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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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