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Paperback. In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. This title details this historic voyage. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; 3JJPK; HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602231696
ISBN
9781602231696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.80

Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JKSR; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated, Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277540
ISBN
9780520277540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

paperback. This book tells the story of the education programme in the Transport and General Workers Union, from its foundation in 1922 until the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBT; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lawrence And Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905007073
ISBN
9781905007073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783030361
ISBN
9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718579
ISBN
9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Hardcover. An award-winning pastry chef's foolproof recipes and fresh take on the history of American desserts, from chocolate chip cookies to toaster pastries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 84 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; WBN; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239867
ISBN
9780393239867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.41

Sheet map. A map of the Elizabethan London. It offers an insight into the geography of the capital and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a bear baiting arena, the Charterhouse monastery, the monument at Chary-ncros, Old St Paul's Cathedral and even local wildlife in the grassy fields north of Holborn. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 475 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 46. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402271
ISBN
9781908402271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349300
ISBN
9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.57

Paperback. The sometimes shocking, always fascinating history of brainwashing, from the bestselling author of COCAINE Num Pages: 448 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HBT; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340831618
ISBN
9780340831618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971462
ISBN
9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.89

Sheet map, folded. Series: George Bradshaw Railway Maps Collection. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJC; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Historical Images Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918058
ISBN
9781844918058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Sheet map. At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before the decline commenced. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: HBTP1; WGF; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2011
Edition
Facsimile map
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402134
ISBN
9781908402134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Middleton Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908174130
ISBN
9781908174130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.63

Hardback. Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Old House Books
Number of pages
512
Publication date
2012
Edition
Premium ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908402486
ISBN
9781908402486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPN; DNJ; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241264119
ISBN
9780241264119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BTP; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062372130
ISBN
9780062372130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. A facsimile reprint of the very first "Boy Scout Handbook", complete with the advertisements that accompanied the original 1911 edition. Num Pages: 448 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 15 x 128. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616081980
ISBN
9781616081980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.07

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Verso Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680780
ISBN
9781781680780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNDF; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062241405
ISBN
9780062241405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. Bound for Australia Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752460185
ISBN
9780752460185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799553
ISBN
9780804799553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340740
ISBN
9781625340740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.34

This work examines the "political bosses" or powerful men who were the urban "New South" counterparts to the rural "Old South" planter elite. Although villified by the media, these powerful individuals often cared deeply about their cities, and sought to improve the lives of their citizens. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121505
ISBN
9780813121505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.92

Hardback. A critical revaluation of humanism, this book makes a case for the 20th-century as the "anticolonial century" by returning to the scientific Enlightenment and following a neglected intellectual tradition that led to what we today call Marxism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788328
ISBN
9780804788328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.33

hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976985
ISBN
9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

Paperback. An incredible, inspirational story of resilience, resourcefulness, and maternal courage, set against the background of the holocaust. Num Pages: 400 pages, Integrated throughout. BIC Classification: BGH; BK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751557411
ISBN
9780751557411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405803
ISBN
9781421405803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.03

Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894176
ISBN
9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718741
ISBN
9780198718741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPX; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181845
ISBN
9780300181845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. The history of Mexican and Mexican-American working classes has been segregated by the political boundary that separates the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. Editor(s): Hart, John Mason. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 246 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027175
ISBN
9780842027175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.41

Hardback. Organized around six key ideas-ecology, imaginary, in/visibility, palimpsest, sovereignty and waiting-the interlocking essays collected here provide theoretical starting points for an aesthetic understanding of borders. Editor(s): Schimanski, Johan. Series: Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334641
ISBN
9781785334641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Hardback. A gripping narrative non-fiction tale about the rise of the early drug culture in America, by the author of the acclaimed Can't Find My Way Home Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824753
ISBN
9780306824753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138785854
ISBN
9781138785854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Paperback. For more than 2,500 years, the book, in a wide range of forms, has been used to document, to educate and to entertain. This book explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented. Num Pages: 224 pages, 266 illustrations, 214 in colour. BIC Classification: GL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291153
ISBN
9780500291153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029957
ISBN
9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.41

Hardcover. An essay that focuses on reading in an e-reader world. Contending that our experience of reading belies naive generalizations about the future of books, it offers an elegantly argued and up-to-date tribute to the endurance of books in our ever-evolving digital world. Num Pages: 200 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226669786
ISBN
9780226669786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.82

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 93 x 6. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524351
ISBN
9780929524351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. Illuminates the historical tensions between the legal paradigms of citizenship and contract, and in the emergence of free labour ideology in American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771709
ISBN
9780814771709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. Explores the manner in which Americans have discussed and practiced their patriotism. This volume examines the use of patriotic language and symbols in building unity in the early republic, rebuilding the nation after the Civil War, and sustaining loyalty in an increasingly diverse society. Editor(s): Bodnar, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691043968
ISBN
9780691043968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46