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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507986
- ISBN
- 9781509507986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.96
€ 24.99
€ 19.96
Paperback. An introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and women - representing Egyptian culture, state and society. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155562
- ISBN
- 9780226155562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Hardcover. Offering a historical and cultural analysis of the late Ottoman period and Republican Turkey, this book collects Serif Mardin's seminal essays written throughout the span of his prolific career. These essays deal with the historical background, political travails, and socioeconomic metamorphosis of Turkey during a century of modernization. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 464 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVT; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628101
- ISBN
- 9780815628101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.87
€ 73.87
Hardback. Examining figures from Thomas More to Stephen Greenblatt, from George Hickes to Seamus Heaney, from George Eliot to Paul de Man, this book illuminates the wanderings of exiles, emigres, dissenters, and the socially estranged as they helped form the modern university disciplines of philology and rhetoric, literary criticism and literary theory. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA; HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123723
- ISBN
- 9780231123723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.45€ 81.45
€ 107.45
€ 81.45
Paperback. Presents the history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity. This book probes more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, and argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire generated the most fundamental features of medieval and modern Jewish life. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 336 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117812
- ISBN
- 9780691117812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 41.80
€ 52.56
€ 41.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844678617
- ISBN
- 9781844678617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.21
€ 19.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Weinberg, Bill. Num Pages: 397 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101842
- ISBN
- 9780813101842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.85
€ 57.85
Paperback. A prominent activist's guide to settlement in Canada "for the information of colored immigrants." Editor(s): Antwi, Phanuel. Series: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFFN; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813216
- ISBN
- 9781554813216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.42
€ 23.42
Paperback. This work examines the British Indian colonial impact on the economy and society of nineteenth-century Afghanistan, with particular interest in the relationships among Kabul, Qandahar, and Peshawar. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774116
- ISBN
- 9780804774116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133904
- ISBN
- 9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.27
€ 45.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. Jewish art and material culture are the subjects of this unique volume presented in memory of a truly profound thinker and scholar, Professor Stephen S. Kayser. A CROWN FOR A KING brings together scholars from Israel, the U.S. and Europe writing on a wide range of Professor Kayser's interests. Editor(s): Kayser, Stephen S.; Fine, Steven; Kramer, William M. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Gefen Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652292117
- ISBN
- 9789652292117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.72€ 43.58
€ 60.72
€ 43.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTR; JPH; JPSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680986
- ISBN
- 9780816680986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652689
- ISBN
- 9780745652689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.06
€ 59.06
Paperback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652696
- ISBN
- 9780745652696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.20
€ 22.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076800
- ISBN
- 9780719076800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.67
€ 26.99
€ 26.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482830
- ISBN
- 9780801482830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.82
€ 37.99
€ 37.82
Berea College's spiritual motto, "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," has shaped the institution's unique culture and programs since its founding in 1855. Using primary sources, recent scholarship, and powerful photographs, the author charts the history and development of one of most distinguished institutions of higher learning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 184 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBT; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123790
- ISBN
- 9780813123790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.68
€ 46.68
Paperback. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479889082
- ISBN
- 9781479889082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226138428
- ISBN
- 9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Illustrated with images and photographs, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings to the golden age of the grand 'cathedral synagogues' of the High Victorian period. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 398 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMN; HBTB; HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1970.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170511
- ISBN
- 9780300170511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 45.01
€ 52.56
€ 45.01
Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128351
- ISBN
- 9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. This text reconstructs how freed men and women in tobacco-growing Central North Carolina worked to secure a place for themselves in a ravaged region and hostile time. It has a micro-economic history of Gainville County, drawn from public records, that looks at individual's stories. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820324425
- ISBN
- 9780820324425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713825
- ISBN
- 9780804713825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619474
- ISBN
- 9780748619474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77