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Paperback. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223576
- ISBN
- 9780812223576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Hardback. Irish culture is obsessed with the past, and this book asks why and how. In an innovative reading of Irish culture since 1980, Emilie Pine provides a new analysis of theatre, film, television, memoir and art, and interrogates the anti-nostalgia that characterizes so much of contemporary Irish culture. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382. 8vo.Very good copy. First edition. Irish Politics and Politicans. 20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310259
- ISBN
- 9780230247413
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of black queer studies scholars, activists, and community leaders who build on the foundational work of black queer studies, pushing the field in new and exciting directions. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; 5SL; HBTB; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362227
- ISBN
- 9780822362227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Paperback. No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of black queer studies scholars, activists, and community leaders who build on the foundational work of black queer studies, pushing the field in new and exciting directions. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; 5SL; HBTB; JFSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362425
- ISBN
- 9780822362425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141976952
- ISBN
- 9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719381
- ISBN
- 9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. This book, the first to study women's historical involvement in postwar reconciliation, examines how patriarchy and the international relations system operated simultaneously to ensure postwar male privilege. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602816
- ISBN
- 9780230602816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.98€ 76.24
€ 77.98
€ 76.24
Paperback. This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768632
- ISBN
- 9780226768632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JFCV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768861
- ISBN
- 9780226768861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.52€ 79.10
€ 94.52
€ 79.10
Hardcover. Hardcover, black spine. Foxing on page edges and some pages, coffee stain on ffep. 163pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1959
- SKU
- KON0819570
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331497
- ISBN
- 9780764331497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.13
€ 18.99
€ 14.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 324 colour & 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AG; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 427 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349225
- ISBN
- 9780764349225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.51
€ 42.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. This is a history of the Huns in Europe from their first attacks on the Goths north of the Black Sea to the collapse of their central European empire after the death of the legendary Attila. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214434
- ISBN
- 9780631214434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.22
€ 53.99
€ 53.22
Paperback. True accounts of Western Pirates, that inspire the fiction today. This book provides information on handful of West Country pirates of the past and also those who voyaged from the West to the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 160 pages, c. 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; HBTM; JKVM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443775
- ISBN
- 9780752443775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTQ; JFSL9; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855756628
- ISBN
- 9780855756628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.64
€ 35.99
€ 26.64
Hardcover. A stunning showcase of contemporary tattoo art from around the world Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: AFY; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788416500277
- ISBN
- 9788416500277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.73
€ 27.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people. Num Pages: 432 pages, diagrams, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140257885
- ISBN
- 9780140257885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665824
- ISBN
- 9781552665824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.59
€ 23.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; HRAM7; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118604
- ISBN
- 9780691118604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 42.32
€ 53.17
€ 42.32
Paperback. Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness to the experiences they described. Num Pages: 207 pages, 1 halftone (about the author). BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756058
- ISBN
- 9780814756058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Filling in a key chapter in communications history, this title offers an examination of the rise of the "global media" between 1860 and 1930. It analyzes the connections between the development of a global communication infrastructure, the creation of national telegraph and wireless systems, and news agencies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 25 illustrations, 13 tables, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTB; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339281
- ISBN
- 9780822339281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Over 100 tractors, stretching back over 100 years - from the first steam engines on wheels produced by ingenious engineers in the garden shed, to the mighty multinational John Deere. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752461984
- ISBN
- 9780752461984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.43
€ 14.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474996
- ISBN
- 9780801474996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. A moving tribute to Wigston and the people who were affacted by the Great War and its aftermath. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488356
- ISBN
- 9780752488356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45