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Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199891924
ISBN
9780199891924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125701
ISBN
9780691125701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. One of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics synthesizes the vast history of strategy's evolution in this consistently engaging and surprising account of how it came to pervade every aspect of life. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190229238
ISBN
9780190229238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. This book explains the reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 3. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747806202
ISBN
9780747806202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.34

Paperback. Presents the urban biography of Omaha. This book describes the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Enlarged ed.
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279674
ISBN
9780803279674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208961
ISBN
9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. * Uniquely complete account of the British Empire - Jan Morris' great Penguin trilogy PAX BRITANNICA only starts from 1837, rather than the 16th Century. * A modern classic of narrative history, updated to include the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 736 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106670
ISBN
9780349106670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't take it with you. Friedman's enlightening social history of the law of succession reveals how inheritance reflects changes values and priorities in American families and society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; LNUT; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762090
ISBN
9780804762090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761821083
ISBN
9780761821083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.63

Paperback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218943
ISBN
9780823218943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218936
ISBN
9780823218936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.83

Hardcover. Armed with only early boyhood memories, the author begins his quest by setting out from his home in Baltimore for Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to try to find his late grandfather's old home by the railroad tracks in Blairs. This title tells the tale of the ensuing journey, at once a detective story and a moving historical memoir. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389493
ISBN
9780226389493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Features the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day. This ranges over subjects as diverse as the history of canonization processes, the Reformation critique of the cult of saints, and the role of saints in other religious traditions. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBT; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405114028
ISBN
9781405114028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

Paperback. Tells the story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. This book shows how a worldwide, grassroots campaign challenged the nuclear priorities of the great powers and, ultimately, thwarted their nuclear ambitions. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Stanford University Press California
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756327
ISBN
9780804756327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756310
ISBN
9780804756310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Sutin, Lawrence. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 253 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970702
ISBN
9781907970702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Clarion Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873797310
ISBN
9781873797310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.26

Paperback. This collection of writings on Frederick Douglass examines the explicit and implicit philosophical themes and arguments that resonate through his texts. Contributors to the volume include Angela Davis, Bernard Boxill, Howard McGary and Lewis Gordon. Editor(s): Lawson, Bill; Kirkland, Frank (Hunter College, City University of New York Graduate Center USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205784
ISBN
9780631205784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Paperback. Was October 1917 a coup d'etat or a social revolution? Writing as both a historian and political activist, Ernest Mandel vigorously reasserts the deep legitimacy of the Russian Revolution. He considers mistakes made by the Bolshevik leadership in 1917-21 and sets out lessons to be learnt. Editor(s): Leplat, Fred. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Merlin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367270
ISBN
9780850367270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.54

Hardcover. In 1986, when drought brought the level of the Sea of Galilee unusually low, the two brothers Moshe and Yuval Lufan unearthed the timber frame of an ancient fishing boat. Archaeologist Kurt Raveh was to call the two-thousand-year-old boat of the very type Jesus used to sail the Galilee the most important discovery of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QS; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 239 x 16. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294029
ISBN
9789652294029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

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