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Hardback. A selection of 50 charming, heart-breaking and romantic letters sent to and from army personnel of all ranks during the First and Second World Wars. Editor(s): Parton, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x colour 8pp and integrated b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; HBW; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009972
ISBN
9781471102646
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book offers the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s looking at its origins and its theoretical foundations through an examination of literature, cinema and art. Series: Theatre Production Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415241397
ISBN
9780415241397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985510
ISBN
9780141985510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a strong focus on history skills, exam practice and specially selected sources and extracts, this book covers the period in depth, to help students understand key ideas, events and developments. Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 4KL; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 266 x 12. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354611
ISBN
9780198354611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663248
ISBN
9780199663248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A.; Kobialka, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; AM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635450
ISBN
9780816635450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. This world history of genocide examines the longue duree of mass murder from the beginning of human history to the present. Cases of genocide are examined as distinct episodes of killing, but in connection with earlier episodes. Communist and anti-communist genocides are considered, as are cases of settler (or colonial) genocide. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199765263
ISBN
9780199765263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.74

Paperback. Eclectic, transnational essays on women's settler history, colonial and borderlands studies of the Canada-US Wests. Editor(s): Jameson, Elizabeth; McManus, Sheila. Num Pages: 480 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 1KBC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645012
ISBN
9780888645012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.44

Hardback.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848320499
ISBN
9781848320499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.63
€ 41.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Stichting Kunstboek
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789058565761
ISBN
9789058565761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. Today witchcraft is on everyone's lips, on television, in film and in literature, but few know, or are even able to guess at, its shadowy history. This in-depth investigation discovers how the ideas we have about witchcraft took shape thousands of years ago in the myths and religions of the ancient world. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W and line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780709092001
ISBN
9780709092001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225877
ISBN
9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140105933
ISBN
9780140105933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007356324
ISBN
9780007356324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

Hardback. Over 100 tractors, stretching back over 100 years - from the first steam engines on wheels produced by ingenious engineers in the garden shed, to the mighty multinational John Deere. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752461984
ISBN
9780752461984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961899
ISBN
9780750961899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.04

Paperback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362029
ISBN
9780822362029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Paperback. Num Pages: photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JH; AJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 260 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Broadcast Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874092759
ISBN
9781874092759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742555761
ISBN
9780742555761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.71

Paperback. The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199930364
ISBN
9780199930364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492891
ISBN
9780801492891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.30

Paperback. In A Twisted Root, Patricia Craig traces the remarkable story of her ancestry, weaving the threads of her forebears' stories into the sweeping panorama of Irish history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, geneal. tables, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409042
ISBN
9780856409042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313283
ISBN
9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.24

Hardcover. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393293012
ISBN
9780393293012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. 19th-century RussiaOs classic cookbook, superbly translated and introduced. Editor(s): Toomre, Joyce. Translator(s): Toomre, Joyce. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212108
ISBN
9780253212108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Hardback. Together with another young Slovak Jew, both of them deported in 1942, the author succeeded in escaping from the notorious death camp in the spring of 1944. This work offers an account of Nazi genocide and of the inhuman conditions in the camp. Editor(s): Varnai, Peter. Translator(s): Ewald, Osers. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451837
ISBN
9781845451837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.59

Paperback. Exploring how crises have shaped economic and social life from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first Editor(s): Brown, A. T.; Burn, Andy; Doherty, Rob. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 420 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270422
ISBN
9781783270422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750970037
ISBN
9780750970037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Hardcover. Presents a study of Arkansas' racial legacy. From the Civil War to Reconstruction, the Redeemer period, Jim Crow, and the modern civil rights era to the present, this book describes the ways that race has been at the center of much of the state's formation and image since its founding. Num Pages: 400 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288851
ISBN
9781557288851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750963060
ISBN
9780750963060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. First published in volumes 16-17 of the Utah historical quarterly, 1949. Editor(s): Gregory, Herbert Ernest; Darrah, William Culp; Kelly, Charles. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809640
ISBN
9780874809640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181913
ISBN
9780300181913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed of 1975 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155097
ISBN
9781903155097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. For the first time, The White Man's Burdens offers a cross-section of British poetry in which the Empire was the burden of the song. The material, much of it previously uncollected, is drawn from a broad cultural spectrum that includes narrative poetry, heroic verse, patriotic ballads, music hall monologues, and poems from Punch. Editor(s): Brooke, Chris; Faulkner, Peter; Brooks, Chris (Senior Lecturer in Victorian Studies, University of Exeter). Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894500
ISBN
9780859894500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Hardback. This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509507986
ISBN
9781509507986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.83

Paperback. Draws on a range of empirical studies of aspects of the history of voluntary action. This title includes chapters that range across two centuries and a variety of fields of activity, geographical areas and organisational forms. Editor(s): Rochester, Colin; Gosling, George Campbell; Penn, Aliason; Zimmeck, Meta. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194246
ISBN
9781845194246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Hardback. Traces the developments in the evolution of musical drama. This book aims to reveal the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and its progress. It examines the standard performance repertoire and works considered important for the genre's development. It also presents an investigation of opera from Eastern European countries and Finland. Num Pages: 992 pages, 30 photos, 143 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
992
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
fourth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119580
ISBN
9780231119580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.86

Hardcover. A brief guide to the history of England's only native medieval heretical movement. From its 14th-century origins in the theology of an Oxford professor, John Wyclif, Richard Rex examines the spread of Lollardy across much of England until its eventual dissolution in the 16th century. Series: Social History in Perspective. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRAM7; HRAX; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 267.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333597514
ISBN
9780333597514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTZ; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165875
ISBN
9780691165875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Paperback. A comprehensive look at contemporary Lebanon and the ongoing attempts by Israel, Syria and Iran to influence its domestic affairs Editor(s): Kerr, Michael E.; Knudsen, Are. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042499
ISBN
9781849042499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.53