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Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095523
ISBN
9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Holm, Helge Vidar; Laegreid, Sissel; Skorgen, Torgeir. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345522
ISBN
9788779345522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.48

Paperback. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Church. This study will interest historians of gender, sexuality and religion, as well as scholars of medieval history and culture. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFH; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226685069
ISBN
9780226685069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604459
ISBN
9780691604459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Paperback. One of the most dramatic explorations of a German town in the grip of anti-Semitic passion ever written. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393325058
ISBN
9780393325058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633589
ISBN
9780691633589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.61

Hardback. Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this gap. As an explosive economy drew the young away from home, we see how the elderly used promises of inheritance to keep children at their side. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LNW; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046887
ISBN
9780674046887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Hardback. The book analyzes the official and popular celebrations on the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity to elucidate elite and popular understandings of the imperial state in the capital city. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785266
ISBN
9780804785266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 92 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Netherlands
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789461532602
ISBN
9789461532602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. Paperback, white spine. Cover is stained. A catalogue containing 741 items
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Henner Wachholtz Hamburg
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KON0819572
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 5.49

Hardback. The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly among its people. Drawing on inside knowledge of SWAPO, the anti-colonial liberation movement, the author provides a valuable case study of nation building in the modern era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044127
ISBN
9781849044127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.19
€ 51.45

Paperback. Series: Oriental Institute Publications. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260082
ISBN
9780226260082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299088149
ISBN
9780299088149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.12

Paperback. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710305
ISBN
9780804710305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. Presenting results from many scientific disciplines, including geology, anthropology and sociology, The End is Nigh explores the global history of natural disasters whilst investigating how these tragedies have changed us, the way that we live and how we think. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Rep Tra
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898982
ISBN
9781861898982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.84

Paperback. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; HBTM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855054
ISBN
9780801855054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Num Pages: 736 pages, 33 duotone photographs, 16 color uniform plates, 12 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1822.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764303517
ISBN
9780764303517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77
€ 45.30

Paperback. The Guide is organized into sections such as Vital Records, Church Records, Tax Lists, and Special Finding Aids. Num Pages: 140 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Edition
fifth edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420729
ISBN
9780938420729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.32

Hardcover. This book presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving ethnic and class tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. Editor(s): Carey, Henry F. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335126
ISBN
9780880335126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.82

Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442105
ISBN
9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies in Germany, this text explores how the Nazi programme of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and gypsies. It describes how the programme provided a practical model for the Holocaust. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 tables, bibliography, index, 1 illustration, notes. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846759
ISBN
9780807846759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Paperback. Presents a memoir of a Holocaust survivor, who settled in Austria after the war, where he became a successful black market entrepreneur. He took special satisfaction at profiting from the misfortune of his former oppressor and became a compulsive philanderer as well. Eventually, he migrated to America, where he led a quiet family life. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295981161
ISBN
9780295981161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 604 pages, 43 color illus., 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; HBTD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4522 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1438.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022547
ISBN
9780253022547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Reprint of a classic work in folklore and literature by a famous scholar. Num Pages: 872 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBTB; HBTG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1201.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209870
ISBN
9780253209870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Manners: the quintessential business of being English. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBT; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546677
ISBN
9781848546677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. In this study Henry L. Minton traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late 19th century to its role in challenging the mental illness model in the 1970s. He describes the accomplishments made by key researchers and mainstream sexologists. Num Pages: 344 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226530444
ISBN
9780226530444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Hardcover. Henry Lansdell was one of the great travellers of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBJF1; HBTP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538101
ISBN
9781784538101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 367.44

Paperback. A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village which enables him to amass a fortune of. This tale begins with buried treasure and turns into a historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, and the Knights Templar. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRCA; HRCC2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 39. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099503095
ISBN
9780099503095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
466
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0010655
ISBN
9780446532730
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738184
ISBN
9780814738184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.69

Hardcover. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732984
ISBN
9780814732984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432411
ISBN
9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226195
ISBN
9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.29

Paperback. This groundbreaking investigation into the lives of London's underclass was undertaken by Henry Mayhew in the 1850s. His interviews with street traders, beggars, and thieves results in a work as vivid as a Victorian novel. This new selection includes original illustrations and an illluminating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 black and white illustrations, and a map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199697571
ISBN
9780199697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Hardcover. This work focuses upon the 19th-century author, James Morier, and his two brothers, Jack and David. It reveals how during the Napoleonic wars the brothers forsook the world of trade to become involved in countering French activities and influence in the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps, geneal. table, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643309
ISBN
9781860643309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.37
€ 93.46

Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674935396
ISBN
9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226363356
ISBN
9780226363356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.23

Paperback. Examines the changes that have occurred in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947. This book presents introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate regions affected by European colonization. Editor(s): Schwarz, Henry; Ray, Sangeeta. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 257 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206637
ISBN
9780631206637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.56

