Places & peoples: general & pictorial works
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Places & peoples: general & pictorial works
Paperback. Like Siberia and the Sahara, Patagonia has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. Its frontiers have stretched beyond the political boundaries of Argentina and Chile to encompass an evocative idea of place. This book is a cultural history of Patagonia, looking at myths and legends it has inspired. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps & 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955382
- ISBN
- 9781904955382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.30
€ 19.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. Presents the portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, but also of the dynasty and culture which created it. This work unravels the plots, coups, wars, assassinations, invasions and counter-coups of three hundred years of history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FMT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955010521
- ISBN
- 9780955010521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.43
€ 19.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sanderson Books Limited United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954802431
- ISBN
- 9780954802431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.12
€ 8.12
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Halsgrove United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841147789
- ISBN
- 9781841147789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Hardcover. Chronicles the Omo Valleys fast-vanishing and excruciatingly hard way of life, focusing on the fifteen or so tribes who live there. This book features photographs that portray painted bodies, battles, hunts and childrens games. Num Pages: 464 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 372 x 61. Weight in Grams: 5202.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500543351
- ISBN
- 9780500543351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.14€ 87.95
€ 110.14
€ 87.95
Paperback. A wonderful compendium of bizarre and curious stories from Scottish myth and history Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780274096
- ISBN
- 9781780274096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; AJC; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956703
- ISBN
- 9780750956703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
€ 19.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AJC; KNPR; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887520
- ISBN
- 9781845887520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.16
€ 21.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sigma Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850589655
- ISBN
- 9781850589655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.45
€ 11.99
€ 11.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, c.80 colour photographs. BIC Classification: WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Ness Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906549138
- ISBN
- 9781906549138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.13
€ 6.13
Paperback. London continues to fascinate a vast audience across the world, and an extensive, diverse literature now exists describing and analyzing this metropolis. The central question - what is London? - has produced many answers but none of them, the author argues, uncovers the complex ways in which knowledge is constructed in the diverse attempts.. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; RG; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818034
- ISBN
- 9781571818034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Paperback. Did you know Chinese don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This title provides a guide to China's sociable and friendly people and their complex and often contradictory society. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973178
- ISBN
- 9781907973178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Paperback. Kuki Gallmann's memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s, first with her husband Paulo, and then alone. This book is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the spirit of Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141033181
- ISBN
- 9780141033181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. A guided tour of the historic town of Bicester, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries. Series: History Tour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; AJC; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445655796
- ISBN
- 9781445655796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.95
€ 16.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MX Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 126
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907685705
- ISBN
- 9781907685705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.94
€ 32.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Offers an account of an Englishman's life abroad. This book describes among other curiosities, a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters who lie in wait in bars and on boules courts. Num Pages: 256 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140242669
- ISBN
- 9780140242669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. Series: Picturing Scotland. Num Pages: 80 pages, c.80 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Ness Publishing
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906549169
- ISBN
- 9781906549169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.13
€ 6.13
Paperback. Shows Ireland in all its beauty. From well-loved spots to seldom-seen vistas, this little book covers the whole of the Emerald Isle from Ulster North to Munster South, from Giant's Causeway to the Cliffs of Moher. Num Pages: 256 pages, 176 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783614233
- ISBN
- 9781783614233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.30
€ 16.30
Paperback. Glasgow city has been the silent witness to some of the most significant events. This title presents such notable events as the launching of the Queen Mary, the victorious 16-month work-in campaign by the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the early 1970s, the Ibrox disaster of 1971 and the plague that gripped the Gorbals in 1900. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845966782
- ISBN
- 9781845966782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardback. Focuses on the London's royal buildings. This title includes the glorious palaces of kings and queens, their places of worship and repose, the parks they laid out and the institutions they patronised. It features pictures of Royal London with finest details. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814385428
- ISBN
- 9789814385428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Hardcover. Lake District Mountain Landscape is a spectacular photographic perspective on the Lake District from award-winning mountain photographer and filmmaker Alastair Lee. With an emphasis on the mountain heights, Lee captures the majesty of the 'English Alps' in all seasons and conditions with 360-degree panoramas in ethereal light from the high peaks. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour photography throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; AJC; RGBS; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 343 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910240182
- ISBN
- 9781910240182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 28.07
€ 28.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. The vicuna is a small camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes. This book tells the story of the vicuna, portraying the graceful animal in its natural habitat, underscoring its aura of legend and its role in the life and economy of the local communities, and focusing on the complexities of its existence and the efforts to save it. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSX; AJC; AKTX; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 289 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1664.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857213866
- ISBN
- 9788857213866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.57€ 53.73
€ 69.57
€ 53.73
Paperback. Textiles Fiestas of Mexico is at once a celebration of Mexican folklife and a practical guide to finding the best collector textiles in the country. Num Pages: 120 pages, 200 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AKT; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 256 x 11. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Thrums Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996447584
- ISBN
- 9780996447584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.87
€ 30.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Takes you through various words you need to survive, shows how and why they work, and steers you past various pitfalls and potential embarrassments of speaking French in France. This title covers various areas of everyday life from eating and drinking to travel, work and, crucially, and, swearing and sounding like a teenager. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; CJBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846140525
- ISBN
- 9781846140525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13