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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 113 b/w photos & 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870335716
ISBN
9780870335716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. An introduction to social and political development through archaeology and art in China, Korea and Japan from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; HBJF; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785706677
ISBN
9781785706677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87

Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women celebrates the women who shaped the Sunflower State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state, including a dentist, an orator, a pilot, a mayor and a fugitive slave. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762760275
ISBN
9780762760275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 46.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252081828
ISBN
9780252081828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Paperback. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547037
ISBN
9780099547037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631182214
ISBN
9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816623754
ISBN
9780816623754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardcover. In this text, Gillian McIntosh examines the complex meanings and values associated with the Northern Irish State since 1920. Her study begins during the decade following World War I and concludes with the elaborate civic ritual of the Queen's visit in 1953. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003524
ISBN
9781859182048
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Discusses the national and transnational implications of local developments in two sugar mill communities in Cuba. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 photographs, 3 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345428
ISBN
9780822345428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardback. This book examines the political events of Scotland under Charles II to provide the first detailed and accessible account of the Restoration of the Scottish parliament. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624577
ISBN
9780748624577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.38
€ 105.82

Paperback. An important account of the vicissitudes of Egypt's Islamists, informed by first-hand interviews and deep historical scholarship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047050
ISBN
9781849047050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.25

Paperback. This comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare in Hertfordshire spanning four centuries and focusing on towns and villages across the county. Editor(s): King, Steven; Gear, Gillian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291126
ISBN
9781909291126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999487
ISBN
9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.35

Hardcover. This work examines the theories of reading developed by John Locke to show how a revolutionary attitude towards authority was disseminated throughout the colonies. The book traces the Lockean legacy through 18th century children's literature to show how his emphasis on "consent" was influential. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSY; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002982
ISBN
9780674002982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Paperback. Despite the frequent appearances of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on television screens worldwide, Al Qaeda remains an elusive entity. Viewing Al Qaeda from within, this title reveals the terrorist network's insidious role in the global web culture and the dimensions of its frightening threat to world stability and security. Editor(s): Kepel, Gilles; Milelli, Jean-Pierre. Translator(s): Ghazaleh, Pascale. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; JFFE; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034747
ISBN
9780674034747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.14

Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most significant European-Native diplomatic negotiations of the colonial period and the resulting treaty. The treaty, it argues, was the culmination of the French colonial strategy of Native alliances and adaptation to Native political customs. Translator(s): Aronoff, Phyllis; Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 156 x 585. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773522190
ISBN
9780773522190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.59

Paperback. Waterloo, the plain where Napoleon's Empire was dealt its final blow after a titanic fight, is not only a name on the map. La Haye-Sainte, Hougoumont, Plancenoit, are real places where men struggled, suffered and died. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 315 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Histoire and Collections
Condition
New
SKU
V9782352504351
ISBN
9782352504351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Worth Press Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849310635
ISBN
9781849310635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 70 color + 215 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1858.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209846
ISBN
9780300209846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

paperback. Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir - providing Jane Seymour or the eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty with a passion she had inherited from her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand, the joint-rulers of Spain who had driven the Moors from their country. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber Non Fiction
Condition
New
SKU
9780571235124
ISBN
9780571235124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton takes us on another fascinating and extraordinary historical adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, B/W maps and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KB; 1QDB; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Murray
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KKD0005696
ISBN
9780340748824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century Num Pages: 400 pages, Maps and integrated illustraions. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1FM; BGH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340696767
ISBN
9780340696767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. 1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the present-day MI6. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737042
ISBN
9781444737042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. A powerful story of a young man conscripted into Hitler's army and a family left behind, a sympathetic view of life from the other side. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8pp sections and map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340840832
ISBN
9780340840832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Bestselling author Giles Milton takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure. Num Pages: 416 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340794685
ISBN
9780340794685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. A powerful tale of destruction, heroism and survival by the bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 B&W illustrated maps and 2x 8pp B&W picture sections - integrated onto text paper for s. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340837870
ISBN
9780340837870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. The incredible story of the secret underground operations of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444798982
ISBN
9781444798982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. A hard-hitting warning that Europe's prospects are gloomy unless Europeans awake from their torpor and embrace the often difficult changes necessary to flourish in the 21st century world. From one of our most influential thinkers on European matters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFE; 3JMG; HBJD; HBLX; JPSN2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198757870
ISBN
9780198757870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.47

Paperback. In the chaos after the Reich an astonishing 2.5 million ordinary citizens were killed. This harrowing history uncovers the extraordinary stories of real German people from all walks of life in the aftermath of the Second World War Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719567667
ISBN
9780719567667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Hardback. The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is a puzzle of 19th-century British politics. This study offers history of the duel, examines the careers of these two men, and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845115937
ISBN
9781845115937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.28
€ 48.56

paperback. It was the First World War and Britain was in trouble. Kaiser Wilhelm had put two warships on Lake Tanganika in Central Africa, giving him control of the region, and it was vital for Britain that those ships be destroyed. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141009841
ISBN
9780141009841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.60

paperback. London's East End is a place that is at once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. This title traces the East End of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, and jellied eels. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3J; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140259506
ISBN
9780140259506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.60

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848327719
ISBN
9781848327719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.40

Hardback. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JP; MBNH2; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780252040610
ISBN
9780252040610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780205053995
ISBN
9780205053995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 168.75

Paperback. The journal of Prussian Major General Benno von Studnitz was originally published in 1891 in a very limited German language edition. Now, translated and edited by his great-grandson, the General's journal appears for the first time in English. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294406
ISBN
9781910294406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590175804
ISBN
9781590175804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.26

Hardcover. Rarely seen photographs from the Baltimore Sun, the News-American, and the Afro-American bring to life the rich, personal anecdotes of wartime Baltimoreans and transport readers back to an indelible era of Baltimore history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 129, 129 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899836
ISBN
9780801899836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.75