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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, 58 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631202
ISBN
9780691631202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.66

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTK; JHBD; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643793
ISBN
9780691643793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.46

Hardback. Series: NWSA / UIP First Book Prize. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040542
ISBN
9780252040542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.66

paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
David Phillips Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864866615
ISBN
9780864866615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.38

Hardback. The voices of ordinary women in China's War of Resistance against Japan Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTD; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034893
ISBN
9780252034893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608194025
ISBN
9781608194025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. This book examines how the principal British maritime industries - shipping, shipbuilding and ports - adapted, or failed to adapt, to a changing world in the period 1918 to 1990, and discusses their reactions to the opportunities seemingly offered by offshore oil and gas from the mid-1960s. Series: Exeter maritime studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 frontispiece, 2 maps, 8 black & white illustrations, 24 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897280
ISBN
9780859897280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.13

Hardback. Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JFCV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768861
ISBN
9780226768861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Hardback. The process of transforming bamboo into paper involves production-related and social skills, as well as the everyday skills that allowed Sichuan papermakers to survive in an era of tumultuous change. This book charts the vicissitudes of a rural community of papermakers in Sichuan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032880
ISBN
9780674032880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140935
ISBN
9780231140935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.52

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140928
ISBN
9780231140928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750943734
ISBN
9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. The devastating events of that Easter changed everything. This book focuses on these events. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141982472
ISBN
9780141982472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566639651
ISBN
9781566639651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

paperback. A uniquely personal exploration of the origins of international law, centring on the Nuremberg Trials, the city of Lviv and a secret family history Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 B&W, integrated. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ; HBWQ; JWXK; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474601917
ISBN
9781474601917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Presents a succession of reminiscences that weave together a shimmering tapestry depicting a lost world. This title is set in Lodz, Poland, in the years between the author's childhood and early maturity, a period overtaken by the cataclysmic events of the 1930s and early 1940s. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817354497
ISBN
9780817354497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.53

Paperback. On September 27, 1939, after the Nazi invasion, Poland ceased to exist as a nation. Ten-year-old Hanna Davidson's father, Simon, and older brother, Kazik, had been drafted to defend Warsaw. Hanna and her mother, Sofia, found themselves subjected to Hitlers efforts to dehumanize Poland's Jewish population. This title tells their story. Num Pages: 218 pages, 31 B/W photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726277
ISBN
9780896726277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.24

Hardcover. These two volumes document the topography, monuments, inscriptions, and sighted coins of the north-eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, looking in detail at strategic roads, bridges, forts, watch and signalling systems, and interpreting the literary and epigraphic evidence for the frontier and its garrisons. Num Pages: 736 pages, Two colour plates sections, including 28 maps, and 310 black and white in-text figures. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198725176
ISBN
9780198725176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 472.13

Paperback. During the Second World War, East Kent was at the forefront of the defence of the United Kingdom. In 1940 the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Margate took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, while airfields such as Manston, Hawkinge and Lympne were active in refuelling aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750907743
ISBN
9780750907743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. A broad exploration of the colonial roots of global capitalism and the worldwide quest of Indigenous people for liberation through decolonization. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 934 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTQ; JFSL9; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
934
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773531222
ISBN
9780773531222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 44.96

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Edition
First
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558392
ISBN
9781904558392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.75

Paperback. Offers a history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, this title examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish communities throughout Europe, and how these distinctions played out amidst the rest of society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152882
ISBN
9780691152882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Hardback. The censuses from the first half of the nineteenth century provided invaluable information about English economy and society. This new edition corrects earlier errors and omissions, in particular to make good the failure to record men in the armed forces and at sea. An accompanying CD contains the largest data tables. Editor(s): Wrigley, E. A. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264799
ISBN
9780197264799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91

Paperback. "Early Eighteenth-century Britain: 1700-1729". Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780747808374
ISBN
9780747808374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.57

Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing illustrations are gems of the art of commercial engraving. Num Pages: 234 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609404895
ISBN
9781609404895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.78

