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Hardback. Sydney Nathans offers a counterpoint to the narrative of the Great Migration, a central theme of black liberation in the twentieth century. He tells the story of enslaved families who became the emancipated owners of land they had worked in bondage. Num Pages: 344 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674972148
- ISBN
- 9780674972148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 Rising. This title includes Casey's account of his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties, as well as correspondence by Casey and other Fenians. Editor(s): Maume, Mairead; Maume, Patrick; Casey, Mary. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 121 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318. Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 Rising. A Mingling of Swans includes Casey’s unpublished account of his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties, as well as correspondence by Casey and other Fenians, and some articles by Casey on his impressions of Western Australia which were published in Dublin separatist newspapers. Casey portrays with humour and determination the harsh conditions endured by Fenian prisoners.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359003
- ISBN
- 9781906359003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- National Delhi Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- SKU
- KEX0269911
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19, 16 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705236
- ISBN
- 9781501705236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654430
- ISBN
- 9780691654430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.38
€ 113.38
Hardcover. This is the first full critical edition of a fifteenth-century devotional work written for a Bridgettine nun at Syon Abbey by a Carthusian monk at the Sheen Charterhouse. This version of the life of Christ was owned by both monastic and lay readers and testifies to the popularity of devotional reading among a mixed audience. Editor(s): Patterson, Paul J. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HRCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744979
- ISBN
- 9780198744979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.66
€ 110.66
hardcover. While there have been innumerable collections of humour in the courts, this is an anthology of over 80 stories about disputes resolved without the aid of litigation. It reveals rich sources from old and new China, ancient Greece, Rome and medieval England, as well as Shakespeare and Chaucer. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; HBTB; LBHT; LNAA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Holo Books The Arbitration Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953773008
- ISBN
- 9780953773008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. On November 29, 1864, over 150 Native Americans, mostly women, children, and elderly, were slaughtered in one of the most infamous cases of state-sponsored violence in U.S. history. Kelman examines how generations of Americans have struggled with the question of whether the nation s crimes, as well as its achievements, should be memorialized." Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503786
- ISBN
- 9780674503786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.42
€ 27.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921817519
- ISBN
- 9781921817519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.77
€ 36.99
€ 26.77
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007160297
- ISBN
- 9780007160297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.80
€ 5.80
Hardback. Keywords: French history
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Wiedenfeld and Nicolson London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0046245
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. "Translation of: La rTpublique moderne. Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: Pierre MendFs France ; translated from the French by Anne Carter. 205 p. 23 cm. Original cloth. Fine copy, in a slightly edge rubbed dw." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0050274
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Keywords: France - history and politics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0179358
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953297
- ISBN
- 9780241953297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Translator(s): Archambault, Paul J. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271014821
- ISBN
- 9780271014821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.65
€ 43.99
€ 33.65
Hardcover. In July 1917, a young man in the 12th East Surrey Regiment kept a journal of his experiences at the front. This poignant and moving account is narrated with a keen sense of observation, bringing to life the sights, sounds, smells, and horrors of war. Num Pages: 56 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244225
- ISBN
- 9781851244225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Hardback. Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder. Num Pages: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022997
- ISBN
- 9780674022997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.36
€ 47.99
€ 40.36
Paperback. Historian Pegg has produced a swift-moving, gripping narrative of a horrific crusade, drawing in part on thousands of testimonies collected by inquisitors in the years 1235 to 1245. These accounts of ordinary men and women bring the story vividly to life. Series: Pivotal Moments in World History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 halftones, 16 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBWC; HRAM9; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195393101
- ISBN
- 9780195393101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.14
€ 29.14
Paperback. Examines the work experience, living conditions, and social relations of thousands of African men, women, and children on European-owned tobacco farms in colonial Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1945. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802032
- ISBN
- 9780896802032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. A memoir recounting a family s efforts to locate and free a young Brazilian activist arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by the military dictatorship. Editor(s): Green, James N. Translator(s): Nielsen, Rex P. Num Pages: 208 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; BG; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347361
- ISBN
- 9780822347361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Shedding the constraints that existed for women in turn-of-the-century America, the author set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France. Originally published in 1908, this book is considered by many to be the very best of the author's travel writings. Num Pages: 253 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406. 253 pages, illustrations. Shedding the constraints that existed for women in turn-of-the-century America, the author set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France. Originally published in 1908, this book is considered by many to be the very best of the author's travel writings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; HB; WTH. Dimension: 133 x 201 x 24. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Number of pages
- 253
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806860
- ISBN
- 9780875806860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.97
€ 21.99
€ 20.97
Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128436
- ISBN
- 9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.17
€ 43.99
€ 31.17
Paperback. Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Series: Signet Classics. 269 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 171 x 114 x 21. Weight: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451531582
- ISBN
- 9780451531582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822326472
- ISBN
- 9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86