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Paperback. Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject. Num Pages: 368 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349113142
ISBN
9780349113142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966491371
ISBN
9780966491371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.58

Sheet map, folded. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cheshire. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 414 x 192 x 6. Weight in Grams: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847848321
ISBN
9781847848321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.95

Paperback. As the threat of conflict again overshadowed Britain in the 1930s, the nation began to take measures to prepare itself for the possibility of war. This title offers a glimpse into the general public's experience of wartime Britain. Series: Old House. Num Pages: 36 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 122 x 3. Weight in Grams: 40.
Publisher
Old House Books
Number of pages
36
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402158
ISBN
9781908402158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.51

Paperback. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846683947
ISBN
9781846683947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198707523
ISBN
9780198707523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812364
ISBN
9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.84

Paperback. Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 halftones, 1 line figure, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195142433
ISBN
9780195142433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 72. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801436314
ISBN
9780801436314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.54

Hardcover. Drawing on 700 years' worth of maps from the National Archives, this stunning and fascinating collection is not just about the history of the maps, but is also an insight into the places whether cities, countries or the whole world and the social history of the time that the mapmakers captured." Num Pages: 256 pages, 120 maps, More than 100 historical maps and colour images throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1708. Very good copy.I
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0303758
ISBN
9781408189672
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062415189
ISBN
9780062415189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.73

Hardcover.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530534
ISBN
9780716530534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four hundred year old house, Knole Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809686
ISBN
9781408809686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360100
ISBN
9780822360100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBTB; JFCD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081156
ISBN
9780719081156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.75

Hardback. Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271948
ISBN
9781783271948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.79

Hardback. Provides the social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. This book charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s and also contains the analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 b&w integrated halftones, 39 figures, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBT; HRCC9; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 734. 8vo Former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0294434
ISBN
9780199208487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310977
ISBN
9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108974
ISBN
9780230108974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.91
€ 30.51

Hardback. In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTQ; HPCD; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650381
ISBN
9781442650381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 b/w illus., 10 maps, 5 plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220261
ISBN
9780300220261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.25

Hardcover. Presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. In this title, interleaved with the wallpaper sections is a commentary that guides you through the story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; AKP; AMR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 944.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518380
ISBN
9780500518380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908906106
ISBN
9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280687
ISBN
9780520280687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745762
ISBN
9781910745762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

paperback. Tie-in edition of Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827871
ISBN
9780753827871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The volume includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, and a selected bibliography of useful resources for further information. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21, 17 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; TBX; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893117
ISBN
9780801893117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Paperback. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142437162
ISBN
9780142437162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, Two 8 page plate sections. One black and white, one color. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGD; HBJD1; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 305 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252482
ISBN
9781781252482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. The authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA, providing a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equality from 1865 to the present day. Series: Introductions to History. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238885
ISBN
9780415238885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Hardback. Grassroots memorials have become major areas of focus during times of trauma, danger, and social unrest. These improvised memorial assemblages continue to display new and more dynamic ways of representing collective and individual identities and in doing so reveal the steps that shape the national memories of those who struggle to come to terms.. Editor(s): Margry, Peter Jan; Sanchez Carretero, Cristina. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 356 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
356
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451897
ISBN
9780857451897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.07

Paperback. Over seventy merchant ships sailed in the Task force sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland islands in 1982. Some were Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, but the majority were STUFT-ships taken up from trade-and the officers and crew of these merchant vessels, all volunteers, suddenly found themselves thrust into a war zone in the South Atlantic. Num Pages: 252 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906266233
ISBN
9781906266233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408870556
ISBN
9781408870556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.53

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

€ 36.66

Paperback. The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Charting topics as diverse as Minoan civilization, The Persian Wars, the Athenian Golden Age and the conquests of Alexander the Great, this book traces the development of this creative and restless people. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour and b&w illustrations, 60 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTP; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140513356
ISBN
9780140513356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.54

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719065903
ISBN
9780719065903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.06

Paperback. Presents a study of women's letters. Organized by subject matter, and covering various topics from politics, work and war, to childhood, love and sexual passion, this title reveals the depth, breadth and diversity of women's lives through the ages. It provides an opportunity to read the real words of real women, in their own intimate language. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DQ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752454795
ISBN
9780752454795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Hardback. Joe Stirling has been a high profile, well-known resident of Norwich for 65 years. The biography is based on hundreds of hours of interviews over three years with Joe, who shared his memories of over eight decades with the author. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473843646
ISBN
9781473843646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business - if all the cotton bales produced in 2013 had been stacked on top of each other they would have made a somewhat unstable tower 40,000 miles high. This is a history of the cotton in dictating the shape of our world. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTK; HBTQ; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979984
ISBN
9780141979984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00