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Paperback. This volume focuses on two main antislavery movements that emerged in Kentucky during the early years of opposition: emancipation - a gradual end to slavery with compensation to owners, and abolition - an immediate and uncompensated end to the institution. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190839
- ISBN
- 9780813190839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
Hardcover. The Roman poet Statius called the Via Appia "the Queen of Roads," and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone. This book deals with the author's adventures along this ancient highway. Series: Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel. Num Pages: 144 pages, 24 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; HBLA1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425719
- ISBN
- 9780226425719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.24
€ 26.99
€ 22.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DD; HBJK; HBLX; JPHV; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 218 x 38. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559364560
- ISBN
- 9781559364560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
Hardcover. This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on 'Film Studies'. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APF; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898881
- ISBN
- 9780859898881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.70
€ 145.70
Paperback. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262. Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag. 256 pages. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544999
- ISBN
- 9781843544999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
€ 15.99
€ 11.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; AJCP; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151328
- ISBN
- 9780691151328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.92
€ 54.99
€ 39.92
Paperback. Informed by inside access to the Obama administration's decision-making process and first-hand interviews with protestors, politicians, diplomats, and journalists, this book highlights the new fault lines that are forming between forces of revolution and counter-revolution, and shows what it all means for the future of American policy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610392358
- ISBN
- 9781610392358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.27
€ 18.99
€ 14.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Lynch, Marc. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158848
- ISBN
- 9780231158848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.69
€ 142.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Lynch, Marc. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158855
- ISBN
- 9780231158855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138933354
- ISBN
- 9781138933354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.48
€ 48.99
€ 46.48
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. BIC Classification: HBL. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349573998
- ISBN
- 9781349573998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.52
€ 167.52
Paperback. This work is Benjamin's effort to represent and to critique the bourgeois experience of 19th century history. In it, he looks at 'les passage' of Paris, which he considered the most important architectural forms of the 19th century and which he linked with a number of phenomena characteristic of that century's preoccupations. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Kevin; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DNF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 161 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1536.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1088
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008021
- ISBN
- 9780674008021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.21
€ 45.99
€ 38.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826329387
- ISBN
- 9780826329387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Hardback. This text offers Alfred Kroeber's report on his 1926 expedition to the ruins of the Nazca region. Kroeber's report contains a complete analysis and seriation of the beautiful painted pottery of Nazca. Editor(s): Carmichael, Patrick. Num Pages: 283 pages, photographs, drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989646
- ISBN
- 9780761989646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.37
€ 139.37
Paperback. The monuments of ancient Athens give testimony to the enduring legacy of ancient Greek civilisation. In this book, a leading authority on the archaeology of the area presents a survey of the monuments - first chronologically, then site by site. Num Pages: 340 pages, 270 illustrations, 17 colour images. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300101515
- ISBN
- 9780300101515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. What do archaeological excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, reveal about daily life in the city's history? Interpreting the results of one of the most innovative projects in American archaeology, this title speaks powerfully to the struggle for liberty among African Americans and the poor. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 b/w photographs, 17 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244504
- ISBN
- 9780520244504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 51.30
€ 65.38
€ 51.30
Hardcover. Two Spanish archaeologists, aided by a large number of colleagues in Spain, France, Germany and Britain, have produced the first survey in either English or Spanish of the last 30 years of investigations, new discoveries and new theories. Editor(s): Valor, Magdalena; Gutierrez, Avelino. Series: Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 348 pages, 145 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531737
- ISBN
- 9781845531737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.16
€ 72.16
Paperback. This book explores the history of human settlement and society in Skye and the Western Isles from the first hunter-gatherers to the Clearances. Num Pages: 264 pages, 58 line drawings, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606405
- ISBN
- 9780748606405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.42
€ 43.99
€ 38.42
Paperback. The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847. This work offers insight into the ordeal of these ill-fated emigrants and demonstrates the vital role that archaeology can play in expanding our understanding of historical events. Series: Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874176612
- ISBN
- 9780874176612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Paperback. Between 1900 and 1915, a quarter of the working-age male Greek population immigrated to the United States, Canada, and Australia. This profound demographic phenomenon left an indelible mark on Greek society, but also created new diasporic communities in the host countries. Editor(s): Kourelis, Kostis. Num Pages: 120 pages, 20 col and b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1KBB; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens Greece
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789608696068
- ISBN
- 9789608696068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.54
€ 29.54
Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497148
- ISBN
- 9780801497148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.12
€ 34.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMC; AMG; HBJK; HBLL; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 273 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649402
- ISBN
- 9780816649402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
paperback. India is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141012117
- ISBN
- 9780141012117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Tells the story of the secret war on Crete from the perspective of these amateur soldiers who found themselves serving because, as one of them put it, they had made 'the obsolete choice of Greek at school'. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552170185
- ISBN
- 9780552170185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48