History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Of Gardens records a great adventure of continual discovery not only of the artful beauty of individual gardens and landscapes but also of the intellectual and historical threads that weave them into patterns of civilization. Deitz's vivid descriptions and recollections allow readers to share in the experience of her extensive travels. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: AMV; DNF; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223545
- ISBN
- 9780812223545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784782771
- ISBN
- 9781784782771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.41
€ 29.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Was October 1917 a coup d'etat or a social revolution? Writing as both a historian and political activist, Ernest Mandel vigorously reasserts the deep legitimacy of the Russian Revolution. He considers mistakes made by the Bolshevik leadership in 1917-21 and sets out lessons to be learnt. Editor(s): Leplat, Fred. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Merlin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850367270
- ISBN
- 9780850367270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
€ 24.99
€ 21.54
Hardcover. The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism. This lavish visual feast explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel. Editor(s): Finamore, Daniel; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACVY; ACXD3; HBTB; JFCK; WTHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247. .
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851779062
- ISBN
- 9781851779062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 39.55
€ 52.99
€ 39.55
hardcover. Ordinary women helped restart Japan's postwar recovery by selling sex to Allied servicemen, but they were sacrificed as symbols of national shame by a country that has yet to recover full sovereignty. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776912
- ISBN
- 9780804776912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.73
€ 118.73
Hardback. How fin-de-siecle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the Renaissance Num Pages: 528 pages, Includes 16-page color insert and 160 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 308 x 37. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620555453
- ISBN
- 9781620555453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.11
€ 33.99
€ 22.11
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536923
- ISBN
- 9781784536923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.10
€ 43.99
€ 36.10
Hardcover. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137827
- ISBN
- 9780226137827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.76
€ 53.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137841
- ISBN
- 9780226137841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.26
€ 23.99
€ 19.26
Hardcover. Based on a three-day symposium, "The Claims of Memory," this book conveys the omnipresence of memory in Elie Wiesel's writing and attempts to preserve the flavor of the exchange that took place. It also represents several intersecting approaches to memory. Editor(s): Katz, Steven; Rosen, Alan. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 224 pages, footnotes, works cited contributors list, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630647
- ISBN
- 9780815630647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.69
€ 30.69
Paperback. Eric Mindling has been travelling the back roads of Oaxaca, Mexico, for over two decades. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth shows not only his love, but his respect for that dramatic geography and the people who have made it their home. Num Pages: 280 pages, 140 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJCP; HBTB; JFCK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983886082
- ISBN
- 9780983886082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 29.94
€ 45.99
€ 29.94
Paperback. Series: Irish Clan Mini-book. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 71 x 4. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Publisher
- Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852174118
- ISBN
- 9781852174118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.75
€ 6.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852173005
- ISBN
- 9781852173005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.77
€ 6.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, Two 8 page plate sections. One black and white, one color. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGD; HBJD1; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 305 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781252482
- ISBN
- 9781781252482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.15
€ 17.99
€ 13.15
hardcover. Reflecting on the experiences and contributions of the company's engineers and physicists, Ndiaye traces Du Pont's transformation into one of the corporate models of American success. Translator(s): Forster, Elborg. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 8 black & white halftones, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNDC; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801884443
- ISBN
- 9780801884443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.64
€ 58.64
Hardcover. Tells the story of German nurses who, directly or indirectly, participated in the Nazis' "euthanasia" measures against patients with mental and physical disabilities, measures that claimed well over 100,000 victims from 1939 to 1945. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ; MBX; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006659
- ISBN
- 9780691006659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 76.79
€ 101.01
€ 76.79
Paperback. "In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologis" Num Pages: 488 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306806612
- ISBN
- 9780306806612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.43
€ 25.99
€ 21.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 98. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJCP; HBTB; JFSL4; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 315 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Damiani
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788862084956
- ISBN
- 9788862084956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.99
€ 52.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTR; JPH; JPSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680986
- ISBN
- 9780816680986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Engages with nineteenth-century visual culture in an unusually broad way, juxtaposing photography, fashion, broadside ballads, popular prints and caricature in order to re-examine Victorian society between Chartism and the Great Exhibition. Num Pages: 276 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089640
- ISBN
- 9780719089640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.31
€ 151.31