An experimental biography of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century physician, philospher and writer Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGH; BGL; HBTB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Granta
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037933
- ISBN
- 9781847089007
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The Middle Ages are remembered as an age of faith, but they were also an age of reason. A summary cannot begin to do justice to the liveliness and virtuosity of the book.'___ History . Num Pages: 528 pages, frontispiece, plates, line-drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 37. Weight in Grams: 859. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038231
- ISBN
- 9780198225409
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. An engrossing history, Fish, Law, and Colonialism recounts the human conflict over fish and fishing in British Columbia and of how that conflict was shaped by law. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTQ; HBTR; LN; WSXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084538
- ISBN
- 9780802084538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.19
€ 57.19
paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Reissue ed.
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030289
- ISBN
- 9780813030289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.35
€ 21.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Series: Michigan Abstracts of Chinese & Japanese Works on Chinese History. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTK; KNGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892649037
- ISBN
- 9780892649037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.15
€ 23.15
hardcover. The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles and others were.. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611453201
- ISBN
- 9781611453201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.74
€ 30.99
€ 24.74