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Paperback. A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138602
ISBN
9780349138602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816530113
ISBN
9780816530113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Hardback. Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JFCV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768861
ISBN
9780226768861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 79.10

Paperback. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters-climbing ladders and manipulating hoses-with the mundane technologies-maps and accounting charts-of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor. Num Pages: 440 pages, 31, 2 black & white line drawings, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKSW2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407623
ISBN
9781421407623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.41

Hardback. Providing an account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this book examines the range of dietary literature of the Renaissance. Ken Albala reveals the working of the Renaissance mind through the exploration of Renaissance ideas on food. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 324 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. Providing an account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this book examines the range of dietary literature of the Renaissance. Ken Albala reveals the working of the Renaissance mind through the exploration of Renaissance ideas on food. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX; MBNH3. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 27. Weight: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229471
ISBN
9780520229471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.90

Hardback. The process of transforming bamboo into paper involves production-related and social skills, as well as the everyday skills that allowed Sichuan papermakers to survive in an era of tumultuous change. This book charts the vicissitudes of a rural community of papermakers in Sichuan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032880
ISBN
9780674032880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140935
ISBN
9780231140935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140928
ISBN
9780231140928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Eating Bitterness reveals what the Great Leap Forward meant for ordinary men and women in Maoist China. Editor(s): Manning, Kimberley Ens; Wemheuer, Felix. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817271
ISBN
9780774817271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750943734
ISBN
9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Num Pages: 304 pages, two 8 page black/white photo inserts. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312563233
ISBN
9780312563233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

This book is based on the World War II diaries of Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Reg Heffron. The reader follows Heffron through initial training, his wartime posting to No.622 Squadron, and the fear and trials of operational flying, off duty antics, training rookie crews, and finally, the joyous return home to his family in Australia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 89 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347894
ISBN
9780764347894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. This is a guide to the Eastern Question, the problem that faced the European states of how to react to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The book examines the impact of the Napoleonic wars, the Greek War of Independence, the Crimean War and the Eastern Crisis of 1876-8. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582291959
ISBN
9780582291959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HRAX; HRCC8; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300196788
ISBN
9780300196788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. "Remarkable personal journals..revealing the combat experience of the German-Russian War as seldom seen before. Witness to unspeakable carnage at the front, this is a harrowing yet poignant story."-Military Times Editor(s): Alexander, Christine (University of New South Wales University of New South Wales, Sydney Scientia Professor of English, University of New South Wales University of New South Wales, Sydney University of New South Wales, Sydney University of New South Wales, Sydney); Kunze, Mason. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612002187
ISBN
9781612002187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.08

Hardcover. First biography of a sniper awarded The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Num Pages: 192 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Greenhill Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784382162
ISBN
9781784382162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
305
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811734424
ISBN
9780811734424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.41

Hardcover. 502pp. Index. Maps
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Methuen young books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Edition
New Edition
SKU
KON0826305
ISBN
9780416159905
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New Europe Books United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997316926
ISBN
9780997316926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.76

paperback. Addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegrations of the communist regimes in 1989. This book considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939, through World War II and the era of socialism. Editor(s): Ramet, Sabrina Petra. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780253212566
ISBN
9780253212566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

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