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Paperback. "Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience.. What a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us!"-Wall Street Journal Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 177 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408655
- ISBN
- 9780871408655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.35
€ 49.99
€ 42.35
Paperback. In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack. Num Pages: 488 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366 477pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847171047
- ISBN
- 9781847171047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.02
€ 14.99
€ 13.02
Hardcover. On September 11th 1999 "The Times" newspaper carried the front page article 'Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. Melita Norwood, the last of the atomic spies, had finally been run to ground. This book sets her in the context of the times, and uses her as a prism and focus through which to investigate the whole milieu. Series: History of British Intelligence. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834229
- ISBN
- 9781843834229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. 1968 witnessed a highly unusual sequence of popular rebellions worldwide. Gerd-Rainer Horn offers a fascinating re-assessment of these turbulent times, arguing that 1968 cannot be seen in isolation; it must be viewed in the context of a much larger period of experimentation and revolt. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199541591
- ISBN
- 9780199541591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.19
€ 77.19
Paperback. Stephanie Merrim offers a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to colonial Hispanic writing based on the spectacular city, a model that encompasses three driving forces of New World literary culture: cities, festivals & wonder. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 377 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737464
- ISBN
- 9780292737464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. The Sociology of Islamis an interpretive account of Islam as a religion and civilization in world history and global society, which focuses on the notions of knowledge-culture, power and civility to provide key interpretive and analytic tools to practitioners. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBG; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119109976
- ISBN
- 9781119109976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Hardcover. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679587
- ISBN
- 9780745679587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Paperback. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679594
- ISBN
- 9780745679594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.56
€ 19.56
Paperback. Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of Ancient Greece and Rome.This work considers how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex? Editor(s): Nussbaum, Martha C.; Sihvola, Juha. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; JFCX; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226609157
- ISBN
- 9780226609157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.18
€ 47.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 130 b/w photographs, documents, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311727
- ISBN
- 9780764311727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.47
€ 42.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. 'The Sketchbook War' is not a book about art but the story of war artists, how men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and experiences that were to shape the rest of their lives and the way in which we view war today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956154
- ISBN
- 9780750956154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408839973
- ISBN
- 9781408839973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.39
€ 46.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408839997
- ISBN
- 9781408839997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. 'An important work that asks important questions about the struggle for racial equality today, and adds new insights into the history of racial thinking.' Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313030
- ISBN
- 9780745313030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic 'stagflation,' political scandal, and global turmoil. This title examines the large-scale structural upheaval of the 1970s by transcending the standard frameworks of national borders and superpower relations. Editor(s): Ferguson, Niall; Maier, Charles S.; Manela, Erez; Sargent, Daniel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061866
- ISBN
- 9780674061866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.24
€ 35.99
€ 35.24
Paperback. Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321996
- ISBN
- 9780822321996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Freedom Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904491033
- ISBN
- 9781904491033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.33
€ 9.33
Paperback. Features the essays that consider how Western societies think about and use goods, how goods shape female, as well as male, identities, how labor in the family came to be divided between a male breadwinner and a female consumer, and how fashion and cosmetics shape women's notions of themselves and the society in which they live. Editor(s): Grazia, Victoria De; Furlough, Ellen. Num Pages: 443 pages, 44 b&w photographs, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201972
- ISBN
- 9780520201972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. A study of the Seven Years' War, reviewing the grand strategies of the combatants and the differing styles of warfare used in the many campaigns. The narrative is supported by official war papers, personal diaries and memoirs, and official reports. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 colour & 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 7. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841761916
- ISBN
- 9781841761916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HRQX; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857380975
- ISBN
- 9780857380975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.06
€ 11.06
Paperback. This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 halftone plates, numerous maps and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802071
- ISBN
- 9780192802071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.95
€ 19.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and Okinawa. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712673488
- ISBN
- 9780712673488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.77
€ 40.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. A striking new edition of the most authoritative account of the Second World War by one of the greatest living military historians. Num Pages: 864 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826768
- ISBN
- 9780753826768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.04
€ 26.99
€ 19.04