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Paperback. Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word salary comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? This title tells the strange tales behind our favourite dishes and drinks and where they come from. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 b/w. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043449
- ISBN
- 9780141043449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.66
€ 20.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Slave Religion remains the preeminent sythesis of the religious life of slaves in the United States. This new edition will consider the developments in the study of slavery, the religious encounter, religious culture, and reactions to the books over the past twenty five years, as well as the ways the author would write it differently today. Num Pages: 416 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Updated ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174120
- ISBN
- 9780195174120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.78
€ 23.99
€ 21.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823205608
- ISBN
- 9780823205608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.85
€ 51.85
Paperback. This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. It has been revised and now contains a range of additional material on the history of the region since the 1990s. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 49. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860649639
- ISBN
- 9781860649639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. Featuring the history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, this book offers an insight into a perpetually troubled region. It also includes events such as 9/11, the US invasion of Iraq and the fall of the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571288014
- ISBN
- 9780571288014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.33
€ 19.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 415 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379305
- ISBN
- 9780674379305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.57
€ 54.99
€ 45.57
Paperback. Series: Asia@War. Num Pages: 104 pages, 150 photos, 5 maps & 18 profiles. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911512349
- ISBN
- 9781911512349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.97
€ 26.99
€ 19.97
Paperback. Series: Africa @ War. Num Pages: 72 pages, c 150 colour & b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 297 x 5. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294079
- ISBN
- 9781910294079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.99
€ 26.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. Presents the full text of Chief Seattle's 1887 speech delivered to Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens, and examines its origins, historical context, and twentieth-century versions and interpretations. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976334
- ISBN
- 9780295976334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. Nowhere was the Civil War as savage as it was in Missouri - and nowhere did it produce a killer more savage than William Anderson. This book examines his prewar life, explains how he became a guerrilla, and then describes the war that he and his men waged against Union soldiers and defenseless civilians alike. Num Pages: 180 pages, 21 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614349
- ISBN
- 9780700614349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.32
€ 19.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. This recollection of the Civil War documents the armies on the move and incorporates biographical sketches and stories of bravery. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 688 pages, 55 photographs, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607488
- ISBN
- 9780700607488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.48
€ 35.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. Originally published in French: Paris: Gallimard, 1958. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; GTB; HBJD; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416758
- ISBN
- 9780674416758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.18
€ 24.99
€ 21.18
Hardcover. "Publishers cloth ~ Good copy with well defined edges, very slightly stained wine cloth with gilt title on the spine and front, spine hinges are cracking but pages remain strongly bound to the cover, spine is slanted slightly. OCLC(OCoLC)ocm53334266 Subtit". Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The American Year Book Corp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1941
- SKU
- KEX0051461
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063348
- ISBN
- 9780226063348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.54
€ 47.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. Exploring the political forces that shaped Impressionism, this work proposes that at the heart of the modern is a "guilty secret" - the need of the dominant, mainly bourgeois, classes in Paris to expunge from historical memory the haunting nightmare of the Commune and its socialist ideology. Series: Princeton Series in Nineteenth-Century Art, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 162 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691015552
- ISBN
- 9780691015552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Send The Light United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780785214243
- ISBN
- 9780785214243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.11
€ 27.99
€ 24.11
Hardback. An examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany's eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi 'popular mobilisation' initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Num Pages: 382 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192853
- ISBN
- 9781845192853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. An English-language examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany's eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi 'popular mobilisation' initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Num Pages: 382 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192860
- ISBN
- 9781845192860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.45
€ 46.99
€ 41.45
Paperback. Available again with a new preface, this classic work of medieval literary scholarship argues that discussion of late-medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory, and offers instead a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212570
- ISBN
- 9780812212570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. A selection of 50 charming, heart-breaking and romantic letters sent to and from army personnel of all ranks during the First and Second World Wars. Editor(s): Parton, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x colour 8pp and integrated b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; HBW; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0009972
- ISBN
- 9781471102646
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99