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Paperback. The Kingdom and People of Kent Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3D; 3F; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456942
ISBN
9780752456942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.31

Paperback. Much has been written about the men who left to fight in WWI but what was life really like for those left behind on the Home Front? A bustling market town profoundly touched by the war, St Albans is the perfect place of which to ask this question, thanks in part to the survival of exceptionally rich archives of records from the period. Editor(s): Mann, Sue; Mein, Jonathan; Wares, Anne. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 284 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291744
ISBN
9781909291744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WFBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350412
ISBN
9780764350412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.72

Hardcover. Between 1939 and 1945 some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation's soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all World War II children's transports.. Editor(s): Saffle, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386582
ISBN
9781782386582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.81

Paperback. This quirky title lifts the lid on the world of privilege depicted by Jane Austen, offering a sensory view of the era and revealing the grubby realities of life in Regency England. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781592649
ISBN
9781781592649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. Explores the changing meanings of honour in early-20th-century Brazil, a period that saw an extraordinary proliferation of public debates that linked morality, modernity, honour, and national progress. This title reveals how everyday interpretations of honour influenced official attitudes and even the law itself as Brazil attempted to modernise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323983
ISBN
9780822323983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Describes and analyzes the activities and contributions of Catholic nuns in Chicago. Beginning with the arrival of women-religious in 1846 and ending with the sisters' social activism in the 1960s, this work traces the development and evolution of the sisters' work and ministry that included education, health care, and social services. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073014
ISBN
9780252073014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Edwards, Catharine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD1; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537563
ISBN
9780199537563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Includes a general introduction; chronology of major events; What the Romans Knew; Rome and Its Institutions; suggested further reading; and, maps, family trees, a glossary, and an index of historical names. Translator(s): Hurley, Donna W. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843133
ISBN
9781603843133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors. Editor(s): Rives, James B. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
9780140455168
ISBN
9780140455168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.71

Hardback. Translator(s): Arntzen, Sonja; Ito, Moriyuki. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 2 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BM; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167185
ISBN
9780231167185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJM; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819714
ISBN
9780761819714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.96

Hardcover. Exploring the complexities of remembrance Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS1; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874179361
ISBN
9780874179361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.92

Hardcover. How did the British come to conquer South Asia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? This title explores how the British organized the process of "islanding," aiming to create a separable unit of colonial governance and trade in keeping with conceptions of ethnology, culture, and geography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038223
ISBN
9780226038223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164825
ISBN
9780231164825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.77

Hardback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345909
ISBN
9780822345909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.64

Paperback. By examining how Indians formulated notions of citizenship across the British empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth, Sujatha Banerjee theorizes modes of citizenship decoupled from the rights-conferring nation-state. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346081
ISBN
9780822346081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Carmichael, Joel. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 746 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
746
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640686
ISBN
9780691640686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 345.40

Hardcover. Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the powers of the state and of local elites, Lee shows that state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417144
ISBN
9780674417144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

paperback. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Life at the university is lonely. This book offers a glimpse of life inside the world's most inscrutable country. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JMG; BM; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Rider
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846044830
ISBN
9781846044830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199930340
ISBN
9780199930340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.78

Hardcover. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633808
ISBN
9780815633808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Paperback. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633785
ISBN
9780815633785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.61

hardcover. History of the Three Saudi States (1157H/1744 - 1343H/1925) Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Medina Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956708168
ISBN
9780956708168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.02

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95

Paperback. Find out how fashionable eighteenth-century York became the capital of chocolate. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633466
ISBN
9781445633466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.55

Hardback. Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719062018
ISBN
9780719062018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 52 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JKSN1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412502
ISBN
9781935412502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. In 1914 the Germans launched an offensive that swept through Belgium and into France, threatening to crush French resistance in one fell swoop. However, through careful maneuvering and stubborn resistance, the French Army, aided by the BEF, blunted the assault, winning an important strategic victory that kept France in the war. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846035029
ISBN
9781846035029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989310
ISBN
9780295989310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. This is a study of the northern region of Korea through a person's life and work, highlighting how a writer from a marginalized region in early modern Korea became an advocate of regional subjectivity through various social, cultural, and intellectual activities, in particular through his conscientious historical writings. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783811
ISBN
9780804783811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.02

Paperback. Through the use of storytelling, linguistic analysis and journal entries from turn-of-the-century missionaries and traveling Russians in addition to many varieties of unconventional primary sources, this book explores unfamiliar terrain while examining the culture, identity and regional distinctiveness of the northern region and its people. Editor(s): Kim, Sun Joo. Series: Center for Korea Studies Publications. Num Pages: 415 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990415
ISBN
9780295990415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Sutherland, Elaine E.; Davidson, Professor Fraser P.; Little, Gavin F. M.; Goodall, Kay Eileen. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696765
ISBN
9780748696765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.52

Paperback. For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Integrating environmental history and mining a wealth of sources, Sunil S. Amrith offers insights to the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; JHM; KCZ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674287242
ISBN
9780674287242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141981437
ISBN
9780141981437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. In Hating Empire Properly, Sunil Agnani produces a novel attempt to think the eighteenth-century imagination of the West and East Indies together, arguing that this is how contemporary thinkers Edmund Burke and Denis Diderot actually viewed them. This con Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KJ; HBJF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267392
ISBN
9780823267392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

hardcover. This timely and pathbreaking work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism, that is, by the increasingly urgent demands of the subject nationalities of the Soviet Union for independence and autonomy. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721349
ISBN
9780804721349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.29

Hardcover. From the 1910s to the 1940s, a wave of anarchist, Marxist, nationalist, and feminist leftist groups swept the Korean cultural scene with differing agendas but shared demands for equality and social justice. Sunyoung Park reconstructs the complex mosaic of colonial leftist culture, focusing on literature as its most fertile and enduring expression. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417175
ISBN
9780674417175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Explores the unknown world of ordinary people in the Ottoman Empire, filled with vivid detail of everyday life in a now-vanished world. A new look at Turkish cultural and social history from the world's leading authority. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437604
ISBN
9781850437604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.03

Paperback. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767710
ISBN
9781780767710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.32