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Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224418
ISBN
9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. The story of the Ottoman Empire's struggle with the Portuguese for control of the sixteenth-century Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199874040
ISBN
9780199874040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.62

Paperback. Surveys children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. This book explores the gradual change from the medieval attitude to children, looked upon as small adults as soon as they were past infancy, to the seventeenth and eighteenth century awareness of the child as the focal point of family life. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674584
ISBN
9780712674584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 17.53

Paperback. Presents the story of how the modern, professional, spectator sport of football was born in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title picks apart the complex processes which forged the modern game, turning accepted wisdom on its head. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553819359
ISBN
9780553819359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. This revised impression enables another generation of readers to sample what Eric Hobsbawm has referred to as 'that magnificent monument of scholarship and humanity'. Editor(s): Hawkes, J. G. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 101.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521316231
ISBN
9780521316231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.02

Paperback. This book demonstrates that territoriality for humans is not an instinct, but a powerful and often indispensable geographical strategy used to control people. Series: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521311809
ISBN
9780521311809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.25

Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442105
ISBN
9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. This book is a history of Asian slaves in colonial Mexico and their journey from bondage to freedom. Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 9 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 44.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781107635777
ISBN
9781107635777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.98

Paperback. A comparative survey of 5000 years of colonialism. Series: Topics in Contemporary Archaeology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 22 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521787956
ISBN
9780521787956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532394
ISBN
9780226532394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. Series: Studies in Economic and Social History. BIC Classification: HBTB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004099
ISBN
9780333565643
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Explores the security forces' covert operations in Northern Ireland. This book charts the successes and failures of special operations during the troubles. It reveals the dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against terrorist organisations. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTV; JKSW1; JPSH; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0003806
ISBN
9780571168095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465032709
ISBN
9780465032709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.78

hardcover. Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages to re-tell this legendary story as it was first heard. Editor(s): Hughes, Michael; Bosworth, Katherine. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; TJK; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 604. Wireless Communications During the Great Disaster. 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Hughes, Michael; Bosworth, Katherine. Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages to re-tell this legendary story as it was first heard. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM; TJK; WGG. Dimension: 198 x 182 x 21. Weight: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BODLEIAN LIB
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243778
ISBN
9781851243778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.61

Hardcover. A history of American culture as told through its eating habits and restaurants. Num Pages: 560 pages, 95 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 254 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406804
ISBN
9780871406804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864864338
ISBN
9780864864338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.91

Paperback. This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history. Editor(s): Purvis, June. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238892
ISBN
9780415238892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.93

Paperback. When they reach adulthood, children of Holocaust victims often need professional help as during their childhood, their parents unconsciously transmit to them much of their own trauma. Dina Wardi shows verbatim accounts of therapy sessions. Series: International Library of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMC; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415060998
ISBN
9780415060998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Paperback. Reconstructs and intervenes in the fascinating debates that have pitted the history of thinking about film. Both an engaging history and an invaluable sourcebook, this book examines a vast pool of thought. Editor(s): Tredell, Nicolas. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002875
ISBN
9781840463545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0001957
ISBN
9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0001040
ISBN
9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. An in-depth investigation into the history and exploits of the Commandos Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000893
ISBN
9780747266457
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The "Cliveden set" included leading politicians, academics, bankers, writers and newspaper editors who gathered at the wealthy country estate of Nancy and Waldorf Astor. But in the late 1930s it was identified as a treacherous cabal seeking to manipulate foreign policy in its own class interests. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003141
ISBN
9780712667425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95