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Hardback. This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more esoteric aspects of magical belief and practice. Editor(s): Goodare, Julian. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white tables, 3 graphs, 1 maps, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137355935
ISBN
9781137355935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.67

Hardcover. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688428
ISBN
9780745688428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745688435
ISBN
9780745688435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.77

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162180
ISBN
9780231162180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Hardcover. An extensive and fascinating history of the sporting lodge. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Quiller Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846891687
ISBN
9781846891687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322995
ISBN
9780226322995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.33

Hardback. Series: Hakluyt Society, Extra Series. Num Pages: Includes 20 maps and 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBLL; HBTM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
978
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472453235
ISBN
9781472453235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.05

Hardcover. Charts the evolution of Britain's leading role in the formation of NATO. Based on a wide range of British, US and Canadian archives, the book gives a balanced assessment of British foreign and defence policies as the Cold War gathered momentum and a new system of European Security was forged. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; JPSN; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
206
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333578353
ISBN
9780333578353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

Hardcover. This text is a business study and history of INSEAD which details how the business and management school's success was achieved, and goes on to relate the story of the school to the management themes of leadership, teamworking and innovation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; JNM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0007110
ISBN
9780333803981
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378934
ISBN
9781137378934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.63

Paperback. In this new reading of maps and map making, Harley undertakes a surprising journey into the nature of the social and political unconscious. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870903
ISBN
9780801870903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. Across history, the ideas and practices of male identity have varied much between time and place: masculinity proves to be a slippery concept, not available to all men, sometimes even applied to women. This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'. Editor(s): Arnold, John H.; Brady, Sean. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 475 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137305602
ISBN
9781137305602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.65
€ 113.42

Paperback. This title weaves together the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school system for the privileged which serviced the largest empire, the world has ever known, at the zenith of its control and which has had a significant influence in the formation of the modern world. Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBA; JHMC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415849418
ISBN
9780415849418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.32
€ 54.35

Paperback. Edinburgh's cemeteries have been notorious for centuries, from the infamous Greyfriars to the countless crypts, graveyards and mausoleums that proliferate through the city. This book reveals a host of traditions and stories regarding these distinctive sites, as told by an expert on the subject. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AMN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647982
ISBN
9781445647982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.48

Paperback. Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and as successful and exemplary, the Chinese in America have rarely been asked to describe themselves in their own words. This title provides an intimate and textured history of the Chinese in America from their arrival during the California Gold Rush to the present. Editor(s): Yung, Judy; Chang, Gordon G.; Lai, Him Mark. Num Pages: 486 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243101
ISBN
9780520243101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497643
ISBN
9780801497643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.88

Hardcover. This volume concerns the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions. The family has the potential to be an important source of energy for civil society activity.. Editor(s): Nautz, Jurgen; Ginsborg, Paul; Nijhuis, Ton. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 324 pages, 20 figs and tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454706
ISBN
9780857454706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

Paperback. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9780582355088
ISBN
9780582355088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.24

Hardback. Provides an illustrated account of changes in our perception of what the heart does and what it means. This book explores the symbolic significance of the heart in ancient Egypt, China, India and Greece, its role in Aztec ceremony and its place in the medieval world. It considers the centrality of the heart in Christianity and other religions. Editor(s): Peto, James. Series: Wellcome Trust Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 80 colour images. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125108
ISBN
9780300125108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. The history of adoption from 1918-1945, detailing the rise of adoption, the growth of adoption societies and considering the increasing emphasis on secrecy in adoption. Analyses adoption law from legalization in 1926, to regulation and reform in the 1930s, with regulations finally being enforced in 1943 amid concern about casual wartime adoptions. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JKSB1; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355556
ISBN
9781349355556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.72

Paperback. Featuring 29 classic and original essays on the turbulent, vital, and fascinating story of the Irish in America Editor(s): Lee, J. J. van der; Casey, Marion R. Num Pages: 733 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752180
ISBN
9780814752180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Multiple-component retail product. Contains a set of 9 maps of England and Wales taken from early black and white Ordnance Survey sheets. Series: Victorian Maps, England and Wales 1897 S. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 950 x 635. . New.
Publisher
Old House
Publication date
2005
Edition
Folded
Condition
New
SKU
9781873590430
ISBN
9781873590430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Multiple-component retail product. Contains a set of 9 maps of England and Wales taken from early black and white Ordnance Survey sheets. Series: Victorian Maps, England and Wales 1897 S. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 930 x 635 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104. New.
Publisher
Old House
Publication date
2005
Edition
Folded
Condition
New
SKU
9781873590461
ISBN
9781873590461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Paperback. The Compleat Angler is the most famous work in the literature of sport and a unique celebration of the English countryside. This new edition highlights its celebration of natural history, the environment, conservation, and the power of friendship. Editor(s): Swann, Marjorie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black and white, 4 maps. BIC Classification: WND; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198745464
ISBN
9780198745464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

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