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Hardcover. A collection of unpublished stories and accompanying photographs all donated to the author by evacuees or their families. Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of over 1 million British children on the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100-125 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783831531
- ISBN
- 9781783831531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Hardback. Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of children dying on the dung heaps of London. He petitioned to the King to grant a Royal Charter for building the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury. Children were brought to hospital for shelter. This book presents this social history of London's poverty, revealed through the members of the hospital. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map, ports, plan. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JKSB1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Good copy in clean dustwrapper 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304495
- ISBN
- 9780752442440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
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€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814730560
- ISBN
- 9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
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€ 35.96
€ 40.99
€ 35.96
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
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
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
€ 26.99€ 26.65
€ 26.99
€ 26.65
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€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
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€ 14.29
€ 16.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404076
- ISBN
- 9780674404076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 47.59
€ 51.74
€ 47.59
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map, 1 chart, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404083
- ISBN
- 9780674404083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 47.59
€ 51.74
€ 47.59
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€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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
€ 29.99€ 23.78
€ 29.99
€ 23.78
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
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
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€ 18.45
€ 26.99
€ 18.45
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€ 17.98
€ 25.99
€ 17.98
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
€ 54.87
€ 54.87
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
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
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
€ 144.63
€ 144.63
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
€ 115.24€ 86.97
€ 115.24
€ 86.97