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Paperback. Norbert Elias has been described as among the great sociologists of the 20th century. A collection of his most important writings, this book sets out Elias' thinking during the course of his long career, with a discussion of how his work relates to that of other sociologists. Editor(s): Mennell, Stephen (Professor of Sociology, University College, Dublin); Goudsblom, Johan (Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands). Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204321
ISBN
9780226204321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; HBG; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888183
ISBN
9781845888183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846032806
ISBN
9781846032806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.46

Hardback. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both inside and outside of revolutionary situations in the nineteenth century, as each author explores and interprets the development of nineteenth-century political culture in a particular national context. Editor(s): Woloch, Isser. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804727488
ISBN
9780804727488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.26
€ 54.29

Paperback. Tells the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597551
ISBN
9780099597551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803229792
ISBN
9780803229792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change Num Pages: 672 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLL; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300219364
ISBN
9780300219364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. From the author hailed as 'America's greatest prose comedian' Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; 3JJPR; HBG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Reprints
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009457
ISBN
9780330325363
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Ted Smart edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126356
ISBN
9781842126356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465014002
ISBN
9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Free Press
Edition
1st Touchstone Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0000133
ISBN
9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A treasure trove of history's interesting bits, from one of the writers of QI Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541009
ISBN
9781848541009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. "The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmott's fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature." Num Pages: 520 pages, 35 black and white photographs, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971911
ISBN
9781597971911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248328
ISBN
9780803248328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828458
ISBN
9780753828458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945. This title examines developments such as the HVSS suspension. It uses rare archive material. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 46 b&w and 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841765426
ISBN
9781841765426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. An account of the five dramatic counterrevolutions that occurred in 1979, showing how the combined forces unleashed by Deng Xiaopeng, Margaret Thatcher, the Pope, the Iranian Ayatollah, and the Afghan mujahedin set the stage for the 21st century. It offers a new argument about the hinge on which the twentieth century turned. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465065677
ISBN
9780465065677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Hardback. A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBG; HBJH; HBTK; JHBL. Weight in Grams: 553. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy in dustwrapper, DW with some minor nicks and bumps but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013801
ISBN
9780521082969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312458867
ISBN
9780312458867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J. T. Series: Problems in Focus. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0013118
ISBN
9780333111376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. aeo Adds to explosion of interest in issues of gender, the body, and history. aeo Investigates the centrality of gender distinctions to ancient societies. aeo Complements the study of women in antiquity. Editor(s): Wyke, Maria. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205241
ISBN
9780631205241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Paperback. Series: Twentieth Century Wars. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2005th Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333963371
ISBN
9780333963371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0012132
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645008
ISBN
9780816645008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

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