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Paperback. An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BT; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007597833
ISBN
9780007597833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Eric Mindling has been travelling the back roads of Oaxaca, Mexico, for over two decades. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth shows not only his love, but his respect for that dramatic geography and the people who have made it their home. Num Pages: 280 pages, 140 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJCP; HBTB; JFCK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983886082
ISBN
9780983886082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPHF; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 319. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mariner Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544577886
ISBN
9780544577886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Hardcover. This poignant memoir tells the story of a young Jewish refugee and his long-distance love interest, both caught in the grip of WWII. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774438
ISBN
9780889774438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Hardback. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. This biography weaves together three engrossing stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273757
ISBN
9780520273757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 pages of color, 83 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406897
ISBN
9780871406897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.73

Hardcover. Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of color and 83 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBT; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404336
ISBN
9780871404336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan AwardWinner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 464 pages, 125 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340020
ISBN
9780393340020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Unlike many Holocaust books, which deal primarily with the concentration camps, this book focuses on Jewish life before Jews lost their autonomy and fell totally under Nazi power. These essays concern various aspects of Jewish daily life and governance. Editor(s): Sterling, Eric J. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 maps, 10photos, bibliog , notes, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608035
ISBN
9780815608035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493019274
ISBN
9781493019274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. * Classic essays on the history of radical protest. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780349112282
ISBN
9780349112282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. * A fascinating study of the spectacular explots if robbers and outlaws from Robin Hood to Jesse James. Num Pages: 240 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002020
ISBN
9780349113029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681800
ISBN
9781781681800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Paperback. * Classic essays on revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara that could be key to a deeper understanding of today's current affairs Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120560
ISBN
9780349120560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

paperback. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464. Series: Canto Classics. 326 pages. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight: 468.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107604674
ISBN
9781107604674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. The first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, At the Edge of Empire explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QDB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871375
ISBN
9780801871375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442605558
ISBN
9781442605558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. The 1962 Cuban missile crisis had many possible outcomes. Positing an alternate history helps us better appreciate the dangers of that tense time. Such counterfactual speculation shows what the Cuban missile crisis could have wrought and how it was truly one of the most important moments of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975179
ISBN
9781597975179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.52

Paperback. A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393319620
ISBN
9780393319620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340662
ISBN
9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641362
ISBN
9780691641362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73
€ 85.15

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTK; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613598
ISBN
9780691613598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691074542
ISBN
9780691074542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.15

Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491984
ISBN
9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

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