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Paperback. The James Caird is an unlikely hero, a 23-foot lifeboat that completed the most desperate and celebrated open boat voyage in history. On board were some of the most recognised names in Antarctic and Polar history. This is the story of that little boat from its commissioning to its dramatic escape to its final resting place at Dulwich College. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJ; HBTM; WGG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892125
ISBN
9781848892125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and past. This book offers a detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, it examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Translator(s): Harman, Graham; Kramer, Gudrun. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 halftones. 5 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBTB; HRAF; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150079
ISBN
9780691150079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089923
ISBN
9780719089923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Walter Laqueur has drawn on interviews, memoirs and his own experiences to present a generational history of the young people who were forced to flee their homelands in the decade following Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648854
ISBN
9781860648854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.06

Hardback. Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBTB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509511907
ISBN
9781509511907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.71

Hardcover.
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780717168811
ISBN
9780717168811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853616412
ISBN
9780853616412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.95

Paperback. The entire range of Courbet's work, from landscapes to erotic nudes. Translator(s): Bernard, Xavier; Strim, Laurent. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 707.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714831800
ISBN
9780714831800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
796
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1999th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556523328
ISBN
9781556523328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.57

Hardback. Through an inventive and original engagement with Don Quixote and other Golden Age literature, Carolyn A. Nadeau explores the shifts in Spain's cultural and gastronomic history. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637306
ISBN
9781442637306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106708
ISBN
9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. A history that brings to life the real country house servants Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719597305
ISBN
9780719597305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 bw integrated, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763873
ISBN
9781780763873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15 halftones; 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674893085
ISBN
9780674893085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327218
ISBN
9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Paperback. Draws on a variety of eyewitness accounts, letters, and governmental documents to examine the causes of the Haitian Revolution and the impact it had on the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Num Pages: 262 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208650
ISBN
9780872208650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491882
ISBN
9780752491882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953566
ISBN
9780750953566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 136. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810933
ISBN
9780747810933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. A colourful and fascinating history of our favourite spirit told through the life and times of our capital city. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472215345
ISBN
9781472215345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

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