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paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Library of America
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598533514
ISBN
9781598533514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.06

Paperback. A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Edition
None, a New Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872865273
ISBN
9780872865273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107309
ISBN
9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Editor(s): McDowell, Deborah E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199539079
ISBN
9780199539079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595847
ISBN
9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780451529947
ISBN
9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Translated from the Greek by Nicholas Coureas. Together with an anthology of Greeks texts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries realting to Cyprus, and translated by Hans A. Pohlsander. Editor(s): Orphanides, Andreas G.; Wallace, Paul W. Translator(s): Coureas, Dr. Nicholas; Pohlsander, Hans A. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 196. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
21st Elementary School Stavrou Cyprus
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9789963080922
ISBN
9789963080922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, 24 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763507806
ISBN
9788763507806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.36
€ 46.30

Hardcover. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137275448
ISBN
9781137275448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Hardcover. In this work, overviews of the relevant literature on modern life, as well as empirical case studies, appear alongside theoretical and methodological reflections. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817778
ISBN
9781571817778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.36

Hardcover. Through case studies of prominent cultural products, this book takes a longitudinal approach to the influence and conceptualization of the Civil War in democratic Spain. Stafford explores the stories told about the war during the transition to democracy and how these narratives have morphed in light of the polemics about historical memory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501493
ISBN
9781137501493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. In recentyears controversy has surrounded the narrative turn in history and the historical turn in fiction. This book clarifies what is at stake, tracing connections between historiography and life-writing, arguing that the challenges posed in representing the past illuminate issues which are central to all literary narrative." Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBAH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349314133
ISBN
9781349314133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Hardback. A sustained and systematic study of the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of states is highly topical and extremely relevant in the context of the accelerating processes of Europeanization and globalization. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Eriksonas, Linas; Mycock, Andrew. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454241
ISBN
9781845454241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.19

Hardback. Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes, but when serious illnesses strike, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine.. Editor(s): Fischer-Nebmaier, Wladimir; Berg, Matthew P.; Christou, Anastasia. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387756
ISBN
9781782387756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.32

Paperback. To what extent does peoplehood make sense today? Can plural societies tell "national stories" without marginalising their minorities? Should historians be concerned with stories of peoplehood? This book offers theoretical reflections on the narrative character of national identities and studies of the contexts in which they emerged. Editor(s): Boss, Michael. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345690
ISBN
9788779345690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.01

Paperback. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now. Editor(s): Duvall, John N.; Marzec, Robert P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH5; DSK; HBJK; JPWL2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417387
ISBN
9781421417387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.83

Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044721
ISBN
9781849044721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Hardback. This work centres on the post-Roman period of Narbonne and its territory, up to its capture by the Arabs in 720, encompassing not only recent archaeological findings but also perspectives of French, Spanish and Catalan historiography that have fashioned distinct national narratives. Seeking to remove Narbonne from any subsequent birth of France. Num Pages: 304 pages, Includes 5 b&w illustrations and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3D; 3F; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409455349
ISBN
9781409455349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.03

Hardback. In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. This book addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448572
ISBN
9780752448572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750969758
ISBN
9780750969758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

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