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Hardcover. Of the 400,000 German-speaking Jews that escaped the Third Reich, about 16,000 ended up in Shanghai, China. This groundbreaking volume gathers 20 years of interviews with over 100 former Shanghai refugees. It offers a moving collective portrait of courage, culture shock, persistence, and enduring hope in the face of unimaginable hardships. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBTD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137006707
ISBN
9781137006707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 47.89

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612000763
ISBN
9781612000763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.97

Paperback. Uncovers the true story behind three daring but unsuccessful British SF operations to destroy Argentina's Exocets. Num Pages: 314 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBWS; JWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473872103
ISBN
9781473872103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 92 color images. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; AJC; HBWS4; HBWS5; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1355.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348938
ISBN
9780764348938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. The Tunisian Campaign, 1942-43. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 221 pages, 15 b/w photos & 10 maps. In the sands of North Africa during the early years of WWII, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel burnished his reputation as the Desert Fox. After a string of successes, Rommel's fortunes began to sour with the battles of El Alamein, where the British under Bernard Montgomery halted Axis expansion. This book deals with the exit of Rommel. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 5. Weight: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811733816
ISBN
9780811733816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.98

Hardback. First edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0584 - 66pp. - Australian national catholic action, Melbourne
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Australian national catholic action Melbourne
Number of pages
66
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCK0002518
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.72

Paperback. In April 1791 the "Queen" sailed from Cobh in Cork with the first cargo of Irish convicts destined for New South Wales. During the next 76 years, Ireland supplied 40,000 of all the convicts transported to Australia. This book looks at what happened to these exiles. Editor(s): Reece, Bob (Senior Lecturer in History, Murdoch University, Australia). Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations, plates, appendices, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; HBTQ; HBTR; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333564370
ISBN
9780333564370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardback. Explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119755
ISBN
9780691119755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.12
€ 68.86

Paperback. Despite reports of exile proving disastrous to the region, 300,000 Russian subjects, from political dissidents to the elderly and mentally disabled, were deported to Siberia from 1823-61. Their stories of physical and psychological suffering, heroism and personal resurrection, are recounted in this compelling history of tsarist Siberian exile. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323791
ISBN
9781349323791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

Hardcover. Despite reports of exile proving disastrous to the region, 300,000 Russian subjects, from political dissidents to the elderly and mentally disabled, were deported to Siberia from 1823-61. Their stories of physical and psychological suffering, heroism and personal resurrection, are recounted in this compelling history of tsarist Siberian exile. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJ; HBLL; JKVP; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273269
ISBN
9780230273269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358694
ISBN
9781349358694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Hardcover. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCS; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230536937
ISBN
9780230536937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

Paperback. This interdisciplinary anthology highlights exiled/alienated women in literature, history, and cinema. Contributors investigate when and how women from diverse backgrounds have been relegated to the margins in order to shed light on the state of alienhood that stems from gendered otherness. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349342549
ISBN
9781349342549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. 8vo Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Good. First UK Edition. Keywords: China - Asia - History and politics - Exile. Translated by Gearailt Mac Eoin, this is Pádraic Ó Conaire's only finished novel
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
M.Joseph
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KON0515338
ISBN
9780718106195
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket
Publisher
M.Joseph
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAS0001930
ISBN
9780718106195
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Featuring a wide range of valuable case studies, Exhibiting the German Past offers a unique perspective on the developing relationship between museums and visual media. Editor(s): McIsaac, Peter M.; Mueller, Gabriele. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APF; GM; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649651
ISBN
9781442649651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Hardback. This exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBTB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774831635
ISBN
9780774831635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658116040
ISBN
9783658116040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137384430
ISBN
9781137384430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Paperback. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349480906
ISBN
9781349480906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JMH; JMP; MBPK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172301
ISBN
9780231172301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.76

Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163088
ISBN
9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 90.75

Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163095
ISBN
9780231163095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

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