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hardcover. The 1948 Genocide Convention is one of the most important instruments in international law. This Commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of each article of the Convention, taking a thematic approach. It also examines the Convention's legacy and future, drawing on its preparatory works and the development of international case law on genocide. Editor(s): Gaeta, Paola. Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; LBBR; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (UK) United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570218
- ISBN
- 9780199570218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.27
€ 226.27
paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954669
- ISBN
- 9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; AB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317876
- ISBN
- 9780822317876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405859172
- ISBN
- 9781405859172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.59
€ 49.59
Paperback. From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896582
- ISBN
- 9781861896582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.01
€ 30.01
Hardcover. Explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510-1961) Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBTQ; HRCC7; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090615
- ISBN
- 9780719090615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.55
€ 156.55
Paperback. Covers the story of Liverpool's children in the Second World War. This title features the adventures and misadventures, the fun and games and ever-present danger, and the humor and sorrow of those wartime years experienced by the survivors of Liverpool Blitz. It explores the memories of the children ravaged by war. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451589
- ISBN
- 9780752451589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; BM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619027305
- ISBN
- 9781619027305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.90
€ 19.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Forget glossy period dramas, here is the real story of Britain's super-rich from the First World War to the end of the 'roaring' twenties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445644776
- ISBN
- 9781445644776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. The real lives of women in Britain's country houses. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445619811
- ISBN
- 9781445619811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Looking at a century of struggle, liberation and gutsy play, this title chronicles women's basketball in the US. Offering portraits of heroes and contemporary stars, it provides a perspective on the history of the sport, exploring its relationship to concepts of womanhood, race, and sexuality, and to efforts to expand women's rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 73 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858295
- ISBN
- 9780807858295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Hardback. Considers how Enlightenment print culture built modern national and racial identity out of images of sexual order and disorder in public life. The title refers to a premise in utopian and exoticist fiction about the southern portion of the globe: sexual order defines the character of the state. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746632
- ISBN
- 9780804746632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.50
€ 98.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 30. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870336300
- ISBN
- 9780870336300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.44
€ 31.99
€ 21.44
Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a broad survey of those captions and headlines that demonstrate the evolution of popular thinking about the practice of human health. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; GBCR; HBTB; KNTP; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834866
- ISBN
- 9780810834866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.50
€ 164.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630. The Work of Farming. 368 pages, 12 b&w drawings. Palladius wrote in the 5th century AD. His is the latest of Roman agricultural texts and perhaps for that reason was the treatise most widely distributed in the medieval world, being translated into Italian, Catalan and Middle English, among other languages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; TV. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 28. Weight: 620. Translator(s): Fitch, John G.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018927
- ISBN
- 9781903018927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.75
€ 52.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465007660
- ISBN
- 9780465007660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.93
€ 29.93
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341982
- ISBN
- 9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.15
€ 23.99
€ 20.15
Hardcover. The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history Num Pages: 352 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 37. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465094134
- ISBN
- 9780465094134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73
Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167893
- ISBN
- 9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. A new paperback edition of the thought-provoking collection of images of Ireland's revolutionary period, with commentary Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781172889
- ISBN
- 9781781172889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.93
€ 16.99
€ 6.93
Hardback. A historical account of concepts of honor in Mexico during the mid-to-late nineteenth century and the role of those concepts in the development of the public sphere. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346531
- ISBN
- 9780822346531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Paperback. A historical account of concepts of honor in Mexico during the mid-to-late nineteenth century and the role of those concepts in the development of the public sphere. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346456
- ISBN
- 9780822346456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Garcia Loaeza, Pablo (Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish American Literature and Culture, West Virginia University Associate Professor of Spanish, West Virginia University West Virginia University West Virginia University); Garrett, Victoria L (West Virginia University). Series: Latin American Originals. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTP; RGR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271065489
- ISBN
- 9780271065489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. This book should appeal to all aficionados of the romance of the sea as well as to specialists in Spanish and Latin American colonial history."-Benjamin Keen, author of A History of Latin America Translator(s): Phillips, Carla Rahn. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32, 20 black & white halftones, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881831
- ISBN
- 9780801881831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.82
€ 33.99
€ 28.82