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Paperback. Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140105933
ISBN
9780140105933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483868
ISBN
9780801483868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444260
ISBN
9780752444260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. A fascinating collection of postcards from the early twentieth century. Series: The Postcard Collection. Num Pages: 96 pages, 160. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBLL; HBLW; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445661216
ISBN
9781445661216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.96

Paperback. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 pp. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLL; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241965115
ISBN
9780241965115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Abridged 2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139199
ISBN
9780231139199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 36.07

Paperback. References": p. 203-209. 229 p. map. 19 cm. Paperback. A good copy. Library marked internally. Revised ed." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Edition
3rd
SKU
KEX0089085
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225877
ISBN
9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New and Revised New Afterw
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163710
ISBN
9780691163710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554646
ISBN
9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A cultural and literary history of Japan's former capital, exploring its religious sites, rich traditions of art and literature and its distinctive geisha heritage. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955139
ISBN
9781904955139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War. Editor(s): Sheridan, Dorothy. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BG; DN; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126172
ISBN
9781842126172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardcover. Fine in good dust wrapper. DW showing some shelf wear with nicks and a tear to front, internally clean with little reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st American Ed
Publisher
Viking Adult
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KSG0011450
ISBN
9780670818112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Some very minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brassey's Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KSC0000728
ISBN
9781574881011
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

Paperback. Today witchcraft is on everyone's lips, on television, in film and in literature, but few know, or are even able to guess at, its shadowy history. This in-depth investigation discovers how the ideas we have about witchcraft took shape thousands of years ago in the myths and religions of the ancient world. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W and line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780709092001
ISBN
9780709092001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Stichting Kunstboek
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789058565761
ISBN
9789058565761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.77

Paperback. The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands. Perfect for fans of SINGLED OUT - a great book club option. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828960
ISBN
9780753828960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442068
ISBN
9780141442068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Eclectic, transnational essays on women's settler history, colonial and borderlands studies of the Canada-US Wests. Editor(s): Jameson, Elizabeth; McManus, Sheila. Num Pages: 480 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 1KBC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645012
ISBN
9780888645012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.19

Paperback. This world history of genocide examines the longue duree of mass murder from the beginning of human history to the present. Cases of genocide are examined as distinct episodes of killing, but in connection with earlier episodes. Communist and anti-communist genocides are considered, as are cases of settler (or colonial) genocide. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199765263
ISBN
9780199765263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.10

Paperback. The fastest way to learn about human history, from the Ice Age to modern oligarchs. Series: In Minutes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 b&w illustrations and diagrams. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848667259
ISBN
9781848667259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. A charming gift book of the strangest and most intriguing stories of London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472109316
ISBN
9781472109316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Describes the history of the Duchy of Bronte, the Sicilian estate given to Admiral Lord Nelson by the Neopolitan Bourbons in 1799. Containing maps and photographs, this book describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in Eastern Sicily during the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages, 70 b&w photos 3 maps bibliography index. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862273269
ISBN
9781862273269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A.; Kobialka, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; AM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635450
ISBN
9780816635450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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