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Paperback. Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word salary comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? This title tells the strange tales behind our favourite dishes and drinks and where they come from. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 b/w. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043449
ISBN
9780141043449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. This books links the stories of 18th Century courtesans into the way it was perceived at the time and uses satirical illustrations and contemporary quotations. Num Pages: 166 pages, Integrated images with colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473837744
ISBN
9781473837744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091924416
ISBN
9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. An informative and entertaining study of London's lunatic fringe, and how we have dealt with the mad among us from pre-history to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847390004
ISBN
9781847390004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674935396
ISBN
9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.14

Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356998
ISBN
9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107182561
ISBN
9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.53

Paperback. Commemorative projects, born out of conflicting memories, can be problematic. Catherine Marshall challenges the coarsening of history by the construction of commemorative monuments that are thought to provide closure over the events that they mark. Num Pages: 36 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468608
ISBN
9780990468608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491097
ISBN
9780752491097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

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
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC99; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
F First Paperback Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595243
ISBN
9781898595243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Paperback. This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of social, economic and political upheaval. It offers an analysis of the ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most experimental art forms in the period. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842220
ISBN
9780192842220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.74

Paperback. Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464789
ISBN
9781580464789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Paperback. The third edition of "The Trial and Death of Socrates" presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBT; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
58
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205543
ISBN
9780872205543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

paperback. Inspired by the trial of a bureaucrat who helped cause the Holocaust, this radical work on the banality of evil stunned the world with its exploration of a regime's moral blindness and one man's insistence that he be absolved all guilty because he was 'only following orders'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141024004
ISBN
9780141024004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198706854
ISBN
9780198706854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. How do immigrants and their children forge their identities in a new land - and how does the ethnic culture they create thrive in the larger society? This book brings together scholarship on the cultural history of consumption, immigration, and ethnic marketing to explore these questions. Editor(s): Cinotto, Simone. Translator(s): Anglemire, Carlie; O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America (FUP). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256242
ISBN
9780823256242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.32

Paperback. Focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world, this book builds an account of the everyday lives of the masses, including their social and family life, health, leisure and religious beliefs, and the ways in which their popular culture resisted the domination of the ruling elite. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643106
ISBN
9780745643106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.04

Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712368
ISBN
9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311597
ISBN
9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.35

Hardback. Far from the forest primeval of popular imagination, the historians and literary scholars in this work describe a western European landscape just as consciously constructed by its inhabitants as any modern landscape - physically, conceptually and spiritually. Editor(s): Howe, John; Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w illustrations, 9 figures, 3 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813024790
ISBN
9780813024790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.15

Paperback. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940124
ISBN
9781786940124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. A popular concise guide - one of the clearest available on the Russian Revolution. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations, 2maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582355590
ISBN
9780582355590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
106
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210156
ISBN
9780805210156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.96

Hardback. Joseph A. Amato offers a panoramic account of the evolution of our daily existence and reflects on the complex and changing textures of everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780236636
ISBN
9781780236636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.53

Hardcover. Explores the role of bishops at the heart of thirteenth-century English politics, examining their culture and political theology. Under King John and Henry III, the bishops acted as peacemakers, supporting royal power when it was threatened, but between 1258 and 1265, led by Simon de Montfort, they became partisans, helping to overturn royal power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754022
ISBN
9780198754022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.47

Paperback. A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. Series: Lancaster Pamphlets. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
116
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415307345
ISBN
9780415307345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.98

Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340662
ISBN
9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.77

Hardcover. Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Series: Hatchments in Britain. Num Pages: 132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Phillimore & Co.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850330854
ISBN
9780850330854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718193508
ISBN
9780718193508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. An authoritative, illustrated account of saints, shrines, and pilgrimage in Britain that will appeal to all those interested in the history of the Church and medieval history in general. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCR; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747814023
ISBN
9780747814023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. Behind Enemy Lines draws on personal testimonies, official records and film to explore the experiences of male and female clandestine agents who were recruited and trained by a British organisation and infiltrated into Nazi-Occupied France to encourage sabotage and subversion during the Second World War. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white tables, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719075698
ISBN
9780719075698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.35

Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the development of world history from the earliest times to the present. BIC Classification: 1QS; 3D; HBG; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 24 x 16 x 19. Weight in Grams: 5800.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271566
ISBN
9781783271566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 789.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718000
ISBN
9780198718000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873636
ISBN
9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398765
ISBN
9781847398765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Pinnock, Sarah K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFSR1; JHBZ; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999272
ISBN
9780295999272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.49

paperback. Examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, focusing on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GLC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300165395
ISBN
9780300165395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBTD; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
The New Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565843424
ISBN
9781565843424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091292
ISBN
9780719091292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857943092
ISBN
9781857943092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. A celebration of the sports mopeds of the '70s and early '80s. This book recaptures the spirit of happy, carefree times and looks at the bikes that gave freedom and mobility to a generation. Num Pages: 144 pages, over 150 colour pictures. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBT; WGCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845840785
ISBN
9781845840785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.76

