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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The first ever history of magic books - or grimoires - from the ancient Middle East through to the modern day, from harmless charms and remedies to sinister pacts with the Devil. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 black and white halftones, 17 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; HBT; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199590049
- ISBN
- 9780199590049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.91
€ 30.99
€ 20.91
Paperback. In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The ship sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. This edition brings together the harrowing tales of the survivors. Editor(s): Philbrick, Nathaniel; Philbrick, Thomas. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1QSP; FC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437966
- ISBN
- 9780140437966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. In this bold work of 1787, an ex-slave refutes pro-slavery arguments and calls for the immediate emancipation of all slaves. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTS; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108060196
- ISBN
- 9781108060196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632117
- ISBN
- 9780691632117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.03€ 155.44
€ 207.03
€ 155.44
Paperback. As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As one of the few survivors he has spent much of his life studying Nazism and the Holocaust, but always as a discipline requiring the greatest coldness and objectivity, with his story set to one side. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718197025
- ISBN
- 9780718197025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Hardcover. Hardcover, white spine. 176pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- DSV Hamburg
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KON0819684
- ISBN
- 9783881421959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture. Editor(s): Ott, Katherine; Serlin, David; Mihm, Stephen. Num Pages: 359 pages, halftones, 68 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MQWP; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814761984
- ISBN
- 9780814761984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Alexandrakis, Othon. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTV; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023117
- ISBN
- 9780253023117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
hardcover. Editor(s): Alexandrakis, Othon. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBTV; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022783
- ISBN
- 9780253022783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Feasting with the ancestors Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750938365
- ISBN
- 9780750938365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
paperback. In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. This work offers a glimpse into a Japanese boy's life at the time of the Sino-Japanese (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077607
- ISBN
- 9780520077607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
hardcover. Num Pages: 346 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; AB; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 287 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020846
- ISBN
- 9780271020846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.80€ 111.33
€ 134.80
€ 111.33
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307042
- ISBN
- 9781906307042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. This title shows how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 334 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234642
- ISBN
- 9780520234642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140297966
- ISBN
- 9780140297966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.68
€ 24.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. A provocative history of Israeli society in the 1950s that demonstrates how a voluntarist collectivism gave way to an individualist ethos Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611680812
- ISBN
- 9781611680812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Sheet map, folded. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Ordnance Survey
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- February 2016 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780319263242
- ISBN
- 9780319263242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Sheet map, folded. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Ordnance Survey
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- February 2016 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780319263259
- ISBN
- 9780319263259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. Uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. This travelogue reveals the erasure of the Jews and their removal from public memory, a blatant act of forgetting done in the service of a aggressive Ukrainian nationalism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 halftones. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131214
- ISBN
- 9780691131214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.32
€ 30.99
€ 22.32
Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362067
- ISBN
- 9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362272
- ISBN
- 9780822362272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, this book claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221308
- ISBN
- 9780253221308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society? This book explores the twentieth-century growth of this phenomenon. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161204
- ISBN
- 9780691161204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. This text offers a systematic social history of a major American city undergoing industrialization. It examines Detroit's evolution between 1880 and 1920 and discovers the way in which ethnic and class elations profoundly altered its urban scene. Num Pages: 502 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226994581
- ISBN
- 9780226994581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37