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Paperback. .
Publisher
CABI Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845937041
ISBN
9781845937041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.50

paperback. A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745618364
ISBN
9780745618364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. Showcasing the twentieth century's best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brassey's Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887525
ISBN
9781574887525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.94

Paperback. A study of homoerotic life on board ships in the Royal Navy in the age of fighting sail. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBW; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349357031
ISBN
9781349357031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.78

Paperback. Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136234
ISBN
9780300136234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.87

Hardcover. Covering two hundred years, this groundbreaking book brings together essays on borderlands by leading experts in the modern history of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to offer the first historical study of borderlands with a global reach. Editor(s): Readman, Paul; Radding, Cynthia; Bryant, Chad. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTP; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320575
ISBN
9781137320575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.83

Paperback. Covering two hundred years, this groundbreaking book brings together essays on borderlands by leading experts in the modern history of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to offer the first historical study of borderlands with a global reach. Editor(s): Readman, Paul; Radding, Cynthia; Bryant, Chad. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTP; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320568
ISBN
9781137320568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.05

Hardcover. Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world. Num Pages: 225 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210295
ISBN
9780230210295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. A ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on the exchange of culture and ideas between isolated communities through books and correspondence, and offers pioneering comparisons between the northern Atlantic and that of Spanish and Portuguese territories further south. Editor(s): Howsam, Leslie; Raven, J. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330744
ISBN
9781349330744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardcover. This rich and varied collection of essays by scholars and interviews with artists approaches the fraught topic of book destruction from a new angle, setting out an alternative history of the cutting, burning, pulping, defacing and tearing of books from the medieval period to our own age. Editor(s): Smyth, Adam; Partington, Gillian. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137367655
ISBN
9781137367655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Paperback. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349280971
ISBN
9781349280971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Tanaka, Yuki. Num Pages: 291 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595583635
ISBN
9781595583635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.52

Hardcover. A discussion of Bolingbroke's political writings in the context of contemporary thought in England and France. Cottret provides an analysis of both "A Dissertation upon Parties" and "The Idea of a Patriot King", supported by a full reprint of these texts. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBG; HBLH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333598870
ISBN
9780333598870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Paperback. This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334675
ISBN
9780822334675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. "Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision"-- Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343942
ISBN
9781349343942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Over 220 photos show the various R12 and R75 types in various combat roles on all war fronts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 954. R12/R75. 192 pages, 220 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Dimension: 272 x 203 x 19. Weight: 954.
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403064
ISBN
9780887403064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. The remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement Num Pages: 372 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743317
ISBN
9780814743317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917 Num Pages: 384 pages, 16, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Cassell
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304367191
ISBN
9780304367191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour, 1x4 colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 809. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0008858
ISBN
9781848871700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Motorbooks International
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780760321980
ISBN
9780760321980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. First time in paperback: A unique portrait of American military action through the stories of the seventy-one U.S. destroyers sunk in World War II. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32 pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306810695
ISBN
9780306810695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.05

paperback. Presents the global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times. This book examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on colonial exterminations and 20th-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 black-&-white illustrations + 31 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300144253
ISBN
9780300144253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 22.79

Hardback. After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide. In the Mediterranean, Rommel's early successes in Africa were erased by the surrender of Tunisia, and German forces barely escaped Sicily before the Allies seized the island. Num Pages: 316 pages, 62 b/w photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811705332
ISBN
9780811705332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. This groundbreaking volume examines the transnational dimensions of Black Power - how Black Power thinkers and activists drew on foreign movements and vice versa how individuals and groups in other parts of the world interpreted 'Black Power,' from African liberation movements to anti-caste agitation in India to indigenous protests in New Zealand. Editor(s): Slate, Nico. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137285065
ISBN
9781137285065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

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