Paperback. Offers an compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film. This book takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 40. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225149
ISBN
9780571225149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. From Aaron to Una, this book provides a gloss on more than four hundred Irish forenames. It helps us learn that the name Art has nothing to do with Arthur; that Brendan is originally of Welsh origin and came to Ireland in a Latinised form; that Cathal is usually translated as Charles, and others. It is useful to choose your child's name. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
GILL & MAC MILLAN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717140084
ISBN
9780717140084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AMX; HB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
Publisher
Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784422561
ISBN
9781784422561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; JFCX; JN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973107
ISBN
9780865973107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Maier, Paul L. Num Pages: 367 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Eusebius: The Church History United States
Number of pages
367
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825433078
ISBN
9780825433078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 542 pages, 43. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565847392
ISBN
9781565847392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.73

Hardback. When the Army drafted Elvis in 1958, it set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI trained for nuclear warfare. Brian Linn traces the origins, evolution, and ultimate failure of the army's attempt to reinvent itself for the Atomic Age, and reveals the experiences of its forgotten soldiers. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737686
ISBN
9780674737686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Paperback. Places modern slavery in its historical context, tracing the phenomenal development of the international anti-slavery movement. This book demonstrates how the problems of eradication seem greater and more intractable than they had ever been with the expansion of slaving to include forced labor, prostitution, and the exploitation of children. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103405
ISBN
9780759103405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.16

Paperback. Features the stories ranging from Beowulf to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, via Chaucer and Shakespeare, to the Bronte sisters, 'Alice through the Looking Glass' and 'Lord of the Rings'. This work takes the reader from medieval mystery plays to music hall and pantomime; painting; and music, with Purcell and Vaughan Williams. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099438076
ISBN
9780099438076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. The hop has been intimately involved in social history for many centuries. This book examines hop's history since the earliest times, describing the traditional tools of the trade, the growers, the pickers and those whose versatile skills have through the centuries made the hop industry a success. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780852636176
ISBN
9780852636176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.57

Hardback. John Hill's definitive study looks at the career and work of British director Ken Loach. From his early television work (Cathy Come Home) through to landmark films (Kes) and examinations of British society (Looking For Eric) this landmark study reveals Loach as one of the great European directors. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; APT; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844572021
ISBN
9781844572021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.22
€ 98.47

Paperback. An exploration of the degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity. This work argues for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. A general model of religious transformation is developed and applied to the Germano-Christian scenario. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195104660
ISBN
9780195104660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.05

Paperback. Its opponents call it part of "the lunatic fringe," a justification for "black separateness," "the most embarrassing trend in American publishing." "It" is Critical Race Theory. But what is Critical Race Theory? How did it develop? Where does it stand now? Where should it go in the future? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Valdes, Francisco; Culp, Jerome McCristal; Harris, Angela P. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1fig. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFJ; JFSL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399302
ISBN
9781566399302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894384513
ISBN
9781894384513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.48

Paperback. From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions - insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. This book tells the story of the closely guarded privileges of the glove-makers' guilds. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: AKTH; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747814535
ISBN
9780747814535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Menocchio's 500-year-old challenge to authority remains evocative and vital today. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRAM7; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409887
ISBN
9781421409887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. Containing sample exam questions at both AS and A2 levels, this text aims to show students what makes a good answer and why it scores high marks. It should help students grasp the difference between a GCSE and an A-level mark in history. Series: Heinemann Advanced History. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435327323
ISBN
9780435327323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. 78 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JHBL; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141282
ISBN
9780691141282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.52

Paperback. Packed with informative tales, this title features nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships - and how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091958602
ISBN
9780091958602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199328338
ISBN
9780199328338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

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

Hardback. The story of Wildflecken through the eyes of very different groups Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006776
ISBN
9780253006776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627116
ISBN
9781442627116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Hardback. This book explores both the social history of livestock and veterinary history in South Asia, and integrates both of them seamlessly within its narrative. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; HBTQ; MBX; MZD; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089725
ISBN
9780719089725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.62

Hardback. Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival celebrated its three-hundred-year anniversary in 2015. Num Pages: 496 pages, 149 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASZP; AVGC8; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272099
ISBN
9781783272099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; HBTV; JPFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995588
ISBN
9780295995588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79

Paperback. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, Illustrations. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408800935
ISBN
9781408800935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes, and bootleggers. Series: Cultural Heritage Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062532
ISBN
9780813062532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.19

Paperback. Globalisation has created a whole new working class - and they are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago. This title tells the story of this working class alongside the history of the global labour movement, from its formation in the factories of the 1800s through its near destruction by fascism in the 1930s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBTK; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099492887
ISBN
9780099492887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book explores in depth a period in which political ambitions and rivalries between nations plunged the world into major wars. It focuses on key ideas such as nationalism, militarism, and the balance of power, and covers events and developments with precision. Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBG; HBLW; HBT. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 196 x 12. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354543
ISBN
9780198354543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Hardcover. A stunning showcase of contemporary tattoo art from around the world Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: AFY; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9788416500277
ISBN
9788416500277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Livingstone, R. Num Pages: 397 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
397
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850361971
ISBN
9780850361971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. This collection of essays from a broad cross-section of historians and political scientists provides a 'second generation' scholarly assessment of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The authors use a mix of comparative case-studies and quantitative approaches. Editor(s): Conley, Richard S. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBT; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761824831
ISBN
9780761824831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.17

Paperback. The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the Holocaust Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 54. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753824450
ISBN
9780753824450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Sheet map, folded. .
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918140
ISBN
9781844918140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226195
ISBN
9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.29

Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280083
ISBN
9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

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