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Paperback. A study of Irish-Catholic Sisters' work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the famine through the early 20th century. It argues that it was these nuns' championing of the rights of the poor - especially poor women - that resulted in an explosion of state-supported services and programs. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press Illinois
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072826
- ISBN
- 9780252072826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28
Explores the imperialism, feminism and human rights, secularism and Islam, post-colonialism, and the global economy. This book treats the US as an object to be historically and politically interrogated rather than as the norm from which all else is to be evaluated. It assesses the Third World through its history of colonialism and neocolonialism. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142984
- ISBN
- 9780231142984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.29
€ 129.29
Hardback. This book discusses the life and career of German Jewish filmmaker Ewald Andre Dupont (1861--1956), as a journalist, screen writer, and director in Berlin, 1913--25, 1931--33, a director at British International Pictures, 1926--31, and a B-movie director in Hollywood, 1925--26, 1933--56. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474336
- ISBN
- 9781611474336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.42
€ 118.42
Paperback. Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, the author blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a tale. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNF; WB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 348 320pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099281993
- ISBN
- 9780099281993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.60
€ 16.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. This book is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122458
- ISBN
- 9780691122458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
€ 48.99
€ 34.79
Hardcover. 'The art of command is..to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' "A Seaman's Pocket-Book", 1943, re-issued by Conway in September 2006, has found huge appeal with the British public. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Conway
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007289
- ISBN
- 9781844860548
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. The first full-scale investigation of the dramatic material transformation of the English parish church during the English Reformation. Num Pages: 284 pages, 60 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 195 x 21. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521762861
- ISBN
- 9780521762861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.74
€ 103.74
Hardback. The Six Day War was the climax in the deterioration of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This study deals with such issues as: the relevance of the Filastin problem as key to understanding the descent to war; the pivotal Syrian water struggle as a key motivating factor; and, the Hashemite regime's response to Palestinians' heightened national awakening. Num Pages: 345 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191887
- ISBN
- 9781845191887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.47
€ 124.47
Hardcover. Historic photographs of Chaco Canyon from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s are juxtaposed with contemporary "rephotographs." Num Pages: 224 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AC; AGN; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135778
- ISBN
- 9780890135778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.11
€ 52.99
€ 37.11
The Doctrine of the Hert. A Critical Edition with Introduction and Com...
Christiania Whitehead (Ed.)
Paperback. A critical edition of The Doctrine of the Hert, the fifteenth-century English translation of De doctrina cordis, a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns. Editor(s): Whitehead, Christiania; Renevey, Denis; Mouron, Anne. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBLC; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897785
- ISBN
- 9780859897785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.66
€ 29.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. A blend of oral history and memoir with a good dose of quirky humor, the Tar Heel Traveler is a celebratory look at the people and places of North Carolina. Mason is the TV reporter-the Tar Heel Traveler-who journeys across North Carolina profiling colorful characters and out-of-the-way places. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 35.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762785070
- ISBN
- 9780762785070
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.27
€ 26.99
€ 21.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972803
- ISBN
- 9780865972803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.52
€ 27.99
€ 20.52
Hardcover. Offers a way to understand sensationalism in newspapers and reform movements. This title explains how the social and political realities of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century society changed, slowly marginalizing this kind of journalism in favor of a ethical style that demonstrated the significance of race, and gender, to its readers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021362
- ISBN
- 9780226021362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.98€ 76.88
€ 91.98
€ 76.88
hardcover. This study provides an authoritative history of the Brazilian army from the army's overthrow of the monarchy in 1889 to its support of the coup that established Brazil's first civilian dictatorship in 1937. McCann explores how the period between these events laid the foundations of modern Brazil. Num Pages: 624 pages, 12 maps, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; JPH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732222
- ISBN
- 9780804732222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.90
€ 105.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061344763
- ISBN
- 9780061344763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.25
€ 18.99
€ 17.25
La Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, The French Pastry Chef, The Fre...
Francois Pierre De La Varenne
Hardcover. Translator(s): Scully, Terence. Num Pages: 655 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1324. The French Cook, the French Pastry Chef, the French Confectioner. 655 pages, 1 black & white illustration. Includes characteristics of medieval cookery, as well as new world ingredients. The watershed from medieval to modern times is crossed in La Varenne's pages. This title presents three important cookery books of the seventeenth century combined in a single volume. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; WBN. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 66. Weight: 1328. Translator(s): Scully, Terence.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Prospect Books (UK)
- Number of pages
- 655
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018415
- ISBN
- 9781903018415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.51
€ 68.51
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. Series: Ohio RIS Global Series. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421925
- ISBN
- 9780821421925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.92
€ 89.92
Paperback. Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Editor(s): Mittleman, Alan; Sarna, Jonathan D.; Licht, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521223
- ISBN
- 9780742521223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.14
€ 80.14
The Jews, Instructions for Use. Four Eighteenth-century Projects for t...
Bernardini, Paolo L.; Lucci, Diego
Hardback. Examines four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews. A resource for scholars and students interested in Jewish-Gentile relations and Age of Enlightenment. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235742
- ISBN
- 9781936235742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.77
€ 142.77
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance. Num Pages: 448 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; HBTB; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348507
- ISBN
- 9780393348507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.84
€ 21.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. This book examines the role of music and music-making in the medical, spiritual and civic management of plague in the Renaissance. Num Pages: 345 pages, 10 b/w illus. 99 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVGD; HBJD; MBX; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107109254
- ISBN
- 9781107109254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.90
€ 110.90
Hardcover. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 310 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479870424
- ISBN
- 9781479870424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 5SG; DS; HBL; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912492
- ISBN
- 9781439912492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95