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Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTV4; HBWN; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979946
ISBN
9780141979946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTV; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643588
ISBN
9780691643588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.08

Hardback. Combines research on a wide variety of leisure activities in the early modern and modern periods, providing an unprecedented transnational perspective to the study of European leisure history. Editor(s): Borsay, Peter; Furnee, Jan Hein. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719089695
ISBN
9780719089695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardcover. Hardcover, blue and white spine. 54pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
BLV Munich
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
SKU
KON0819655
ISBN
9783405118761
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Axel; Franzmann, Andreas; Munte, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504872
ISBN
9783593504872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.70

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476532
ISBN
9780801476532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

hardcover. Offers both legal scholars and historians a much-needed framework for analysing the complex and fluid legal politics of empires. Editor(s): Ross, Richard J.; Benton, Lauren. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771167
ISBN
9780814771167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Paperback. Offers both legal scholars and historians a much-needed framework for analysing the complex and fluid legal politics of empires. Editor(s): Benton, Lauren. Num Pages: 323 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708361
ISBN
9780814708361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Hardback. As a Europe grew rich in the Middle Ages, the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of households often substituted for hard currency. Pawnbrokers kept goods in circulation, and sergeants of the law marched into debtors' homes to seize belongings equal in value to debts owed. David Smail describes a material world on the cusp of modern capitalism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737280
ISBN
9780674737280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

paperback. All-powerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective.. this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and novels. It is wrong. This book, based on thousands of declassified documents and interviews with agents at all levels, shows the reality behind the glamorous myth. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8pp. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956236
ISBN
9780241956236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817316747
ISBN
9780817316747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.29

Paperback. Unfolds the recent history of over 100 million Muslims living in India. The text details their fears and anxieties, delineates their main currents of thought and examines their responses to the socio-economic processes affecting the country as a whole. Num Pages: 379 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
379
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653042
ISBN
9781850653042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.39

Hardback. Whether in the form of warfare, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia's sense of nationhood was born from experiences of violence. This book probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring empathy, isolation, and Australians' imagined place in the world. Editor(s): Mason, Robert. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334368
ISBN
9781785334368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.83

Paperback. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627291
ISBN
9781442627291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTV; JFSC; JPF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466825
ISBN
9781608466825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.27

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Yorkshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 135 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847844989
ISBN
9781847844989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857941876
ISBN
9781857941876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. During the American Civil War, William R.J. Pegram became one of the most prominent artillerists in the Army of Northern Virginia. Pegram shared the values of the South's ruling elite and this book argues that he entered Confederate service to defend a way of life he believed was ordained by God. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918280
ISBN
9780813918280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.49

Paperback. A collection of the lectures on moral philosophy given by John Rawls over three decades of teaching at Harvard. This book looks at thinkers such as Leibniz, Hume and Kant, in their struggle to define the role of a moral conception in human life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004429
ISBN
9780674004429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972803
ISBN
9780865972803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972810
ISBN
9780865972810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.84

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

Paperback. Sheds light on the process of learning to read and write in colonial America. Ranging throughout the colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia, this work examines the instruction of girls and boys, Native Americans and enslaved Africans, the privileged and the poor, revealing the wrenching impact of literacy acquisition on the lives of learners. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; CFC; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495814
ISBN
9781558495814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630776
ISBN
9780816630776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Hardcover. Apprenticeship or vocational training is a subject of lively debate. This book shows that research on apprenticeship and learning on the shop floor is associated with migration patterns, family economy and household strategies, gender perspectives, urban identities and general educational and pedagogical contexts. Editor(s): Munck, Professor Bert de; Kaplan, Steven Laurence; Soly, Hugo. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 figs, 14 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HBTK; JHBL; JNRV; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453411
ISBN
9781845453411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.07

Hardback. Provides a unique longitudinal study of women in colonial India, examining their life experiences and how their position changed, both personally and professionally, over more than a century of British rule. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085796
ISBN
9780719085796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.68

Hardback. Voigt explores the historical origins of baseball from stick-and-ball games, through the popular players, significant rules changes, and seedy business practices of the final years of the 19th century, years that were crucial to the formation of baseball as it is played today. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833098
ISBN
9780810833098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.72

Paperback. official history of NUPE Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; KNV; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907103377
ISBN
9781907103377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.05

paperback. Describes the dramatic story of how the Aurora Branch Railroad, which spanned from Aurora, Illinois, to Chicago, grew and developed into the modern-day BNSF Railway. This illustrated book includes profiles of some tenacious leaders, and provides a brief history of railroads in general, including the five principal companies making up the BNSF. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 16-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas Monthly United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972449540
ISBN
9780972449540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524479
ISBN
9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349884
ISBN
9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.19

Paperback. A study of the relationships between theological norms, legal principles, and sexual practice. Num Pages: 698 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226077840
ISBN
9780226077840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Paperback. Explores issues including the judicial construction of racial categories, the gendered definitions of nation-states, the historical construction of citizenship, sovereignty and land rights, the limits to legality and the charting of empire, constructions of madness among colonised people, reforming property rights of married women. Editor(s): Kirkby, Diane; Coleborne, Catharine. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081958
ISBN
9780719081958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Kilday, Anne-Marie. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JKV; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472585288
ISBN
9781472585288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.23

Hardback. It is an authoritative and lively history of the Law Society of Upper Canada and of Ontario's lawyers, from the founding of the Society by ten lawyers in 1797, to the crises which shook the society and the legal profession in the mid-1990s. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBT; LA; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 189 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802041272
ISBN
9780802041272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674517875
ISBN
9780674517875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 3 maps, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674517769
ISBN
9780674517769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.02

Paperback. Offers a study of the political and social history of the 1960s. This book presents an account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115131
ISBN
9780231115131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

hardcover. This study of northern Taiwan during the period 1840-1895 explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system and investigates how individuals utilized the courts to resolve criminal and civil disputes. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JH; HBT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722728
ISBN
9780804722728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.17

Paperback. Elizabeth Ambler started compiling her household book of cures in the early 18th century, including in it treatments which are much older. This book is much more than just a collection of curiosities; it offers a fascinating insight into the sickness and health of our Georgian ancestors. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752489957
ISBN
9780752489957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.90