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Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186788
ISBN
9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Over 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But how much do readers really know about this amazing country? This book aims to dispel the myths and tell the true stories of the Irish. It talks about the lives of the ancient Celts until the British invasions, the potato famine and immigration, Irish music and dance, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598693232
ISBN
9781598693232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470167397
ISBN
9780470167397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250010
ISBN
9780190250010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.37

Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284609
ISBN
9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Weisberg, Ruth. Series: Jewish Role in American Life. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536358
ISBN
9781557536358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. One woman's daily record of life in Guernsey during the German occupation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 42 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445603131
ISBN
9781445603131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.93

Paperback. Traditional marriage was not the only option for couples in medieval Europe. Alternative forms of union could make lives precarious but also provided a degree of flexibility. The study draws on a wide geographical and chronological range of examples in order to illustrate local difference while bringing out broad patterns. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812222982
ISBN
9780812222982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. A "Common Woman" in medieval England was a prostitute, distinguished as such less for taking money for sex than for belonging to all men in common. Karras's book tells the story of these women, their experiences, relations, and treatment under the law, and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval understanding of feminity. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195124989
ISBN
9780195124989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Hardback. This is a history of the Olmsted Case. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910925
ISBN
9781575910925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.51

Hardback. Series: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441301
ISBN
9780801441301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Why has shame displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? This book presents a genealogical-critical study of the vicissitudes of the concept of survivor guilt and the significance of guilt's replacement by shame. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTZ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143323
ISBN
9780691143323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. The Manhattan Project was a sprawling research and industrial enterprise. It also included women in every capacity. Although women participated in all aspects of the Manhattan Project, their contributions are either omitted or only mentioned briefly in most histories of the project. This title presents this hidden story. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBT; JFSJ1; JWMN; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592131921
ISBN
9781592131921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.01

Paperback. The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? This is a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241973714
ISBN
9780241973714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. A captivating re-examination of the Easter Rising, addressing the fundamental questions and myths surrounding Ireland's founding fathers Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 page plate section (colour/greyscale). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
New
SKU
KKD0007056
ISBN
9781786070739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. With eccentric characters (including her father, "The Wee Wild One") and rich stories, Schwertfeger has painted a fresh picture of Northern Ireland as she lived it and as it remains today as a touchstone for all who have roots in this storied country. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains fine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027004
ISBN
9780299198800
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137380876
ISBN
9781137380876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.42

Hardback. "Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."-Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; DS; HBTB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236804
ISBN
9780812236804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed of 1975 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155097
ISBN
9781903155097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; HRAX; HRC; HRCX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310532156
ISBN
9780310532156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752497020
ISBN
9780752497020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

paperback. Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island is a comprehensive and fascinating examination of an important, but often overlooked, period in the history of Canada's smallest province. Num Pages: 386 pages, 1 figure, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCP; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802072290
ISBN
9780802072290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. Collecting in a Consumer Society outlines the history of museum collecting from ancient civilizations to the present. It also looks at aspects of consumer culture and how this relates to the activity of collecting. Series: Collecting Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GLH; HBT; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415258487
ISBN
9780415258487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757793
ISBN
9780855757793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

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