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Hardback. Is there a War on Christmas? Historically, there is and always has been. This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190499006
- ISBN
- 9780190499006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
paperback. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Num Pages: 306 pages, 78 b/w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. 306 pages, 130 b&w illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229150
- ISBN
- 9780520229150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.08
€ 37.99
€ 28.08
Hardback. This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043441
- ISBN
- 9781849043441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755312252
- ISBN
- 9780755312252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTM; JKSW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499451
- ISBN
- 9780752499451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is internationally renowned for pioneering technology and social change in the Industrial Revolution. This book traces the community's history from its conception as a centre of mass production in 1785 to its present day standing as a World Heritage Site. Series: Edinburgh Classic Editions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 90 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407816
- ISBN
- 9781474407816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. A compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th-century killing twenty-five million people. It was one of the worst human disasters in history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007150700
- ISBN
- 9780007150700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.22
€ 14.99
€ 11.22
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752484785
- ISBN
- 9780752484785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. This work looks at the massacre at the village of Oradour in 1944, and how the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village, which is now a tourist destination. Through interviews and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are investigated. Num Pages: 317 pages, 25 black-and-white photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224834
- ISBN
- 9780520224834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Seven authorities in their respective fields come together to offer a new interpretation of the French Revolution: they show how the French monarchy's clumsy efforts to solve a fiscal crisis politicized long-standing structural problems, metastasizing an apparently fairly "normal" fiscal crisis into a revolution. Editor(s): Kaiser, Thomas E.; Van Kley, Dale K. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804772815
- ISBN
- 9780804772815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. The former Northern Lighthouse Board tender Fingal was in service for some 37 years and was party to many operational and technical changes in the provision of aids to navigation in Scottish waters. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648064
- ISBN
- 9781445648064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. An impassioned work on the magnificent but often maddening city called Venice. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571168972
- ISBN
- 9780571168972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319882
- ISBN
- 9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Strickland argues that Indians can better sustain their worldview through law and culture, by remaining true to their heritage, tradition, and spirituality. Series: The Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History & Culture. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0011710
- ISBN
- 9780826318220
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Strickland argues that Indians can better sustain their worldview through law and culture, by remaining true to their heritage, tradition, and spirituality. Series: The Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History & Culture. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291. 154pp.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KHS1002541
- ISBN
- 9780826318220
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Douglas Mack argues that non-elite, 'subaltern' Scottish writers actively challenged the elite's Imperial Grand Narrative and demonstrates that Scottish fiction was active and influential both in shaping and in subverting the assumptions that underpinned the Empire. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDB; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618149
- ISBN
- 9780748618149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.87
€ 37.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. The Canalsdie Industries of Birmingham and The Black Country Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JH; HBTK; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752432625
- ISBN
- 9780752432625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. A photographic history of Soviet Cold War weaponry from the 1950s to 1980s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 illustrations, colour and black and white. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; HBWS; JWMC; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473823617
- ISBN
- 9781473823617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.85
€ 25.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. A guided tour of the historic town of Nantwich, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries. Series: History Tour. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HBTB; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445668727
- ISBN
- 9781445668727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.11
€ 17.11
Paperback. Argues that the field of international relations is tainted by its relationship with colonialism. This book traces the subtle influence of colonial forms of knowledge on modern schools of international relations and follows the translation and transformation of this knowledge within post colonial settings. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 188 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040150
- ISBN
- 9781849040150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.21
€ 29.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989556
- ISBN
- 9781605989556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.37
€ 27.99
€ 23.37
paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171356
- ISBN
- 9781590171356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.06
€ 34.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. "In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (Na" Num Pages: 304 pages, 40pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465068364
- ISBN
- 9780465068364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64