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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

€ 38.99
€ 28.35

Paperback. Now in paperback, this is the acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137147
ISBN
9781934137147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.11

Paperback. A lively and insightful study of the many roles played by women in the Tudor era, from queens to wet-nurses and countesses to serving maids. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081768
ISBN
9781784081768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Frederick Douglass s changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in his many conflicting accounts of events during his journey from slavery to freedom. Robert S. Levine creates a fascinating collage of this elusive subject revisionist biography at its best, offering new perspectives on Douglass the social reformer, orator, and writer." Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055810
ISBN
9780674055810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. This enchanting tour of Paris's most charming places, objects, and pastimes has been lovingly complied by Francophile extraordinaire Leslie Jonath and brought to vivid life by rising-star illustrator Lizzy Stewart. Illustrator(s): Stewart, Lizzy. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50 full-colour illustrations, unjacketed. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452141725
ISBN
9781452141725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.08

Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240795
ISBN
9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641058
ISBN
9780691641058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Hardback. Lincoln's heritage is as rich as that of any car built anywhere in the world, and more impressive than all but a few. This volume tells the story of the Lincoln in the years following the war. Num Pages: 240 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
28
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749411
ISBN
9780804749411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBTV; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641737
ISBN
9780691641737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.01

Hardcover. Examining the struggles of political third parties in the US, this text focuses on the Populist era. It shows how Populism evolved to challenge the American political system and describes its volatile personalities, controversies, programmes and frustrations. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607020
ISBN
9780700607020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white plates, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953658
ISBN
9780750953658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBTS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106821
ISBN
9780143106821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In Ireland, 1951, the young June Goulding took up a position as midwife in a home for unmarried mothers run. It was a place of secrets, lies and cruelty. This memoir tells the story of twelve women's experiences in this home and of the hardships they endured, but also the kindness June offered them, and the hope she was able to bring. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091902056
ISBN
9780091902056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Hardcover. Improbably located in the heart of the Jewish ghetto on the Lower East side of Manhattan, the "Neighborhood Playhouse" and its brief yet influential tenure offers a fascinating story from the annals of theater history. This book provides an account of the Neighborhood Playhouse's history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631552
ISBN
9780815631552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.53

Hardback. Presents a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Comanche oral histories given by Francis Joseph "Joe A" Attocknie. Kavanagh's introduction adds context to the personal narratives by discussing the process of transmission. Editor(s): Kavanagh, Thomas W. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285507
ISBN
9780803285507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486406619
ISBN
9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486800455
ISBN
9780486800455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.43

hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118408
ISBN
9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

Hardcover. The story of Lowys life and thought, as told in his own words and those of other survivors, is also a part of a larger story, the story of social work history, Jewish history, and the meaning of the Holocaust in the development of the social work profession. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609650
ISBN
9780815609650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 684 pages, 40 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626365537
ISBN
9781626365537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. The Liberation of the Serfs argues that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself (though the process may take many years). The contributions herein address the economics of unfree labor in places like Prussia, Westphalia, Austria, Argentina and the British Empire. Editor(s): Backhaus, Jurgen George. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 84 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489992697
ISBN
9781489992697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.17

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

€ 19.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801415753
ISBN
9780801415753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

Paperback. Based on the analysis of community records in a Peruvian village, The Lettered Mountain tells how Andean peasants thought to be illiterate appropriated the Roman alphabet long ago. Num Pages: 392 pages, 72 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; CFC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350446
ISBN
9780822350446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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