Paperback. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 211 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973893496
ISBN
9780973893496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive guide to the history of trees in urban landscapes. Covering four centuries of development in the cities of Europe and America, this book shows how trees became integral to urban landscapes by looking at the historical evolution of the spaces in which they were planted and how these spaces were used. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBTP; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928005
ISBN
9780813928005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718000
ISBN
9780198718000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231153041
ISBN
9780231153041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.99
€ 52.66

paperback. Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099436744
ISBN
9780099436744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393003185
ISBN
9780393003185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Shows how the slaves labored, not because they shared values and goals with their masters, but because of the omnipresent threat of 'negative incentives,' primarily physical violence. This book provides a historical analysis of the debate over "Time on the Cross". Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071515
ISBN
9780252071515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Paperback. First published in volumes 16-17 of the Utah historical quarterly, 1949. Editor(s): Gregory, Herbert Ernest; Darrah, William Culp; Kelly, Charles. Num Pages: 540 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809640
ISBN
9780874809640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 964 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBTB; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
964
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630366
ISBN
9780691630366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 452.56

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691628301
ISBN
9780691628301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654973
ISBN
9780691654973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.35

Paperback. aeo Will serve students as a readable introduction and useful reference volume throughout their Victorian studies. aeo Includes extensive bibliographies directing the student to further reading. aeo Examines Victorian literature in its cultural and historical context. Editor(s): Tucker, Herbert F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218760
ISBN
9780631218760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Part cycling story, part cold war and love story, this is Ben MacIntyre meets the great escape, a sporting equivalent of Anna Funder's seminal Stasiland. Num Pages: 416 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; BGS; HBJD; HBTW; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781315361
ISBN
9781781315361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648781
ISBN
9780691648781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. Presents a memoir of a defiant Polish Jew who commanded Italian resistance fighters during the Holocaust. Throughout the years of the Holocaust, Hermann Wygoda lived a life of narrow escapes, daring masquerades, and battles that almost defy reason. This book celebrates the memory of this man who received decorations from three Western powers. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071393
ISBN
9780252071393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736142
ISBN
9780814736142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363095
ISBN
9780822363095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.11

Paperback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363200
ISBN
9780822363200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.70

Hardcover. The book contains articles by some of the most prominent scholars in the field who tell the stories of women who were humiliated, tortured and murdered; their eternally etched-in-the-memory stories of struggle and survival. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294296
ISBN
9789652294296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.09

Hardback. By showing that the creation of a meal is as satisfying as its consumption, This recalibrates the balance between food and the imagination. The result is a revolutionary perspective that tempts even the most casual cooks to greater flights of experimentation. Translator(s): DeBevoise, Malcolm. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBT; PD; WBA; WBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144667
ISBN
9780231144667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.26

Hardback. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Translator(s): Herz, Hildegard; Hartig, Howard. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450779
ISBN
9781845450779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.60

Paperback. Series: Jewish, Judaism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486258492
ISBN
9780486258492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718741
ISBN
9780198718741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. * Contains 24 original essays by leading experts in American Womena s history. * Covers the breadth of American Womena s history, including the colonial family, marriage, health, sexuality, education, immigration, work, consumer culture, and feminism. * Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Editor(s): Hewitt, Nancy A. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126854
ISBN
9781405126854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.56

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405854
ISBN
9789766405854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176116
ISBN
9780691176116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270118
ISBN
9780823270118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.35

Paperback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270125
ISBN
9780823270125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Frith Book Company Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Pbk. ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859373170
ISBN
9781859373170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Describes the annual hop. This title is suitable for those who were involved in hop picking and those who would like to learn more. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 1DBKESX; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752447773
ISBN
9780752447773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. As common schooling emerged in the 1830s, providing white children of all classes and ethnicities with the opportunity to become full-fledged citizens, it redefined citizenship as synonymous with whiteness. This title shows why opposition erupted where it did across the United States in antebellum America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226102986
ISBN
9780226102986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Hardback. While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents, their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies, the author argues, suggest that white opposition to black education was not a foregone conclusion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226542492
ISBN
9780226542492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805876
ISBN
9781609805876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. In the early twenty-first century animals are news. This title looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890610
ISBN
9781861890610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Hardback. Looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFZ; JPWD; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890146
ISBN
9781861890146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472701
ISBN
9780801472701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. A multidisciplinary analysis of race and justice. The major controversial issues in race relations, from past and present, such as affirmative action, educational segregation, labour union racial practices, the persistence of racism in American institutions are discussed. Editor(s): Hill, Herbert; Jones, James E. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP; LA; LNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299134242
ISBN
9780299134242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.84

Paperback. This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe. Series: Historical Connections. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415150446
ISBN
9780415150446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.60

Hardcover. This text provides a technical history of the development of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) standards and the early evolution of UMTS (Univerisal Mobile Telecommunicaitons System). It presents background information and descriptions of the technical features of the GSM standards. Editor(s): Hillebrand, Friedhelm. Num Pages: 590 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBT; TJKR; TJKT; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 250 x 184 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Cdr
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470843222
ISBN
9780470843222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 330.36

Hardcover. Offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel and the Diaspora. It is a account of the desperate struggles of these survivors to overcome the horrendous experiences in the ghettos and concentration camps and their subsequent attempts at the revival of their lives after the Second World War. Editor(s): Holder, Alex. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235896
ISBN
9781936235896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.34

Paperback. An intimate menoir of Jewish adolescence and life, from a young woman's perspective in an Eastern European shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel. Num Pages: 126 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019706
ISBN
9780674019706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Hardback. During the 20th century tens of millions of people were annihilated by genocidal regimes. This title lays the foundation for an 'anthropology of genocide' by gathering together the seminal texts for learning about and understanding this phenomenon. Editor(s): Hinton, Alexander Laban. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223542
ISBN
9780631223542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.42

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