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Paperback. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362. The History of One London Village. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011482
ISBN
9781906011482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992606
ISBN
9781784992606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.87

Hardback. The war in Yemen is finally coming under scrutiny as the West considers its controversial dealings with Saudi Arabia Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; HBTV; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048057
ISBN
9781849048057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court. Series: The Past & Present Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black & white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754350
ISBN
9780198754350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091292
ISBN
9780719091292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.65

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663248
ISBN
9780199663248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212197
ISBN
9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Hardback. The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new utensils and table manners. Rebora discusses the availability of resources, how people kept from starving in the winter, how they farmed, how tastes developed, what the lower classes ate, and what the aristocracy enjoyed. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121507
ISBN
9780231121507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313283
ISBN
9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.99

Hardcover. The Japan Library School, now called the School of Library and Information Science, at Keio University, was founded in 1951. This is a collection of reminiscences of events that took place over nearly 90 years. It has been reviewed and revised by the narrator, and organized by the editor. Num Pages: 202 pages, 22 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GLM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836327
ISBN
9780810836327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.11

Paperback. A biography of Albert Speer, an important figure of the Nazi High Command. An architect and an intellectual, he was seen to be a humane man, but, as Minister for Armaments, how could he not have known about the concentration camps? This book examines such moral issues about Speer and the Nazis. Num Pages: 784 pages, 24pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; AM; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330346979
ISBN
9780330346979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. A biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. After weeks of talk with him and months of further research, the book shows us this man as he saw himself, and 'as he was seen by many others, including his wife. It is a compelling study of the evil. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674478
ISBN
9780712674478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405038
ISBN
9789766405038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.39

Paperback. An Anthology. 404 pages. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.; Braithwaite, Charles A. Describes the part African Americans played in the frontier army and as homesteaders, community builders, and activists. This title tells of the struggle for civil rights and against Jim Crow, and examines African American cultural growth and contributions as well as economic and political aspects of black life on the Great Plains. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226678
ISBN
9780803226678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739166833
ISBN
9780739166833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.14

paperback. Editor(s): Mendoza, Glen. Num Pages: 85 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBJK; HBTB; KCY; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc United States
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634848862
ISBN
9781634848862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.54
€ 88.88

Paperback. A witty, intelligent cultural history from Glen Weldon that explains Batman's rises and falls throughout the ages-and what his story tells us about ourselves. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1x8pg b&w insert. BIC Classification: HBTB; JF; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476756738
ISBN
9781476756738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
58
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590338094
ISBN
9781590338094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1F; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBT; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807584
ISBN
9780875807584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 469.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183236
ISBN
9781859183236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Traveling in Europe in August 1938, David Kurtz, captured three minutes of ordinary life in Poland on a 16 mm Kodachrome colour film. Three Minutes in Poland traces Glenn Kurtz's remarkable four year journey to identify the people in his grandfather's haunting images. Glenn creates an exploration of memory, loss, and improbable survival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 black and white illustrations, map, notes. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374535797
ISBN
9780374535797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.02

Hardback. In distinctive voice and tone, cultural commentator Glenn W. Olsen presents his latest work on the place of Catholicism in American history. Here he clarifies the meaning of American modernity for Catholics and shows the conflicts and tensions confronting the religious person today. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219547
ISBN
9780813219547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.18

Hardback. A compilation of stunning images and compelling stories by talented photographers from all over the world Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780743752
ISBN
9781780743752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.25

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