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Paperback. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Edward Bancroft moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable resume as both a scientist and a man of letters. In recognition of his works in natural history, Bancroft was unanimously elected to the Royal Society. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187458
- ISBN
- 9780300187458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.10
€ 37.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. The first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBLL; HRQX2; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198745389
- ISBN
- 9780198745389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.55
€ 17.99
€ 14.55
Hardcover. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Num Pages: 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478. 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243846
- ISBN
- 9781851243846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.48
€ 13.99
€ 11.48
Hardcover. Examining the production of 'people's literature' in China, this study provides a new interpretive framework with which to understand socialist literature and presents a sympathetic understanding of culture from a period in China's history in which people's lives were greatly and obviously affected by political events. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJPG; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306982
- ISBN
- 9781137306982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99
€ 83.99
Paperback. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPQB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106931
- ISBN
- 9780231106931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.75
€ 41.99
€ 29.75
hardcover. Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763110
- ISBN
- 9780804763110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43
€ 84.43
Paperback. World War II profoundly changed America: not only did it serve as the impetus for far-reaching changes in all aspects of life at home, but it also dramatically altered the perception of America internationally. Editor(s): Piehler, G. Kurt. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331202
- ISBN
- 9781444331202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.52
€ 34.99
€ 34.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109435
- ISBN
- 9780813109435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.31
€ 26.99
€ 22.31
Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074726
- ISBN
- 9780226074726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.20€ 75.68
€ 90.20
€ 75.68
Paperback. A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan AwardWinner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340020
- ISBN
- 9780393340020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.93
€ 18.99
€ 17.93
Hardcover. The notebooks of bishops of Carlisle reveal a wealth of detail concerning clerical life at the time. Editor(s): Platt, Jane. Series: Publications of the Surtees Society. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Surtees Society
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854440740
- ISBN
- 9780854440740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333966112
- ISBN
- 9780333966112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 597
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343410
- ISBN
- 9780393343410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.55
€ 26.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Presents a political-process model explaining the rise/decline of the black protest movement in the US. Moving from theoretical concerns to empirical analysis, the book focuses on the role of three institutions that foster protest: black churches, black colleges and Southern chapters of the NAACP. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226555539
- ISBN
- 9780226555539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.59
€ 34.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 49, 16 colour illustrations, 29 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451461
- ISBN
- 9780801451461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.38
€ 143.38
Hardcover. This account of the extra parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970 discusses issues such as demonstrations, direct action, counter cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder and politically motivated violence. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333657669
- ISBN
- 9780333657669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.74
€ 93.74
Paperback. British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New in paperback
- SKU
- V9780719069758
- ISBN
- 9780719069758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.28
€ 21.28
Paperback. This title tells the story of how small farmers responded to a free-market onslaught that devastated one of the Western Hemisphere's most advanced social-democratic welfare states. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFS; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736930
- ISBN
- 9780804736930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.37
€ 45.99
€ 41.37
Paperback. Studies the creation of a distinctive 'high' culture in the industrial cities of Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester in the mid-nineteenth century and its incipient decline from the 1880s. This book argues for the importance of ritualised modes of social behaviour in understanding the construction of authority in the nineteenth-century city. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075469
- ISBN
- 9780719075469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.68
€ 26.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Essays explore the social impact of America s global network of military bases by examining interactions between U.S. soldiers and members of host communities in South Korea, Japan/Okinawa, and West Germany. Editor(s): Hohn, Maria; Moon, Seungsook. Num Pages: 453 pages, 31 photographs, 6 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JFS; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348276
- ISBN
- 9780822348276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.70
€ 35.99
€ 32.70
Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058139
- ISBN
- 9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.36
€ 44.99
€ 32.36
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239466
- ISBN
- 9780312239466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.69
€ 101.69
Paperback. Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading figure in the nation's bloody resistance to British Rule, he played a key part in reshaping Ireland's history as we know it today. This is an account of a major turning point in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164 Irish Military. 224pp. 2007 reprint
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840184273
- ISBN
- 9781840184273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.75
€ 9.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. Insider account of Colombia's guerrilla war, assessing the future of armed struggle in Latin America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745328768
- ISBN
- 9780745328768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.84€ 80.49
€ 95.84
€ 80.49