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Hardback. The 1977-78 Los Angeles Dodgers came close. Their tough lineup of young and ambitious players squared off with the New York Yankees in consecutive World Series. Dodgerlandis the story of those memorable teams as Chavez Ravine began to change, baseball was about to enter a new era, and American culture experienced a shift to the "me" era. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803249400
ISBN
9780803249400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.50

Paperback. This is an account of the Irish civil war and its aftermath in Co. Sligo. It covers the period from the truce to the end of the Civil War, and includes serious consideration of the social and economic aspects to the conflict. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621397
ISBN
9781900621397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.84

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621380
ISBN
9781900621380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.21
€ 46.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847170132
ISBN
9781847170132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. But the Famine did take place, and the ways Irish journalists found to tell the story of unprecedented horror conditioned the evolution of journalism, not alone in Ireland, but abroad. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468653
ISBN
9780990468653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

hardcover. Traces the links between the development of modern Egyptian identity and the burgeoning Islamic modernist movement from the mid-1870s until the 1910s. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758888
ISBN
9780804758888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224418
ISBN
9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Hardback. Weimar was a centre of the arts during the Enlightenment. This book offers a complete history of Weimar, from its meteoric eighteenth-century rise from obscurity through its glory days of unbridled creative expression to its dark descent back into artistic insignificance under Nazi rule and, later, Soviet occupation and beyond. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 43. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170566
ISBN
9780300170566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.54

Paperback. This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation and people - and links this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006713
ISBN
9780674006713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.84

Hardback. This 1993 annual volume represents the continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History". The contents include London corantos and letters to the editor in the 17th/18th centuries, sporting journalism and celebrity in the 19th/20th centuries, and material on book reviews. Series: Newspaper and Periodical History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSB; GBCY; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290503
ISBN
9780313290503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.80
€ 62.96

Num Pages: 256 pages, 750+ color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325748
ISBN
9780764325748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.60
€ 53.37

Paperback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329123
ISBN
9780226329123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329116
ISBN
9780226329116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 78.75

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837121
ISBN
9781843837121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. An updated new edition of Michael Howard's classic history of war in European history, from medieval times to the 21st century, showing how the changing face of war has shaped the wider course of the continent's history over the last millennium. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199546190
ISBN
9780199546190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 564 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138193888
ISBN
9781138193888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

hardcover. A Byzantine Government in Exile Government and Society under the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204-1261) Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198218548
ISBN
9780198218548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 281.18

Hardback. An outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars, which examines key issues in popular politics, the negotiation of power, strategies of legitimation, and the languages of politics. Editor(s): Braddick, Michael J.; Withington, Phil. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781783271719
ISBN
9781783271719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. Only one tribe of American Indians is known ever to have successfully revolted against the empire of Spain and to have thwarted all subsequent attempts by the Spaniards to reconquer them: the Jivaro (hee'-va-ro), the untsuri suarii of eastern Ecuador. This book is about their culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 49.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520050655
ISBN
9780520050655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354635
ISBN
9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.55

Hardback. The Great Abolition Sham Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. The True Story of the End of the British Slave Trade. 256 pages. The Great Abolition Sham. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 25. Weight: 490.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934909
ISBN
9780750934909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Britons may very well never be slaves, but British rule certainly meant slavery for others. This book explores the personalities and the issues behind the movement to abolish first the slave trade and later the condition of slavery. It reveals the passionate arguments on both sides of the abolition debate. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934916
ISBN
9780750934916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.88

Paperback. Reveals a gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites, this title explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423302
ISBN
9780226423302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140315
ISBN
9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98
€ 51.06

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