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Hardcover. An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Dictatorship and Demand shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016989
ISBN
9780674016989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.18
€ 65.85

Hardback. Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents-most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers-this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32, 13 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 2ACD; CFB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418285
ISBN
9781421418285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.58

Hardcover. Considers how ceramic vessels in Greece and the rest of the Eastern Mediterranean were made, used and stayed in use serving various secondary purposes, before finally being discarded. This title focuses on evidence from Roman Italy, which raises the question of the impact of similar cultural forces on pottery from other periods and places. Editor(s): Lawall, Mark L.; Lund, John. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345874
ISBN
9788779345874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Paperback. Examining the many regime changes that took place in occupied Ukraine during WWI. This book traces the similarities among the various occupying forces as well as the important differences that shaped the individual regimes. It also provides historical background to events in Ukraine, and offers lessons on the problems faced by occupying powers. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987538
ISBN
9780295987538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, the author blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a tale. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNF; WB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 348 320pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage London
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
9780099281993
ISBN
9780099281993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Hardcover. From the New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239614
ISBN
9780393239614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353709
ISBN
9780393353709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626, he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New York was a city known for its oysters. This book presents the story of this city. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477594
ISBN
9780099477594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He shows how the most profitable fish in history is faced with extinction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WBT; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268703
ISBN
9780099268703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Paperback. They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC. Their forbidden tongue is equally mysterious, it is related to no other, but today the Basques are enjoying what may be the most important cultural renaissance in their long existence. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284130
ISBN
9780099284130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Hardback. Beginning in 2003, this intimate narrative includes the experiential accounts of approximately 70 Iraqi civilians, politicians, former dissidents, and present insurgents, enhanced by Kukis's compelling individual portraits. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156929
ISBN
9780231156929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. "A tour de force." - Vladimir Steffel, Ohio State University Num Pages: 399 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442600041
ISBN
9781442600041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749073
ISBN
9780198749073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.81

Paperback. Faction Displayed: Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell features a collection of essays that examine the turbulent partisan culture during Queen Anne s reign that ensued as a result of the 1710 parliamentary trial of English clergyman Henry Sacheverell. Editor(s): Knights, Mark. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444361872
ISBN
9781444361872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Paperback. Narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. This book charts the reigns of six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of seventeenth-century Britons to the core. Editor(s): Cannadine, Mr David. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
11.1.1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140148275
ISBN
9780140148275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-page b&w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lyons Press Connecticut
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592289424
ISBN
9781592289424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062654120
ISBN
9780062654120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725461
ISBN
9780674725461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52
€ 56.63

Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053342
ISBN
9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

CD-Audio. At midnight on 4 August, Britain had declared war on Germany. In this audio compilation, troops of the British Expeditionary Force vividly recall the exhausting retreat from Mons, the success at the Marne, and the first battle of Ypres, where the Territorials arrived in bright red London buses. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910281239
ISBN
9781910281239
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.84

CD-Audio. A collection of historic recordings covering the events of 1915, from the first Zeppelin raids to the ultimate failure at Gallipoli. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785290152
ISBN
9781785290152
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268032692
ISBN
9780268032692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Hardcover. Examines the response of presidents, from Harry Truman to Lyndon Johnson, to dissent within their own Mr White fashions a provocative interpretation of America's role in the cold war and questions about the potential effectiveness of policies that might have been. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637442
ISBN
9781566637442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

Hardcover. Series: American University Studies, Series 9: History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 maps, 16 ill. BIC Classification: HBLX; HR; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017563
ISBN
9780820412627
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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