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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511702
ISBN
9780226511702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295991917
ISBN
9780295991917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. From the dawn of time, power has been an aphrodisiac. The royal mistress, having conquered a king, often ran his kingdom, wielding her sexuality as a sceptre. This book explores the position of royal mistress at European Courts, and the fascinating women who filled it. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060585440
ISBN
9780060585440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. This volume contains essays which describe key developments in the areas of human, physical and environmental geography over the 20th century. It also examines how the teaching of geography has changed, highlighting alterations to the structure and character of the educational agenda. Num Pages: 422 pages, line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNU; PDX; RGB; RGC; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471962366
ISBN
9780471962366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.05

Paperback. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280. Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War. Series: African Issues. 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ1. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 13. Weight: 304.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010407
ISBN
9781847010407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082351
ISBN
9780252082351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Translation and expansion of: Togliatti e Stalin; published in Italian in 1997 and updated in 2007. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804774321
ISBN
9780804774321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. 19th-century RussiaOs classic cookbook, superbly translated and introduced. Editor(s): Toomre, Joyce. Translator(s): Toomre, Joyce. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212108
ISBN
9780253212108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.36

Hardback. A lively account of the 1924 Revolution in Sudan and the way in which the colonial situation has affected its representation, a case in point in the histories of nationalist anti-colonial movements in Africa and the Middle East. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011152
ISBN
9781847011152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.97

Paperback. Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814726396
ISBN
9780814726396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Num Pages: 186 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1DNN; GBGP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251920117
ISBN
9788251920117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. Elie Wiesel was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. After the war, Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189896
ISBN
9780140189896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038995
ISBN
9780141038995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416949
ISBN
9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Finally, contributors examine the changes wrought by the American Revolution both within Britain's remaining imperial possessions and among the other states in the emerging "concert of Europe." Editor(s): Gould, Eliga H.; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTR; HBWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418421
ISBN
9781421418421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.42

Paperback. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613744
ISBN
9781442613744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some rancher while learning all she would need to know about homesteading a place for herself. This title presents letters written from time of her arrival until 1913. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803251939
ISBN
9780803251939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Cheaure, Elisabeth; Nohejl, Regine. Num Pages: 138 pages, 17 b/w & 13 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628586
ISBN
9783837628586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. A model of clarity.. It provides absolutely essential reference material for the dress historian and archaeologist, for the early textile specialist, and those interested in the tools and equipment used. TOOL AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (Linda Woolley, curator of early and medieval textiles and dress, V&A Museum) Series: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. Num Pages: 252 pages, 239, 16 colour, 132 black and white, 91 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; KCZ; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843832393
ISBN
9781843832393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652207
ISBN
9780745652207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.93

Hardback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652191
ISBN
9780745652191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Presents a synthetic history of the family in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, this book advances efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. It provides an analysis of the history of Jewish families in medieval Ashkenaz. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130293
ISBN
9780691130293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052543
ISBN
9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Describes and analyzes the battles over the powerful medium of radio, which helped spark the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Depression. Organized chronologically, this work explores the advent of local labor radio stations such as WCFL and WEVD, labor's anti-censorship campaigns, and unionist experiments with early FM broadcasting. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073649
ISBN
9780252073649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

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