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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The story of the amazing discovery of Archimedes' lost works Num Pages: 320 pages, 42, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823729
- ISBN
- 9780753823729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076838
- ISBN
- 9780231076838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.95
€ 36.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. A story of the Bailey family's escape from the gruelling Corbin Glow mines in 1930 to find a better life in Letcher, Kentucky. This account recounts the lives of the mining people whose religion and 'family values' buttressed and sustained them. It is three dimensional account containing humour, but lacking sentimentality. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335362
- ISBN
- 9780897335362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.15
€ 17.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 32. 292 pages. The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight: 342.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521236041
- ISBN
- 9780521236041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.22
€ 32.99
€ 28.22
Hardback. This is an account of how a group of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany came to dominate cattle dealing in south central New York and maintain a Jewish identity even while residing in small towns and villages that were primarily Christian. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509924
- ISBN
- 9780742509924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.90
€ 190.90
Paperback. This is an account of how a group of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany came to dominate cattle dealing in south central New York and maintain a Jewish identity even while residing in small towns and villages that were primarily Christian. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509931
- ISBN
- 9780742509931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.22
€ 70.22
Hardback. How African writers reconstructed the biblical narrative to form a new identity Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602585317
- ISBN
- 9781602585317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.59
€ 54.59
Paperback. Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Here, the author shares his secrets, and tells how he tore up the rule books. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; KJMD; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Random House Business Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712678865
- ISBN
- 9780712678865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527252
- ISBN
- 9781927527252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622200
- ISBN
- 9780691622200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.22
€ 54.99
€ 39.22
Hardback. The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian economy from dependence on sugar cane as its only staple industry. This title presents a definitive history of this industry from its modest beginnings to its emergence as a major contributor to the American industrial narrative. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 line, 18 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBLW; HBTK; KCZ; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855960
- ISBN
- 9781848855960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.71€ 125.03
€ 140.71
€ 125.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468853
- ISBN
- 9780226468853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's adventures in Haiti. This work includes Art Deco-style woodcuts, and it chronicles the African traditions of the island's people. Translator(s): Vesey, Desmond Ivo. Num Pages: 274 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBTB; VXW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589803626
- ISBN
- 9781589803626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662855
- ISBN
- 9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. Analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. This book talks about the history of the film industry, and about the process of imaging a national community. Num Pages: 391 pages, 61 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247437
- ISBN
- 9780520247437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardback. The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, John Adams's Republic should appeal to everyone who seeks to know more about America's first major political theorist. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419220
- ISBN
- 9781421419220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.39€ 55.46
€ 60.39
€ 55.46
Paperback. Great fun, this illustrated, fact-filled trivia guidebook to the first decade of rock & roll, breezily written (but painstakingly accurate), will take the baby boomer down a musical memory lane strewn with genuine "golden-oldies." Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGP; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069192
- ISBN
- 9780252069192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Offers an understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. This title seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone. Num Pages: 842 pages, 45 halftones, 16 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 842
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752525
- ISBN
- 9780226752525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.44
€ 49.99
€ 38.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392. 272 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; WBXD3. Dimension: 201 x 133 x 29. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650031
- ISBN
- 9781907650031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.30
€ 19.99
€ 18.30
Hardcover. An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, presented in a gorgeous package Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPN; MBX; MMD; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519110
- ISBN
- 9780500519110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.25
€ 33.99
€ 24.25
Hardback. Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838852
- ISBN
- 9781843838852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback. A contentious debate lingers over whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned his back on the Jews of Hitler s Europe. "FDR and the Jews" reveals a concerned leader whose efforts on behalf of Jews were far greater than those of any other world figure but whose moral leadership was tempered by the political realities of depression and war." Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416741
- ISBN
- 9780674416741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Hardback. Anyone interested in how people and goods moved around the country will find much to learn and appreciate in Richard Carpenter's one-of-a-kind railroad atlases. Num Pages: 336 pages, 295, 286 colour illustrations, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 289 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401461
- ISBN
- 9781421401461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.51
€ 85.51