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Paperback. Offers a study of the political and social history of the 1960s. This book presents an account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115131
ISBN
9780231115131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

hardcover. This study of northern Taiwan during the period 1840-1895 explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system and investigates how individuals utilized the courts to resolve criminal and civil disputes. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JH; HBT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722728
ISBN
9780804722728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287587
ISBN
9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813539850
ISBN
9780813539850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582487284
ISBN
9780582487284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.90

Paperback. Includes maps and illustrations, as well as a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208636
ISBN
9780872208636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1; JPV; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786625
ISBN
9781784786625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.86

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836735
ISBN
9781843836735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.61

Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226202686
ISBN
9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559725
ISBN
9781875559725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Eleven original, moving accounts which celebrate the lives and recount the final voyages of well-known yachtsmen, all friends of or known to the author. Including racers like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, cruisers and adventurers like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman and the ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst. An excellent tribute to some great sailors. Series: Making Waves. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 black & white photos. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Fernhurst Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909911550
ISBN
9781909911550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, the author describes the pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate. He also warns that a distinct Celtic identity may not survive. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBT; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300115352
ISBN
9780300115352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. In the depths of Antarctic winter, hundreds of miles from land or rescue, a small fishing boat is swallowed by waves as high as houses. Only the actions of Matt Lewis, a 23-year-old British marine biologist and one of the most inexperienced men aboard, will save the lives of the South African crew. Lewis is the last man off the sinking boat.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJPR; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967447
ISBN
9780241967447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Num Pages: 224 pages, over 240 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764302220
ISBN
9780764302220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 39.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660218
ISBN
9781903660218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660201
ISBN
9781903660201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Hardback. Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 254 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270385
ISBN
9781783270385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Examines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; CFB; HBJH; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699940
ISBN
9780748699940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As one of the few survivors he has spent much of his life studying Nazism and the Holocaust, but always as a discipline requiring the greatest coldness and objectivity, with his story set to one side. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718197025
ISBN
9780718197025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

paperback. William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJP; HBTB; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990439
ISBN
9780295990439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

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
€ 29.47

Series: Cassini Popular Edition Historical Map. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98. Series: Cassini Popular Edition Historical Map. 1 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBTP1; WQH. Dimension: 137 x 227 x 7. Weight: 98.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cassini Publishing Ltd
Edition
Popular ed
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847361516
ISBN
9781847361516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813554570
ISBN
9780813554570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

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