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hardcover. Jeffrey Record has specialised in investigating the causes of war. In "The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler" (Potomac Books, Inc., 2006), he contended that Hitler could not have been deterred from going to war by any action the Allies could plausibly have taken. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975346
ISBN
9781597975346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.42

Paperback. This unique collection of twenty-two papers was written by Northrop Frye during his student years. Made public only after Frye's death in 1991, all but one of the essays are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626867
ISBN
9781442626867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.03
€ 57.31

Paperback. Beyond the Box is the first full-length study of the ways in which Skinner's ideas left the laboratory to become part of the post-war public's everyday lives, and chronicles both the enthusiasm and caution with which this process was received. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096180
ISBN
9780802096180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGA; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881613998
ISBN
9789881613998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monsoon Books Singapore
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810562342
ISBN
9789810562342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551587
ISBN
9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

Hardback. The account of the author's life, spent between Europe and America, is at the same time an account of his generation, one that came of age between the two World Wars. Recalling not only circumstances of his own situation but that of his friends, the author shows how this generation faced a reality that seemed fragmented.. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; BM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455842
ISBN
9781845455842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.54

Hardback. While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling life-and-lettersA" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic structures, institutions, and organizations.. Editor(s): Berghahn, Volker R.; Lassig, Simone. Series: Studies in German History. BIC Classification: 1DF; BGH; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455187
ISBN
9781845455187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.17

Hardback. Wilma and Georg Iggers came from diverse backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. This book relates their experiences of childhood and adolescence and then their lives together. It presents a history of changing conditions in US and Central Europe. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 21 ills, index. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451387
ISBN
9781845451387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Boydell Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781843833031
ISBN
9781843833031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.49

Paperback. The Prophetic Anti-Gallic Letters was published in 1836 based on Adam Thom's editorials in Montreal Herald. They were never reprinted, despite their importance. More than an anti-French, anti-Republican tract, The Anti-Gallic Letters are crucial to understanding how British North America mutated into the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771860918
ISBN
9781771860918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MQTC; MQVB; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771641029
ISBN
9781771641029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Finch Publishing Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780987419637
ISBN
9780987419637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Shiro Kashiba sparked a food revolution by bringing sushi to Seattle. Today, his inspiration comes from the Pacific Northwest's bounty. Num Pages: 320 pages, Color and B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chin Music Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984457625
ISBN
9780984457625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.95

Hardback. In Bed with the Badge is this generation's Burning Bed. Ms. Joyce and her brother, Raymond, tell the bloodcurdling story of how their father, Ray Sheehan, a retired NYPD detective, turned wife-beating into an art form by utilizing the very tactics he was taught in the police force. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Changing Lives Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984304714
ISBN
9780984304714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. An exquisite blend of memoir and nature writing, River House is one young woman's story about returning home. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982569139
ISBN
9780982569139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.94

Hardback. A three-part memoir from Jean Govoni Salvadore. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 Colour, 32 B&W. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Glitterati Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982379929
ISBN
9780982379929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nightboat Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982264522
ISBN
9780982264522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. A firsthand account of previously almost inaccessible eastern Greenland Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JF; BJ; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 108 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Independent Publisher United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982170304
ISBN
9780982170304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.49

Hardback. Merv Griffin became the richest man in TV, befriended everyone in media who mattered, bought a casino, and maintained a secret life as America's most famously closeted homosexual. This book tell his story. Num Pages: 525 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
Number of pages
525
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978646509
ISBN
9780978646509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 253 x 14. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Process United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976082217
ISBN
9780976082217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Process United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976082200
ISBN
9780976082200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.01

Hardback. Just as essential to Theodore Roosevelt's accession to the Presidency as his charge up San Juan Hill was his election as Governor of New York four months later. A defeat would have seriously set back and perhaps even destroyed his chances to gain the White House. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHF; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 29. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966157017
ISBN
9780966157017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.90

Paperback. The story of a most unusual man, Dambom, his yacht "Gossip" and his family who grew to love and crew her through many adventures both home and abroad. Num Pages: 203 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954275006
ISBN
9780954275006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.98

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