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Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919195
ISBN
9780813919195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Paperback. The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations , maps , ports. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 424.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007120222
ISBN
9780007120222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.91

Through the ages, salt has conferred status, preserved foods, and mingled in the blood, sweat, and tears of humanity. Mixing literary analysis, history, biology, physics, economics, art history, political science, chemistry, and linguistics, this book talks about the everyday substance that rocked the world and brings zest to the ordinary. Translator(s): Mader, Mary Beth. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121989
ISBN
9780231121989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.36

Hardcover. The production, distribution, consumption and taxation of salt has been important to the development of societies and states worldwide. This book attempts to place the history of salt as a human commodity on a global perspective and focuses in particular on China. Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333537596
ISBN
9780333537596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.70

Paperback. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBT; KCZ; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822961802
ISBN
9780822961802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 50.31

Paperback. A study of memory regimes in popular and official Chilean thought. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6147 x 3810 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340034
ISBN
9780822340034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in slightly worn original cloth . Maritime History.The Sea.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Putnam New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1929
Edition
Seventh Impression
SKU
KEX0254504
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, the author blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a tale. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNF; WB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 348 320pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage London
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
9780099281993
ISBN
9780099281993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. Explores the men behind what was once the largest industrial building in the world. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445657530
ISBN
9781445657530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.91

Paperback. Offers a look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030688
ISBN
9780674030688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Reviews the contribution of the volunteers who left Britain to serve with the Republican Medical Services during the Spanish Civil War. This title acknowledges the immense effort and self-sacrifice made by men and women from all walks of life who, working ceaselessly in the rearguard, made it possible for the medical teams to function in Spain. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195199
ISBN
9781845195199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646749
ISBN
9780691646749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Zapruder, Ms. Alexandra. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205992
ISBN
9780300205992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Reconstructing religious motivation, conviction and behaviour in early modern Europe, this text shows the shifting perspectives of authorities willing to kill, martyrs willing to die, martyrologists eager to memorialize and controversialists keen to dispute. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8 halftones, 28 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM7; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007048
ISBN
9780674007048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK; HBW; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927527221
ISBN
9781927527221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest. This title draws on police logs, court records, and newspaper accounts to create a picture of the lives of these men and youths - their sexual practices, cultural networks, and more. Num Pages: 335 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240483
ISBN
9780520240483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6, 5 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501702372
ISBN
9781501702372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.59

Hardcover. This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed between East and West during the Cold War as well as the much broader circulation of cultural products that was instigated and sustained by these practices. Editor(s): Kind-Kovacs, Friederike; Labov, Jessie. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBTW; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455857
ISBN
9780857455857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.34

Paperback. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691619149
ISBN
9780691619149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.15

Hardcover. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654218
ISBN
9780691654218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.55

Paperback. This volume offers a biography of Samuel Adams, the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. Series: American Profiles. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521155
ISBN
9780742521155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

Sheet map, folded. .
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844918089
ISBN
9781844918089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
160
SKU
V9788323336990
ISBN
9788323336990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. From Kurosawa's epic "Seven Samurai" to the figure of Darth Vader in "Star Wars", to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai inspires us. This book lets us discover the truth behind the legend. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bantam Press.
Condition
New
SKU
9780553825282
ISBN
9780553825282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

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