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Paperback. On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ASDL; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007576630
ISBN
9780007576630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. From Morrissey and Nick Cave to The Streets and Kanye West, this book explores the links between hip-hop and rock. It focuses on two strands: white alternative rock and black street music. It identifies the strange dance of white bohemian rock and black culture, how they come together at various points and then go their own way. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232079
ISBN
9780571232079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.26

Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986111
ISBN
9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Paperback. The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount - read 'Landscape and Memory' to have these explained.. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32pp colour plates, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1624.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006863489
ISBN
9780006863489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141017273
ISBN
9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679781240
ISBN
9780679781240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Age was a critical factor in shaping imperial experience, yet it has not received any sustained scholarly attention. This pioneering interdisciplinary collection is the first to investigate the lives of children and young people and the construction of modes of childhood and youth within the British world. Editor(s): Robinson, Shirleene; Sleight, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137489401
ISBN
9781137489401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.14

Paperback. Simon Taylor looks at the history of nuclear power in Britain, charting the decline following it's initial introduction through to the renaissance we're currently seeing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; KNBN; RNQ; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
UIT Cambridge United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906860318
ISBN
9781906860318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.82

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752486376
ISBN
9780752486376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTZ1; HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Schocken Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised and Expanded Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210606
ISBN
9780805210606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. * Fascinating explanations of causes of death in the past * Covers prevalent diseases and accidents * Describes how to investigate your ancestor's cause of death * Insight into the way our ancestors died and the treatments available to them * Guide to interpreting death certificates and other records Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590386
ISBN
9781781590386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140280395
ISBN
9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The first collection of essays to bring together Deleuzian philosophy and postcolonial theory. Editor(s): Bignall, Simone; Patton, Paul. Series: Deleuze Connections. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637003
ISBN
9780748637003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Paperback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359388
ISBN
9780822359388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 48 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBWF; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814717387
ISBN
9780814717387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. A collection of primary and secondary readings that encourages scholars and students to engage critically with debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust. It encourages students to engage with philosophical, political, cultural and literary debate as well as historiographical issues. Editor(s): Gigliotti, Simone; Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 484 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405114004
ISBN
9781405114004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

paperback. Editor(s): Gigliotti, Simone. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Condition
New
SKU
9781472527110
ISBN
9781472527110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 8.07

Hardback. Italian Academies have typically been studied individually or in the context of specific cities, leaving an important lacuna in the scholarship on Italian culture and early modernity. Cutting across various disciplines, this volume traces the relationships of these Academies and explains how they prefigured networks like the Republique des letters. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438409
ISBN
9781137438409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.84

Hardcover. In the fall of 1950, newspapers around the world reported that the Italian-born nuclear physicist Bruno Pontecorvo and his family had mysteriously disappeared while returning to Britain from a holiday trip. This title offers an account of Pontecorvo, his activities, and his possible motivations for defecting. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Tra Rev
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226816647
ISBN
9780226816647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 50.58

Paperback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522831
ISBN
9780742522831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.73

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