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Hardback. This is the first complete story, long hidden by the Soviet Union, of the attack by government forces on striking workers in 1962, resulting in 21 dead and hundreds of others wounded or imprisoned. Only with the advent of glasnost in the 1980s did the tight lid of secrecy placed on the entire episode by the Soviets begin slowly to lift. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740937
- ISBN
- 9780804740937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.83
€ 150.83
Paperback. The true story behind Robin Hood and his merry Men from early folklore to Hollywood Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849013017
- ISBN
- 9781849013017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardback. This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. Num Pages: 720 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TBX; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735506
- ISBN
- 9780804735506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. With the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the nationality question has assumed central importance. In this collection of essays, twelve leading specialists analyze the current situation. Num Pages: 321 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078955
- ISBN
- 9780231078955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Hardcover. The transition from foraging to farming in prehistoric Denmark has been a topic of debate. The author contributes to this discussion via an analysis of stone tools from several well-known sites in Denmark spanning the transition to agriculture. Num Pages: 147 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; HBJD; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- Ill
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772887425
- ISBN
- 9788772887425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.46
€ 31.46
Hardcover. Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. This book explores how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006680
- ISBN
- 9780691006680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.94€ 77.57
€ 100.94
€ 77.57
hardcover. This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War. Series: Human Rights in History. Num Pages: 439 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107095571
- ISBN
- 9781107095571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873513937
- ISBN
- 9780873513937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.96
€ 16.99
€ 15.96
Hardback. This collection revisits Ray Pahl's 1984 sociology classic, combining excerpts from the original with assessments by leading researchers of how and why the book has stood the test of time as a study that fundamentally re-thinks our understanding of 'work'. Editor(s): Crow, Graham; Ellis, Jaimie. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 maps, 19 B&W illustrations, 3 graphs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLW; JHBL; JP; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526107435
- ISBN
- 9781526107435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
Hardcover. Sir Eric Phipps was British Ambassador in Berlin (1933-37) and at Paris - two key ambassadorships which spanned the period between Hitler's advent to power and the outbreak of the Second World War. This book explains the contrast between his reputation as a staunch anti-Nazi and an 'anti-appeaser' in Berlin, and as a 'defeatist-appeaser' in Paris. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210049
- ISBN
- 9781902210049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336434
- ISBN
- 9781590336434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.54€ 61.15
€ 80.54
€ 61.15
Hardback. Details the long and troubled history of American relations with Haiti. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275980023
- ISBN
- 9780275980023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 728 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307356451
- ISBN
- 9780307356451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.45
€ 24.99
€ 23.45
Paperback. This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.
* Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium.
* Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1076.
* Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium.
* Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334142
- ISBN
- 9781444334142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.33
€ 57.33
Paperback. Representative Americans: Populists and Progressives brings together brief biographies to explore the political, social, and cultural dimensions of the period from 1890-1920. Through the lives and accomplishments of these reformers, crusaders, and thinkers, readers gain a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous turn of the twentieth century. Series: Representative Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521711
- ISBN
- 9780742521711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.28
€ 73.28
Paperback. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023956
- ISBN
- 9780674023956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.55
€ 34.99
€ 29.55
Hardback. Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, the third duke of Alba, is remembered as a fanatical monster who laid waste much of the Netherlands rather than surrender it to Protestant heretics. Kamen attempts a re-evaluation of the duke, assessing this complex figure in the context of his times and personal faith. Num Pages: 204 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102833
- ISBN
- 9780300102833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.02
€ 35.99
€ 26.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 224 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167619
- ISBN
- 9780691167619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.62€ 40.56
€ 51.62
€ 40.56
Paperback. A major thirteenth-century Spanish law code whose tenets can still be found in the state laws of California, Texas, and Louisiana. Editor(s): Burns, Robert I. Translator(s): Scott, Samuel Parsons. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QFE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; LN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217414
- ISBN
- 9780812217414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.86
€ 59.86
Paperback. German unification evoked ambivalent reactions outside its borders: it revived disquieting memories of attempts by German big business during the two world wars to build an economic empire in Europe in conjunction with the military and the government bureaucracy. Editor(s): Berghahn, Volker R. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; KCLF; KJC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819314
- ISBN
- 9781571819314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.89
€ 43.89
Paperback. Includes a comparison of Aethelwold's career with that of other European monastic reformers; a study of Aethelwold's foundation at Abingdon; and of his involvement with the political crises of the 10th century. This title assesses his skills as a scholar through Latin and Old English texts, and as a teacher from the writings of his pupils. Editor(s): Yorke, Barbara. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851157054
- ISBN
- 9780851157054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.07
€ 38.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. Series: Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268036119
- ISBN
- 9780268036119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.53
€ 50.99
€ 45.53
paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415620109
- ISBN
- 9780415620109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03
Paperback. In this expansion of their widely acclaimed The Iraq War: A Military History, Williamson Murray and Robert Scales once again boldly enter the theatre of conflict while the struggle still rages. Num Pages: 368 pages, 78 color illustrations, 5 color maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 211 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019683
- ISBN
- 9780674019683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68