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Hardback. In 1787, the Royal Navy ship H.M.S. Bounty, captained by William Bligh, set sail for Tahiti in search of breadfruit plants. Soon after leaving Tahiti, Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a successful revolt, setting Bligh and eighteen of his men adrift. Num Pages: 270 pages, 32 b+w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 3JF; HBJM; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597973717
- ISBN
- 9781597973717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.32
€ 41.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. Tells how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. This book details city life, domestic architecture, furnishings and housewares, clothing and jewelry, food and drink, and other material culture. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 513 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221611
- ISBN
- 9780520221611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
Hardcover. Those travelling on the seas have always been vulnerable to the attacks of predators acting within or without the law. This book focuses on the character of pirate communities in the Caribbean, the East Indies and China, and on the scale and significance of privateering operations based in the principal European maritime states. Editor(s): Starkey, David J.; Van Heslinga, E.S. van Eyck; Moor, J. A. de. Series: Exeter Maritime Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 1QSC; 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; JKV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 8. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894814
- ISBN
- 9780859894814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.08
€ 138.08
Hardback. As new nations emerge in the Pacific Islands region, political change is everywhere marked by efforts to reconceptualize identities, histories, and futures. This volume brings together a diverse range of analysis and commentary that aim to challenge simplistic paradigms of "area study". Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500440
- ISBN
- 9780742500440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.63
€ 217.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBN; 1QSJ; JPS; LA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140272
- ISBN
- 9781588140272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.26€ 55.67
€ 71.26
€ 55.67
Hardcover. Today, the world's cities are experiencing progressive tensions in urban use and structure. An opportunity for successful redevelopment has emerged in the rehabilitation of urban waterfront areas. This book examines recreation and tourism as a catalyst for such waterfront redevelopment. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, references. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1MBF; 1QSC; AMVD; JFS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 228 x 67. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275945503
- ISBN
- 9780275945503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.07€ 77.34
€ 85.07
€ 77.34
Hardcover. Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds shows how households anchored the French empire and shaped the meanings of race, slavery, and gender in the early modern period. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1QSA; HBTQ; HBTS; JFFN; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248401
- ISBN
- 9780812248401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.49
€ 113.49
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23ill.4tabs.22mus.exs.1M. BIC Classification: 1QSC; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310428
- ISBN
- 9780226310428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.39
€ 38.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. The gripping true story of treasure hunting and terrible tragedy encountered by divers exploring the world's most dangerous sunken shipwreck. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QSA; WSSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592283040
- ISBN
- 9781592283040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.21
€ 15.99
€ 14.21
hardcover. This collection of essays assesses the interrelationship between exploration, empire-building and science in the opening of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans between the early 16th and mid-19th century. Editor from University of Otago, New Zealand. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony. Series Editor(s): Flynn, Professor Dennis O.; Giraldez, Professor Arturo. Series: The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1QSP; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 869.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754635628
- ISBN
- 9780754635628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.77
€ 229.77
Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442105
- ISBN
- 9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
hardcover. Accessible, engagingly written book on Arctic environmental change and cooperation by an author intimately involved in Arctic science and policy. Num Pages: 374 pages, 23 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QSR; LBBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107094413
- ISBN
- 9781107094413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Hardback. Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 254 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270385
- ISBN
- 9781783270385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.56
€ 89.56
Findings from a long-term study of the Baltic Sea reveal possible answers to issues of intense worldwide concern As one of the best-investigated seas in the world for more than a century, the Baltic Sea has been subject to environmental protection measures endorsed by the international Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in 1979. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSB; RBKC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471979685
- ISBN
- 9780471979685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 314.41
€ 314.41
Leather / fine. Farrington explores the Pacific in search of black marlin, roosterfish, wahoo, broadbill swordfish, and many other species as he discovers the pioneers of Pacific fishing-including G. P. Seeley. Series: Blue Water Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 206 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1498.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564161451
- ISBN
- 9781564161451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.35
€ 94.35
Paperback. On 1st May 1915, the luxury ocean liner Lusitania sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. Her passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone and its submarines were bringing terror to the Atlantic. Num Pages: 448 pages, B & W photo & map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1QSAN; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552779340
- ISBN
- 9780552779340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.91
€ 14.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Provides an understanding of the modern Pacific salmon crisis and is particularly instructive as salmon conservation practices increasingly approximate those of the pre-contact Native past Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JFSL9; KNAF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991825
- ISBN
- 9780295991825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. Culminating in the 1985 Pacific Salmon Treaty, Canada and the US carried out long and contentious negotiations to provide a framework for cooperation for conserving and sharing the Pacific salmon resource. This is the history of the negotiations, providing an insider's perspective on the many complex issues that were addressed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 figures, 14 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; KNAF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811415
- ISBN
- 9780774811415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Hardcover. Contains contributions that shed light on a range of Black Sea issues: from the earliest settlements and their functions to the formation of a Russian science of classical antiquities. This work focuses on the important Greek cities, their material culture and relationship to their own rural territory and to their non-Greek neighbours. Editor(s): Bilde, Pia Guldager; Hojte, J. M.; Stolba, Vladimir F. Num Pages: 397 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QSK; HDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779340855
- ISBN
- 9788779340855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Hardcover. Editor(s): Askew, Edward S.; Bromley, James P. Num Pages: 225 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 1QSN; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606924754
- ISBN
- 9781606924754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.34€ 90.52
€ 133.34
€ 90.52
Paperback. Contains studies presented at the symposium on the status and future of large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean, which was held in Kenya by marine experts from the region. This book provides descriptions of strategies for assessing ecosystem change, including modules for productivity, fish and fisheries, and pollution and ecosystem health. Editor(s): Sherman, Kenneth; Okemwa, Ezekiel N.; Ntiba, Micheni J. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; KCM; RNF; RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632043187
- ISBN
- 9780632043187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.89
€ 173.89
Paperback. The women whose stories are told here vanished from Irish and Australian history almost two centuries ago. This book reclaims their long-forgotten history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; 1QSN; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781856359818
- ISBN
- 9781856359818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.57
€ 14.99
€ 12.57
Hardback. Evaluates the nature and effectiveness of US trade diplomacy with Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China in the 1970s and 1980s, examining the diplomatic strategies used by the US Trade Representative to enforce Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, which was designed to protect free trade and competition through investigations, negotiations, and sanctions. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSP; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405794
- ISBN
- 9780878405794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.05
€ 74.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Salmond, Amira; Raymond, Rosanna. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 1QSPS; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877372605
- ISBN
- 9781877372605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04