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Paperback. The author grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World War, in peacetime he lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory began to fail, he embarked on a quest to unravel his story once and for all. In this book, he tells his story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ; VFJB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 239 x 43. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703158
- ISBN
- 9781784703158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Hardcover. This is an annotated translation of a Dutch account book recording trade with Native Americans in Ulster County, New York from 1712 to 1732. It documents and analyses 2,000 exchanges in intercultural commercial dealings in the mid-Hudson River Valley. Includes profiles of 40 named and identified Native Americans. Editor(s): Smith, Michael; Waterman, Kees-Jan. Translator(s): Waterman, Kees-Jan. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633167
- ISBN
- 9780815633167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.36
€ 46.36
Hardcover. Kees van Dijk traces the emergence of superpowers during the colonial race and analyzes their conduct as they struggled for territory. Series: Global Asia. Num Pages: 526 pages, 0 black and white; 36 full color. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBJQ; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 34. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089644206
- ISBN
- 9789089644206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.79
€ 193.79
Hardcover. Situating the politics of invention at the intersection of politics, law, and technology, Gispen (U. of Mississippi) describes how it occupied German inventors, industrial scientists, patent experts, business executives, and sometimes even the country's political leaders for the better part of a cen Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812421
- ISBN
- 9781571812421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.71
€ 166.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489969
- ISBN
- 9780801489969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454196
- ISBN
- 9780801454196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615465
- ISBN
- 9781442615465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. First edition - Very good copy - KAW0045 - 19pp. - Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs Melbourne
- Number of pages
- 19
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KCK0001979
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran. Editor(s): Keddie, Nikki R.; Matthee, Rudi. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982069
- ISBN
- 9780295982069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Jurists of the nascent Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafi'i legal schools frequently compared marriage to purchase and divorce to manumission. This title presents an analysis of how these jurists conceptualized marriage - its rights and obligations - using the same rhetoric of ownership used to describe slavery. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH; JFSJ; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050594
- ISBN
- 9780674050594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.60€ 50.34
€ 54.60
€ 50.34
paperback. Although the Japanese interregnum was brief, its dramatic commencement and equally dramatic conclusion represented a watershed in the history of the young state of Sarawak. This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Ooi, Keat Ooi. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 1010 pages, Illustrations, maps,1 plan. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 volume work
- Number of pages
- 1010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801998
- ISBN
- 9780896801998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 82.07
€ 84.37
€ 82.07
Olympics in Athens 1896: The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games
Kcvo Cmg Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861973429
- ISBN
- 9781861973429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBBWF; HBJF; HBJK; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816681129
- ISBN
- 9780816681129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. An absolutely unique book, this is the Second World War in Burma as seen through the eyes of ordinary Japanese soldiers Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BG; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- W&N LOndon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304359783
- ISBN
- 9780304359783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Explains why the workers at the Ashio copper mine joined together for three days of rioting against the Furukawa Company in February 1907. In the course of this historical analysis, this book takes on some of the most influential critical perspectives on Japanese social and labour history. It will interest scholars of labour history. Editor(s): Gordon, Andrew. Translator(s): Boardman, Terry. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 figures, 2 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JPWF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320180
- ISBN
- 9780822320180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
hardcover. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this book is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Its historical scope is broad, touching upon most aspects of life and drawing upon little known Chinese and Japanese sources. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages, index, supplementary references, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714969
- ISBN
- 9780804714969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Paperback. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714976
- ISBN
- 9780804714976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Hardcover. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 11 illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295998336
- ISBN
- 9780295998336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPB; LNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 92
- SKU
- V9788323328988
- ISBN
- 9788323328988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788156
- ISBN
- 9780762788156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.64
€ 17.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. "Intimate and brave .. a testament to how love soldiers on."-People Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWS5; JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350623
- ISBN
- 9780393350623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
€ 17.99
€ 14.51
Hardcover. When SPC Kayla Williams and SGT Brian McGough met at a mountain outpost in Iraq in 2003, only their verbal sparring could have betrayed a hint of attraction. Neither could have predicted the sequence of events that would shape their lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239362
- ISBN
- 9780393239362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.64
€ 27.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493057
- ISBN
- 9781908493057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.64
€ 19.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. Writer and historian Kaye Jones has investigated the case of Christiana Edmunds, a seemingly demure middle-class young lady who suddenly started sending out poisoned chocolates to fellow residents of Brighton in 1871. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593752
- ISBN
- 9781781593752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21