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Paperback. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142437162
ISBN
9780142437162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. The volume includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, and a selected bibliography of useful resources for further information. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21, 17 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; TBX; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893117
ISBN
9780801893117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

paperback. Tie-in edition of Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827871
ISBN
9780753827871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race. Num Pages: 960 pages, 25 maps; portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006371946
ISBN
9780006371946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. This is the story of the many industries found in London during the industrial revolution and beyond. It looks at long lost breweries, synthetic dyes, plastics, leatherworks and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487281
ISBN
9780752487281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745762
ISBN
9781910745762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280687
ISBN
9780520280687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908906106
ISBN
9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.52

Hardcover. Presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. In this title, interleaved with the wallpaper sections is a commentary that guides you through the story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; AKP; AMR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 944.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518380
ISBN
9780500518380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 b/w illus., 10 maps, 5 plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220261
ISBN
9780300220261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Hardback. In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTQ; HPCD; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650381
ISBN
9781442650381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108974
ISBN
9780230108974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.78
€ 49.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310977
ISBN
9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Provides the social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. This book charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s and also contains the analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 b&w integrated halftones, 39 figures, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBT; HRCC9; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 734. 8vo Former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0294434
ISBN
9780199208487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Hardback. Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271948
ISBN
9781783271948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

paperback. In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopedie. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745624853
ISBN
9780745624853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.28

Paperback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360100
ISBN
9780822360100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A fascinating memoir of an extraordinary family told through the vast, four hundred year old house, Knole Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809686
ISBN
9781408809686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Hardcover.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716530534
ISBN
9780716530534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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