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Hardback. Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362838
- ISBN
- 9780822362838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.74
€ 111.74
Paperback. Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. This title examines Guyana's educational system from historical, political, social, and economic perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889200852
- ISBN
- 9780889200852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.49
€ 43.99
€ 33.49
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. Based upon first-hand testimony, this is the story of how one German Division changed the course of the invasion - and almost the war. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752471457
- ISBN
- 9780752471457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HPC; HRAX; HRCC91; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349519378
- ISBN
- 9781349519378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Paperback. Tells the stories of the Russians, exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants, describing the ways in which Russia took on, or rejected, Western influences, and recounting how the empire was built and maintained. Series: History Files. Num Pages: 144 pages, 133 illustrations, 89 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500289297
- ISBN
- 9780500289297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 4.99
€ 17.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * This source book presents fresh new translations of the most important ancient writings on the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. * Provides comprehensive coverage of Alexander, from his family background to his military conquests, death and legacy. Editor(s): Heckel, Waldemar; Yardley, J. C. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228219
- ISBN
- 9780631228219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.25
€ 50.99
€ 50.25
paperback. "Time Longer than Rope" unearths the ordinary roots of extraordinary change, demonstrating the depth and breadth of black oppositional spirit and activity that preceded the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Payne, Charles M.; Green, Adam. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767030
- ISBN
- 9780814767030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. This volume asserts that the three Kentucky Presidents - Lincoln, Taylor, and Davis - were shaped both personally and politically by their experiences in Kentucky, poised as it was on the border between North and South, the East and the Western frontier. Num Pages: 96 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190532
- ISBN
- 9780813190532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.49
€ 18.49
Hardback. This work provides a documentary record of the correspondence, official and private, between Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill, from Truman's accession to the presidency in April 1945. Series: Contributions to the Study of World History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313283307
- ISBN
- 9780313283307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Hardback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405582
- ISBN
- 9781421405582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.80
€ 25.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. In the years 1916-1918, the Wolf, an ordinary freighter fitted-out with a hidden arsenal of weapons, was sent by Germany on one of the most daring clandestine naval missions of modern times. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, unpublished memoirs, declassified government files, newspaper reports and family archives, this book tells the story of Wolf. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171038
- ISBN
- 9780552171038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.18
€ 20.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Espinoza's work illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning 100 years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 295 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JFC; JNB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464043
- ISBN
- 9781349464043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99
€ 51.99
Paperback. Africa. 140 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- " Nauka " Pub. House
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Based on archival research in four countries, this title uncovers important links between international power politics and everyday matters of rights, identity, and resistance to colonial authority, while re-interpreting the whole arc of French rule in Tunisia from the 1880s to the mid-20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279155
- ISBN
- 9780520279155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.99
€ 52.99
€ 37.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773512
- ISBN
- 9780333773512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Hardcover. Agrarian structural reorganization in Late Medieval England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772882291
- ISBN
- 9788772882291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016814
- ISBN
- 9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Humanities. Num Pages: 150 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023760
- ISBN
- 9780884023760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. 8vo 134pp complete with folding maps. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Foreign Language Press
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0257675
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Building on ethnographic research in a rural village in Sichuan, this book examines changing relationships between social organization, politics, and economy during the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 half-tones 3 tables 6 figures 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741293
- ISBN
- 9780804741293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.59
€ 33.99
€ 30.59
Hardcover. Here is the untold story of how, over three days, two behavioral scientists helped Ronald Reagan win the California governorship, turning the Gipper into the Great Communicator. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778492
- ISBN
- 9780762778492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Hardcover. Kenneth Estes studies the 100,000 West Europeans who fought against Russia as volunteers for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Estes shows tremendous knowledge of combat and writes gripping battlefield prose. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384521
- ISBN
- 9781909384521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.72
€ 44.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349423415
- ISBN
- 9781349423415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.69
€ 101.69