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Paperback. Politics has always been an integral part of the Olympics. This title discusses the intended and actual meaning of the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 to 2000. It demonstrates that the modern games were revived to propagate a political message and continue to serve political purposes. Series: Illinois History of Sports. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070464
- ISBN
- 9780252070464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.03
€ 24.99
€ 23.03
Paperback. A picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city, corrupt and contented. The men and women of Philadelphia who emerge in these pages are anything but staid, and certainly not contented. Editor(s): Davis, Allen F.; Haller, Mark H. Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216707
- ISBN
- 9780812216707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236714
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236713
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0237066
- ISBN
- 9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286115
- ISBN
- 9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651118
- ISBN
- 9780691651118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.15€ 156.05
€ 168.15
€ 156.05
Paperback. A brief overview of French colonial society before the British conquest of 1759-60. The primary focus is on what is now called Quebec, but there are also chapters on Louisiana and the West, as well as on the Atlantic colonies of Acadia and Ile Royal. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JHM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000335
- ISBN
- 9780802078162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated look at the world of fairground transport. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661407
- ISBN
- 9781445661407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
paperback. Allan D. Austin explores via portraits, documents, maps and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the American slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912709
- ISBN
- 9780415912709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 344 x 244 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295866
- ISBN
- 9789652295866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.61
€ 41.99
€ 27.61
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307110
- ISBN
- 9781906307110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898560
- ISBN
- 9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
paperback. Presents genealogical details of members of the royal houses of England, Scotland and Great Britain - from 800AD to the present. This title contains the biographical information relating to various monarchs as well as to various members of their immediate family, from parents to grandchildren. It explores the royal family tree. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539735
- ISBN
- 9780099539735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Details women's experiences from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of World War I. This anthology draws on a range of sources including parliamentary reports, pamphlets, newspapers and journals, novels, poetry and hymns, and seminal texts by activists in the women's movement. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860641626
- ISBN
- 9781860641626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.83
€ 32.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. A delightful book detailing the games and ways in which the Tudors amused themselves Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450315
- ISBN
- 9780752450315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Food and feast in Tudor England Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 colour plates, 47 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937726
- ISBN
- 9780750937726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This book unveils the powerful position of ordinary women in Tudor society and provides a captivating insight into their lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 117 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937740
- ISBN
- 9780750937740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774828017
- ISBN
- 9780774828017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. This book documents the religious beliefs and cultural practices that helped sustain and lend meaning to Chinese bachelors in smaller towns and cities of Manitoba. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, facsims., music, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774819152
- ISBN
- 9780774819152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. Drawing on a wide range of diverse source material this important new book discusses the lives of lesbians from the late eighteenth century to the 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415114851
- ISBN
- 9780415114851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.25
€ 57.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 129 colour illus. BIC Classification: AKTH; HBTB; JFCK; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350005082
- ISBN
- 9781350005082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.71
€ 32.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. Alasdair Hutton recalls his time as the voice of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo from when he first started in 1992. The book compiles his personal memories and pays tribute to the talented host of people he worked with along the way. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ASZP; BM; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745694
- ISBN
- 9781910745694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Shekhovtsov, Anton. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTV; JFC; JPF; JPWQ; KCP. Dimension: 153 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207667
- ISBN
- 9783838207667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.05
€ 31.99
€ 23.05