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Paperback. In 1990, Henry Swain sailed his 34-foot yacht Callisto to Murmansk. He had been there once before, 45 years earlier, on a Royal Navy warship escorting American merchant vessels supplying vital aid to the Soviets. U-boats lay in wait off the Russian coast and the Luftwaffe threatened attacks from bases in Norway. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWQ; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850364538
ISBN
9780850364538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna; Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241270530
ISBN
9780241270530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. Christianity and European-style monarchy - the cross and the scepter - were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. This book offers a history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161501
ISBN
9780691161501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169088
ISBN
9780691169088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Hardcover. Based on recent work and scholarly arguments about continuities and discontinuities in modern German history from Bismarck to Hitler, well-known experts broadly explore four themes. The perspectives presented in this volume have already stimulated further argument and will be of interest to anyone looking for orientation in this field of research. Editor(s): Muller, Sven Oliver; Torp, Cornelius. Translator(s): Muller, Sven Oliver; Torp, Cornelius. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 figs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Continuing Debates and New Perspectives. 384 pages, 6 figs. Editor(s): Muller, Sven Oliver; Torp, Cornelius. Based on recent work and scholarly arguments about continuities and discontinuities in modern German history from Bismarck to Hitler, well-known experts broadly explore four themes. The perspectives presented in this volume have already stimulated further argument and will be of interest to anyone looking for orientation in this field of research. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight: 604. Translator(s): Muller, Sven Oliver; Torp, Cornelius.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452528
ISBN
9780857452528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.93

Paperback. Terra Nullius is a journey across Australia's desert and into its shocking past. This lyrical book describes its landscape, flora and fauna and geology, tells the history of the country and reveals the shocking treatment of its Aboriginal peoples. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 202 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085214
ISBN
9781847085214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.30

Paperback. For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business - if all the cotton bales produced in 2013 had been stacked on top of each other they would have made a somewhat unstable tower 40,000 miles high. This is a history of the cotton in dictating the shape of our world. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTK; HBTQ; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979984
ISBN
9780141979984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39, 13 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801452130
ISBN
9780801452130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.35

Hardcover. The Medieval Fold presents a theory of the medieval subject from 1050-1215, informed by contemporary theories of subjection and power from Freud, Nietzsche, Foucault, Lacan, and Deleuze. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137000972
ISBN
9781137000972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

hardcover. Soon after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula unified in the 1860s to create a single nation, the nationalist Massimo D'Azeglio is said to have remarked, "We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians." This work draws on a broad array of sources to trace this making of a modern national identity in Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226774480
ISBN
9780226774480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGB; HBWS5; JWXN; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061672712
ISBN
9780061672712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Num Pages: 112 pages, 325 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764341755
ISBN
9780764341755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Hardcover. Drawing on archival material from Shaker members, observers, and apostates, this work offers a study of life in two of the oldest, most prominent American Shaker villages: the Harvard and Shirley communities of Massachusetts. Series: Women & Gender in North American Religions. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629061
ISBN
9780815629061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.96

Paperback. 212pp. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. Keywords: Chinese History
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
7th ed.
SKU
KON0825176
ISBN
9780697374219
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces ? Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. ? from the First World War to the federal legalization in 1969. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFH; LNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802084415
ISBN
9780802084415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.85

Hardback. Places modern slavery in its historical context, tracing the phenomenal development of the international anti-slavery movement. This book demonstrates how the problems of eradication seem greater and more intractable than they had ever been with the expansion of slaving to include forced labor, prostitution, and the exploitation of children. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103399
ISBN
9780759103399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.24

Paperback. Places modern slavery in its historical context, tracing the phenomenal development of the international anti-slavery movement. This book demonstrates how the problems of eradication seem greater and more intractable than they had ever been with the expansion of slaving to include forced labor, prostitution, and the exploitation of children. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103405
ISBN
9780759103405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.56

Paperback. Argues that nineteenth-century philhellenes inherited both an elitist, normative aesthetics and an ascetic, scholarly ethos from their Romantic predecessors; German "neohumanists" promised to reconcile these intellectual commitments, and by so doing, to revitalize education and the arts. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACV; ACX; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114781
ISBN
9780691114781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.77
€ 51.18

Paperback. This book provides the first synthetic and contextualized study of German Orientalistik, demonstrating both the richness and the dangers of this intriguing field. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 562 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 766. Religion, Race, and Scholarship. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. 560 pages, 3 b/w illus. This book provides the first synthetic and contextualized study of German Orientalistik, demonstrating both the richness and the dangers of this intriguing field. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight: 756.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521169073
ISBN
9780521169073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224. The Perfect Way to Preserve Your Family's History. 132 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTG. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 10. Weight: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Linden Publishing
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781884956256
ISBN
9781884956256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

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