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Paperback. Key scholars in the field of lesbian and sexuality studies take part in an innovative conversation that offers a radical new methodology for writing lesbian history and geography, drawing new conclusions on the important and often overlooked work being done on female same-sex desire and identity in relation to premodern cultures. Editor(s): Giffney, Noreen; Sauer, Michelle M.; Watt, Diane. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349380183
ISBN
9781349380183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea has been in the development of modern history. Num Pages: 848 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271603
ISBN
9781783271603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.35

hardcover. This text studies the use of naval power in the 20th century, and asks what it is for, and what it can do. Editor(s): Rodger, N. A. M. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Edition
1996th Edition
SKU
V9780333644133
ISBN
9780333644133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Hardcover. A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACK; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007154
ISBN
9780230007154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardback. The Two-Can Discovery Guides series is a fantastic way to discover the worlds of history, nature and science. The book is filled with activities that challenge kids to try out ideas for themselves. Quiz questions encourage kids to look closely at each page, and this series is perfect for either home or school use. Series: Two-Can Discovery Guides (Hardcover). Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 278 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Two-Can Publishers United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587282355
ISBN
9781587282355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Constable
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000025
ISBN
9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFD; GTB; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253011602
ISBN
9780253011602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. The Global History of Childhood Reader provides an essential collection of chapters and articles on the global history of childhood. Editor(s): Morrison, Heidi. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415782494
ISBN
9780415782494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Hardcover. This study looks at how the British authorities used World War II Italian prisoners of war as a labour force, a source of military intelligence and as a political warfare tool before their final repatriation in 1946-47. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738924
ISBN
9780333738924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
243
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed of 2 Revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204966
ISBN
9780872204966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. A study of the use of propaganda in Mexico during WWII to promote a policy of national unity and patriotism. It examines the pervasive domestic and foreign propaganda strategies in Mexico during World War II and their impact on Mexican culture, charting the evolution of these campaigns through popular culture, advertisements, and art. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224551
ISBN
9780803224551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. Editor(s): Adhikari, Mohaemd. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387381
ISBN
9781782387381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.13

Hardcover. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Prion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KI20002724
ISBN
9781853757501
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This text covers medical thought from antiquity through to the Middle Ages, reconstructing the slow transformation and sudden changes in theory and practice that marked the birth and early development of Western medicine. Editor(s): Grmek, Mirko D. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 line illustration, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLA; HBLC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007956
ISBN
9780674007956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.24

Paperback. Early Modern Europe was teeming with impostors. Identity theft was only one form of misrepresentation: royal pretenders, envoys from imaginary lands, religious dissimulators, cross-dressers, false Gypsies - all these caused deep anxiety, leading authorities to invent increasingly sophisticated means for unmasking deception. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361380
ISBN
9781349361380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.81

Paperback. Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters featured in this book describe a soldier's daily life. Editor(s): Bridgman, Dianne; Masuda, Hana. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987453
ISBN
9780295987453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. This author draws upon his personal experience in the Middle East and many recent trips as correspondent for "The New Yorker" to take the reader into the aspirations, fears, prejudices, hopes and convictions of the inhabitants of seven key countries and those without a country - the Palestinians. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1Q; BG; HBG; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603627
ISBN
9780815603627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.70

Paperback. This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research. Editor(s): Taylor, Miles. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338412
ISBN
9781349338412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Paperback. A history of the British Royal Marines twelve-year occupation of San Juan Island. Num Pages: 112 pages, illus., bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 5830 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914019466
ISBN
9780914019466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.42

Paperback. The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny - 'An adult version of LORD OF THE FLIES that is, moreover, entirely true' Evening Standard Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTM; JWXT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Mass Mkt Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753816844
ISBN
9780753816844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688340
ISBN
9780199688340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 132 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841655406
ISBN
9781841655406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback. Port cities were the means through which cultural and economic exchange took place between continental societies and the maritime world. In examining the ports of Brazil, the Caribbean and West Africa, this volume will provide fresh insight into the meaning of the 'First Globalisation'. Editor(s): Suarez Bosa, Miguel. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349460311
ISBN
9781349460311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.29

Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400030
ISBN
9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.66
€ 50.63

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