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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 603
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204393
- ISBN
- 9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Weeks, Alan. Num Pages: 144 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956673
- ISBN
- 9780750956673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.47
€ 14.47
Paperback. The compelling story of a key turning point in WWI: the British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w insert. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure. 240 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w insert. The compelling story of a key turning point in WWI: the British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Dimension: 193 x 128 x 20. Weight: 236.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Overlook
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715637791
- ISBN
- 9780715637791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.18
€ 13.00
€ 12.18
Hardcover. Presents annotated selections from the British records that were copied in situ by the author in al-Fashir and Kutum in 1970 and 1974 and of which the originals were subsequently destroyed by accident. This work deals with such issues as land tenure, agricultural practice, grazing rights and livestock migration routes and tribal administration. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Publisher
- Hurst
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659488
- ISBN
- 9781850659488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 75.25
€ 76.90
€ 75.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Hassan, Salah M.; Ray, Carina E. Num Pages: 524 pages, 40. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 169 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475948
- ISBN
- 9780801475948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 52.94
€ 53.24
€ 52.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560596
- ISBN
- 9781604560596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.54€ 70.39
€ 100.54
€ 70.39
Paperback. Darfur has become synonymous with genocide and humanitarian crisis. A guide to the conflict, this book provides a short history of the region, and traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous Janjawiid and other rebel groups, including the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842779507
- ISBN
- 9781842779507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.15
€ 27.15
Hardcover. Series: Crises in World Politics. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 194 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657705
- ISBN
- 9781850657705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Paperback. The end of First World War saw old empires swept away and opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. This title overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of twentieth century. It tells the story of a century of division, charting struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140241594
- ISBN
- 9780140241594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.29
€ 15.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. At least 130,000 Irish - from north and south - served during the Second World War. Seven thousand never returned. In this poignant yet detailed book, award winning author Neil Richardson documents veterans' stories with personal interviews, military records, diaries and letters. Num Pages: 352 pages, 120 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847172976
- ISBN
- 9781847172976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667142
- ISBN
- 9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardcover. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 310 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479870424
- ISBN
- 9781479870424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Paperback. A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942--the first attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 b/w; 12 col. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472816870
- ISBN
- 9781472816870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.29
€ 23.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. This book addresses the deconstruction of a founding myth and the last "great narrative" (for the time being) of the Occident the narrative that Europe grew out of liberal humanistic traditions and, by way of several intermediate stages since classical antiquity, has gradually come to have its present form, one based on democratic values." Num Pages: 132 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681963
- ISBN
- 9783936681963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.22
€ 40.99
€ 29.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763538992
- ISBN
- 9788763538992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century's leading figures. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780222844
- ISBN
- 9781780222844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. This book presents a picture of daily life - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion - viewed from a female perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140175967
- ISBN
- 9780140175967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Hardback. Features David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century. This book explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278363
- ISBN
- 9780520278363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. "Vivid, Comprehensible .. cuts through decades of mythmaking." -Texas Monthly Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342277
- ISBN
- 9780393342277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Davy Crockett has been America's best-known folk hero for at least 160 years. This biography of Crockett includes an introduction by Michael Lofaro. Editor(s): Shackford, John B. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803292307
- ISBN
- 9780803292307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. The story of David I Num Pages: 336 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446721
- ISBN
- 9780752446721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. * A brilliant biography of one of our greatest politicians, from the highly acclaimed Roy Hattersley, out now in paperback Num Pages: 720 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121109
- ISBN
- 9780349121109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708319475
- ISBN
- 9780708319475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.67
€ 8.67
Hardcover. The end of the First World War saw Britain at the height of its power. Its main negotiator at the forthcoming peace conference would be its prime minister, the ebullient and enigmatic David Lloyd George (1863-1945), the "Welsh Wizard" - "the man who had won the war". This title investigates the extent to which Lloyd George succeeded in his aims. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 tables, 7 black & white halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791613
- ISBN
- 9781905791613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39