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paperback. Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; BTP; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571219445
ISBN
9780571219445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571290697
ISBN
9780571290697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. With characteristic balance, this book describes the long retreat and final dissolution of the British Empire. It traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 190 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571290703
ISBN
9780571290703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.34

Paperback. Stones of Empire brings together two leading authors in a very personal investigation of the British architectural legacy in India. The text and photographs illustrate the buildings both as objects and as reflections of an empire's mingled emotions, charting a unique enterprise in architecture, engineering, and social adaptation. Num Pages: 244 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805966
ISBN
9780192805966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.83

Paperback. An impassioned work on the magnificent but often maddening city called Venice. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571168972
ISBN
9780571168972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Taking into account both Social Register and slum, this title celebrates New York's Golden Age as a place where, for one unrepeatable moment in history, anything seemed possible. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571241781
ISBN
9780571241781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This book portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and rascals. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571290710
ISBN
9780571290710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119947
ISBN
9780140119947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. With characteristic exuberance and sparkling prose, the author guides us through the history, people and geography of a fascinating and colourful Sydney. He takes us on the city's journey from penal colony to world-class metropolis, as lively it describes. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571241798
ISBN
9780571241798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926991320
ISBN
9781926991320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, colour postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926991177
ISBN
9781926991177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Gorski, A.; Orton, L. D. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920862285
ISBN
9780920862285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations, 55 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP1; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319224879
ISBN
9783319224879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.86

Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Clean copy in good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ww Norton Company Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Edition
Seventh Edition
SKU
KRF0010577
ISBN
9780393098037
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752425085
ISBN
9780752425085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Hansen, Jan; Helm, Christian; Reichherzer, Frank. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504803
ISBN
9783593504803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.75
€ 44.15

Paperback. This is the first book to assess Foucault's importance for the understanding and writing of history. It ranges across the entire spectrum of Foucault's work - antiquity, genealogies of culture, the self and subject, madness, the state and sexuality. Editor(s): Goldstein, Jan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631170082
ISBN
9780631170082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.04

Hardcover. The classic Junkers Ju 52/3m has been used by nearly 30 countries around the world as an airliner/freight carrier. Easy to fly and maintain, thousands were used by Luftwaffe during WWII, dropping paratroopers and delivering supplies on every front. Postwar the Ju 52 was used by numerous countries. About 50 survive with less than 10 still flying. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 colour and 119 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBW; JWG; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555156
ISBN
9781781555156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.45

Paperback. 8vo. . Good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper



Early ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Horizons, 1962.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Edition
First British Edition
SKU
KEX0283050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. This edition of the classic work on the history of science and French intellectual history gives the reader the chance to revisit the rise of psychiatry in 19th-century France, the shape it took and why, and its importance both then and in contemporary society. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301617
ISBN
9780226301617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Series: The English Kitchen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Prospect Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909248366
ISBN
9781909248366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Hardback. "First published in German as Dekolonisation by Jan C. Jansen and Jeurgen Osterhammel, A Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, Meunchen 2013"--Title page verso. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KJ; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTV; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 282 x 29. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165219
ISBN
9780691165219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, 8 Double-sided page coloured photos. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Protea Book House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781485302599
ISBN
9781485302599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. "This is Birmingham: A glimpse of the city's secret treasures". Illustrator(s): Bowman, Jan. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour, throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBT; JNLB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 221 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Waverley Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902407937
ISBN
9781902407937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

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