Paperback. As cinema developed from a novelty to popular entertainment, filmmaking also changed. This study looks at the changes by examining various films, especially: "The Boy Dectective"; "The Forgotton Watch"; "Rose O'Salem-Town"; "Cupid's Monkey Wrench"; "Belle Boyd"; "A Confederate Spy"; and "Suspense". Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 352 pages, 132 film stills, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299173647
ISBN
9780299173647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Paperback. A study of Akron's Cascade Locks, canal historian, this book examines story of this lock system, including a look at early-nineteenth-century entrepreneurs who exploited the terrain to found one of the first industrial centers in American Midwest. It contains a guide for Canalway hikers and bikers on the towpath through Akron's Cascade Locks Park. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 163.
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873389280
ISBN
9780873389280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.64

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQA5; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644394
ISBN
9780691644394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.46

Paperback. This work examines the musical influences of a Malaysia's Portuguese community, whose roots lie in the conquest of Malacca in 1511 by the Portuguese seafarer Afonse D'Albuquerque. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 234 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 12 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FMM; AS; AVGH; AVGW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734996
ISBN
9780226734996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardcover. Photographs of discarded items such as toothbrushes, playing cards, worn-out trainers, teargas canisters and children's dolls present an alternative portrait of residents of 'The Jungle' refugee camp in Calais, France. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJC; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
GOST Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910401156
ISBN
9781910401156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. Chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. This title describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and California. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; TVP; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265486
ISBN
9780520265486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. Goodpaster. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801862939
ISBN
9780801862939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.83

Paperback. An engaging and definitive study of the secrets of the vast commercial success of the Dutch East India Company Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Num Pages: 220 pages, 56 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTM; KNGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 293 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789053565179
ISBN
9789053565179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.75

Paperback. The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson will also spotlight one of our deepest and most enduring national legacies. This book takes needed stock of the remarkable past created by the settlers of New Netherlands. Editor(s): Panetta, Roger. Num Pages: 450 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230402
ISBN
9780823230402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Hardback. This work is an examination of the stories that grew out of the dust-bowl experience. Across America, newpapers, magazines, and books, produced imagery of blight for mass audiences. This book seeks to provide insight into the history of the cultural narratives that have come to define an era. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 534. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821413753
ISBN
9780821413753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.74

Hardback. In Duress Ann Laura Stoler traces how imperial formations and colonialism's presence shape current inequities around the globe by examining Israel's colonial practices, the United State's imperial practices, the recent rise of the French right wing, and affect's importance to governance. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362524
ISBN
9780822362524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.17

Paperback. In Duress Ann Laura Stoler traces how imperial formations and colonialism's presence shape current inequities around the globe by examining Israel's colonial practices, the United State's imperial practices, the recent rise of the French right wing, and affect's importance to governance. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362678
ISBN
9780822362678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. The story of how 700 small privately-owned vessels helped to save 338,226 British and French soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647500
ISBN
9781445647500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. A fascinating look at some of the methods and instruments used for punishment and interrogation - not for the faint-hearted! Num Pages: 24 pages, 66ill.(43col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 2. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Pitkin Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853729143
ISBN
9780853729143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.04

Paperback. A comprehensive guide for visitors and locals. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 156 x 10. .
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745199
ISBN
9781910745199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman's honour, from minor insult to major accusation. This title examines the evolution from Norman trials-by-combat to the formalised duel, analysing the custom's decline in England by Victorian times and its final disppearance from Europe by the twentieth century. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 86 x 5. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780747811435
ISBN
9780747811435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811229
ISBN
9781554811229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. An examination of the events of 1913, the biggest labour dispute in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 black & white halftones, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276. New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
9781847173614
ISBN
9781847173614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819565723
ISBN
9780819565723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Paperback. A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195035001
ISBN
9780195035001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

Paperback. This is a history of drugs and drug use in America. It provides a review of what is now a prominent feature of American culture, and it analyses the interplay between drugs, drug use, and society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815622826
ISBN
9780815622826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.41

Paperback. In this anthology drug policy expert David Musto chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the most popular mind altering substances in the United States: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and opiates. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756638
ISBN
9780814756638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.59

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

Paperback. The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes how this worldly origin story supports an avowedly local Black politic and identity. It also examines the rise and consequent dilemmas of Black identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115634
ISBN
9780691115634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 400+ colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBX; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2092.
Publisher
Georg Olms Verlag AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9783487084855
ISBN
9783487084855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.29
€ 145.27

Hardback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421598
ISBN
9780821421598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Paperback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421604
ISBN
9780821421604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.89

