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Hardcover. The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. Editor(s): Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241251
ISBN
9780230241251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497643
ISBN
9780801497643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFHF; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816696918
ISBN
9780816696918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFHF; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696963
ISBN
9780816696963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852855079
ISBN
9781852855079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.22

Num Pages: 186 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1DNN; GBGP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251920117
ISBN
9788251920117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349340989
ISBN
9781349340989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardcover. "This book is adapted from the German manuscript 'Die Rote Linie. Eine Geschichte der Veterinèar- und Siedlungsgrenze in Namibia (1890er-1960er Jahre),' completed in 2009 and published in 2012 by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBTD; HBTQ; JFC; JHM; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230337480
ISBN
9780230337480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277156
ISBN
9780877277156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. A guided tour of the historic town of Nantwich, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries. Series: History Tour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HBTB; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445668727
ISBN
9781445668727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTV2; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137427984
ISBN
9781137427984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.32

Hardcover. This new study of Napoleon emphasizes his ties to the French Revolution, his embodiment of its militancy, and his rescue of its legacies. Jordan's work illuminates all aspects of his fabulous career, his views of the Revolution and history, the artists who created and embellished his image, and much of his talk about himself and his achievements. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230362819
ISBN
9780230362819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.48

Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044721
ISBN
9781849044721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.81

paperback. Published in 1835, this account of Ross's second expedition to Northern Canada describes the geography and people of the region. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 1254 pages, 36 b/w illus. 14 colour illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; HBTP; RGR; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 63. Weight in Grams: 3080.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1254
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781108050227
ISBN
9781108050227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. Published in 1835, this account of Ross's second expedition to Northern Canada describes the geography and people of the region. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 848 pages, 28 b/w illus. 3 colour illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; HBTP; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781108050203
ISBN
9781108050203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.08

Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780451529947
ISBN
9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99

Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595847
ISBN
9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Editor(s): McDowell, Deborah E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199539079
ISBN
9780199539079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107309
ISBN
9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Library of America
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598533514
ISBN
9781598533514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.89

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 76. Written by Himself. Series: Dover Thrift S. 96 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA; HBTS. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 6. Weight: 86.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486284996
ISBN
9780486284996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.16

Paperback. A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history Editor(s): McKivigan, John; Hinks, Peter P.; Kaufman, Heather L. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300204711
ISBN
9780300204711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement. This book describes the life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of our most important writers. It is suitable for those interested in American literature and history. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034013
ISBN
9780674034013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Posthumously published in 1879, an American explorer's account of his voyage in search of Sir John Franklin's missing Arctic expedition. Editor(s): Nourse, J. E. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 772 pages, 57 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 18 maps. BIC Classification: HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
772
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781108071468
ISBN
9781108071468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.22

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