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hardcover. Documents the period from 1 January through 30 April 1794, a time when Washington continued to focus his efforts as president on preventing the United States from becoming entangled in the continuing war between France and Great Britain. Editor(s): Hoth, David R. Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 maps, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928463
ISBN
9780813928463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

hardcover. Documents the period from 1 June through 31 August 1793, a time when Washington focused his efforts as president on keeping the United States neutral during the war between France and Great Britain. The greatest challenge came from the presence in US ports of both British and French privateers and their prizes. Editor(s): Crackel, Theodore J.; Patrick, Christine Sternberg. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 figure, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926346
ISBN
9780813926346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; BK; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086419
ISBN
9781847086419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This title brings together Benjamin's major works, including "Unpacking My Library"; "One-Way Street"; "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"; and, "Brief History of Photography". Translator(s): Underwood, J.A. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189475
ISBN
9780141189475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794272
ISBN
9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 140.90

Paperback. 1890-1892. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. 400 pages, illustrations. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It covers the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, and his stoical acceptance of constant pain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 21. Weight: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794258
ISBN
9780814794258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. In the summer of 1936, W H Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a travel book, but found themselves capturing concerns on a scale that were far more international. This is a collaboration in poetry and prose, reportage and correspondence, published in 1937 with the Spanish Civil War newly in progress. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283521
ISBN
9780571283521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Raffle, William. Series: Reason to Revolution. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 Frontispiece ill, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911512196
ISBN
9781911512196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192246
ISBN
9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Stay Human. 178 pages, Illustrations. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight: 170. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela.
Publisher
Kube Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
178
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847740199
ISBN
9781847740199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Whether bemoaning some domestic travail, commenting publicly on the state of the nation, or discussing cultural, artistic or personal concerns, this volume displays the author's courage and brilliance, her generosity and love of gossip, and also her genius for close and enduring friendship. Editor(s): Banks, Joanne Trautmann. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518242
ISBN
9780099518242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. "There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden Editor(s): Jansen, Leo; Luijten, Hans; Bakker, Nienke. Num Pages: 880 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 195 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209471
ISBN
9780300209471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811960
ISBN
9781554811960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.64

Hardback. Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Translator(s): Spengler, Jessica. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509510580
ISBN
9781509510580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardback. 'It's a life of the two of us.' The complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Num Pages: 488 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271085
ISBN
9781783271085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478088
ISBN
9780953478088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa. Editor(s): Fairhead, James; Geysbeek, Tim; Holsoe, Svend E.; Leach, Melissa. Num Pages: 504 pages, 39 b&w photos, 11 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; BJ; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253341945
ISBN
9780253341945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Together for the first time in one volume: the bestselling Love Letters of Great Men and Love Letters of Great Women Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330515139
ISBN
9780330515139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men.. Editor(s): Doyle, Ursula. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230739468
ISBN
9780230739468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Hamowy, Ronald. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 65. Weight in Grams: 1618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
1064
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971295
ISBN
9780865971295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback. Charts the author's experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. This title describes a battlefield a world away from what he and any of his comrades had experienced before. It explains the bewildering pace of technological change as weapons such as gas and hand grenades entered the fray. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455792
ISBN
9780752455792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The letters in volume 2 cover Renouf's years as Tutor to the son of the Comte de Vaulchier in France and, from 1850, there are frequent trips to Switzerland. Editor(s): Cathcart, Kevin J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621755
ISBN
9781900621755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.85
€ 51.10

Hardback. This extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; Veit, Helen E.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 64. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416069
ISBN
9781421416069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.37
€ 111.57

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