Paperback. Features a story of ethnic cleansing in California and the Pacific Northwest when the first Chinese Americans were rounded up and purged from more than three hundred communities by lawless citizens and duplicitous politicians. Num Pages: 432 pages, 79 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256941
ISBN
9780520256941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPN; HBTB; JFFB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677474
ISBN
9780816677474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.47

Paperback. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, this book attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711128
ISBN
9780804711128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.73

Paperback. Now in paperback, a fascinating look at our nation's history of drinking and its effects on the American character by bestselling author Susan Cheever. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455513857
ISBN
9781455513857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151177
ISBN
9780231151177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.35

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574. Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. 336 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151160
ISBN
9780231151160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.15

Paperback. While many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260955
ISBN
9780520260955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. Closed to conventional passage, the Arctic Ocean and peripheral seas have nevertheless known European explorers since the sixteenth century. Systematic observation, however, dates only from the last years of the nineteenth century, with the epic drift of Fridtjof Nansen's ice ship Fram (1893-1896), the first scientific expedition of the modern era. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSR; HBT; JPSH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887716
ISBN
9781574887716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.71

Paperback. Dressing Renaissance Florence enables us to better understand the social and cultural milieu of Renaissance Italy. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33, 33 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882647
ISBN
9780801882647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.01

Paperback. Splendid..the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. (..) Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon.. A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI Newsletter Num Pages: 428 pages, 263, 12 colour, 13 black and white, 238 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised and enlarged ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835721
ISBN
9781843835721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615032
ISBN
9780700615032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.33

Paperback. Stowe's second anti-slavery novel is a primary text for students of literature and history - less well-known but now more pertinent than Uncle Tom's Cabin. Editor(s): Newman, Julie. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 115 x 41. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853310386
ISBN
9781853310386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195382938
ISBN
9780195382938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 253 x 37. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610394840
ISBN
9781610394840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.71

Hardcover. Provides insights into our American psyche. This book shows that an artist's personal imagery can eclipse the graphic potency of a camera in telling a human story. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 colour & 70 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608714
ISBN
9780815608714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the bestselling ELIZABETH'S LONDON. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842127292
ISBN
9781842127292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Downtown America transcends the archetypal story of downtown's rise and fall and offers a dynamic new story of urban development in the United States. Moving beyond conventional narratives, Alison Isenberg shows-that downtown's trajectory was not dictated by inevitable free market forces or natural life-and-death cycles. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226385082
ISBN
9780226385082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Paperback. This detailed study of the relationship between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking industry draws on traditional primary and secondary materials and on an extensive set of interviews conducted in the mid-1980s that explore subjective dimensions of the workers' experience. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066337
ISBN
9780252066337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. An expansive introduction to the development of African American religion and theology. From the time of slavery up to modern day, the text addresses a broad diversity of African American religion and traces their transition to various forms of Christianity. Editor(s): Murphy, Larry G. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 450 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; HRCC99; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 26. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755815
ISBN
9780814755815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Second edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076831
ISBN
9780252076831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.98

Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184388
ISBN
9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, 36 b/w photos & 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
First Canadian
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394866
ISBN
9780888394866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.68

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

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, over 260 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325816
ISBN
9780764325816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46
€ 46.21

Paperback. Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence and playfulness. Doughnut: A Global History takes the reader on a fast-paced journey through the story of this iconic food, from prehistory, ancient Egypt and Rome to medieval Europe and the Renaissance to Krispy Kremes and today's artisan creations. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234984
ISBN
9781780234984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.09

Paperback. She finds that the country and the conscripts-in their view-entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874468
ISBN
9780801874468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.10

Paperback. John Gross is the son of a Jewish doctor who practised at the time of the Second World War. His parents were the children of immigrants, steeped in the language and traditions of a European past, yet outside the home he grew up in a very English world of schools and books. Looking back on his childhood, Gross reflects on this double inheritance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422266
ISBN
9780099422266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Hardback. A study of the day-to-day law and culture of slavery. It investigates the local courtrooms of the Deep South where ordinary people settled their disputes over slaves. It also seeks to explain how communities dealt with an important dilemma raised by these trials: how could slaves who acted as moral agents be treated as commodities? Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 halftones, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059570
ISBN
9780691059570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.72