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Paperback. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, Berlin has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. In this book, the author takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970836
ISBN
9780241970836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813136134
ISBN
9780813136134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.16

Hardback. Taking us from World War I Berlin to the Third Reich and beyond to 1940s Palestine and 1950s New York - and to the influential work of the Frankfurt School - this book traces the network of artists and psychoanalysts that began in Germany and continued in exile. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258372
ISBN
9780520258372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardcover. This text on Berlin charts the Nazi-Communist struggle of the Weimar Republic; the grandeur, both public and architectural, of the Third Reich; and the city's battering by Allied and Soviet forces. "Focus on the Cold War" looks at the partition, and eventual reunion, of East and West Berlin. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1700 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 222 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2248. 472 pages, 1700 illustrations. This text on Berlin charts the Nazi-Communist struggle of the Weimar Republic; the grandeur, both public and architectural, of the Third Reich; and the city's battering by Allied and Soviet forces. "Focus on the Cold War" looks at the partition, and eventual reunion, of East and West Berlin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Dimension: 304 x 222 x 34. Weight: 2248.
Publisher
After the Battle
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913723
ISBN
9780900913723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.94
€ 50.22

Paperback. The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224589
ISBN
9781780224589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032399
ISBN
9780141032399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Hardcover. Berlin Then and Now features the dramatic changes wrought by the Nazi building programme, Allied bombing, Cold War division and the post-reunification building boom. Series: Then and Now. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 288 x 17. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Pavilion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910904787
ISBN
9781910904787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACND; BGA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427853
ISBN
9780674427853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472086870
ISBN
9780472086870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.48

Hardcover. Illustrated with more than a hundred photographs, this is a comprehensive history of Berry College, located in northwest Georgia. It tells how Martha Berry's founding vision - to educate the head, the heart, and the hands - evolved to meet the challenges of each new generation. The book will be of interest to historians and scholars, among others. Num Pages: 256 pages, 101 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBT; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327587
ISBN
9780820327587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 43.39

Hardcover. Bertram Windle was a doctor, a scientist, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, a writer on English literature and evolution, and President of Queen's/University College Cork. During his time in Ireland between 1904 and 1919, he had a major impact on the development of higher education and the development of the National University of Ireland. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports., plans, facsim. BIC Classification: BM; HBJD1; JNM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754. 20th Century Ireland. 352pp
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184738
ISBN
9781859184738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. In Albania and Kosovo, Muslims sheltered, at grave risk to themselves and their families, not only the Jews of their cities and villages, but thousands of Jews fleeing the Nazis from other European countries. This book includes these stories of heroism and shows the compassionate side of ordinary people in saving Jews. Num Pages: 160 pages, 66 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609346
ISBN
9780815609346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.37

Hardcover. A notalgic illustrated history of the British seasidde, in the vein of Aurum's own Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds and Britain's Lost Railways. Num Pages: 192 pages, Colour and b/w images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 296 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781313053
ISBN
9781781313053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.31

Paperback. Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo, BBC Samuel Johnson Prize winner Barbara Demick. revisits her compelling account of living in a city under fire. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084118
ISBN
9781847084118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. * A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England. Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115894
ISBN
9780349115894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Hardcover. Editor(s): Banash, Stan. Num Pages: 366 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666764
ISBN
9780940666764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666771
ISBN
9780940666771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. 8vo.Very good copy. First edition. Irish Politics and Politicans.20th Century Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Institute of Public Administration
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310249
ISBN
9781904541585
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470631928
ISBN
9780470631928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.66

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626361225
ISBN
9781626361225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.06

Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original wrappers.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Publisher
Gollancz
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0270027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Trine Day
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240932
ISBN
9781634240932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.75

paperback. Argues that France has done more damage to the Middle East than any other country. This book also argues that one aim of these policies was to sponsor the Arabs' belief that they could be incorporated into a Franco-Arab power bloc that might one day rival the United States. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Encounter Books United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594032202
ISBN
9781594032202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.22

Hardback. This fascinating investigation into the machinations of a divided navy tackles important questions of military professionalism, leadership, and identity. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illustrations, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBW; JP; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812955
ISBN
9780774812955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13

Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018007
ISBN
9780747515524
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Betsy's failed quest to win royal status for her son and grandsons consumed the remainder of her seventy-four years, decades that transformed her from the glamorous "belle of Baltimoreinto a shrewd and successful businesswoman determined to protect her family. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984213504
ISBN
9780984213504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.35

paperback. While stimulating debate about our rapidly changing information environment, Better Off Forgetting? focuses on the continuing role of archives in gathering and preserving our collective memory. Editor(s): Avery, Cheryl; Holmlund, Mona. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2, 2 figures; 1 table. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610804
ISBN
9781442610804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Hardback. First edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0601 - 64pp. - The American Jewish Committee, New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The American Jewish Committee New York
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
SKU
KCK0002535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. First edition - 8vo.Very good - KAW0814 - 64pp. - Institute of Human Relations, New York
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Institute of Human Relations New York
Number of pages
64
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCK0002748
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492769
ISBN
9781558492769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611460698
ISBN
9781611460698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.57

Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744577
ISBN
9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardback. This landmark study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain, establishing a compelling analysis of the Atlantic slave trade's aftermath. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTS; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333316
ISBN
9781785333316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.53

Paperback. This book provides an English translation of 12 orations (mostly unknown) of the sophist Libanius who had an important school of rhetoric in Antioch (Syria) and was one of the most influential figures in the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382530
ISBN
9781781382530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Hardcover. Libanius was a major figure in the fourth century East as an intellectual, a professor of rhetoric, and the friend of the emperor Julian. This book intends to remedy to that, and focuses on some unfamiliar aspects of Libanius' personality and the way he saw the world of the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382523
ISBN
9781781382523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.53
€ 79.13

Hardback. This is the first study in English to comprehensively examine property law in Imperial Russia, focusing on the struggle to define the scope of individual noble property rights and what that process reveals about the limits of noble freedom within the Russian state. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492637
ISBN
9781611492637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.85

paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469294
ISBN
9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.66

Hardcover. In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899829
ISBN
9780801899829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Features some of Scotland's 'finest exports' to America including killers, conmen, scandalmongers and blundering military men. Reveals the dastardly deeds of the emigrant Scots who shamed their nation. A new and surprising insight into an untold aspect of Scottish/American history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 illustrations including portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849952637
ISBN
9781849952637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.39

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