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Hardcover. Explores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates from society; the lunatic asylum, which intended to restore the reason of sufferers by humane treatment; and the mental hospital, which reduced their conditions to diseases of the brain. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 191 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500518977
- ISBN
- 9780500518977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186246
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. We didn't know. For half a century, Western politicians and intellectuals have so explained away their inaction in the face of genocide in World War II. This book covers a collection of critical, reflective, essays that offer detailed sociological, political, and historical analyzes of western responses to the war. Editor(s): Cushman, Thomas; Mestrovic, Stjepan G. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBTZ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715352
- ISBN
- 9780814715352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. A child's-eye memoir of growing up in Derry as the Troubles began from one of the key campaigners for acknowledgment of the 'Bloody Sunday' atrocity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBTB; HRCC7; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 2. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781174586
- ISBN
- 9781781174586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sanctuary Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KIN0006582
- ISBN
- 9781860744952
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Sanctuary Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KLN0015104
- ISBN
- 9781860744952
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "This is Birmingham: A glimpse of the city's secret treasures". Illustrator(s): Bowman, Jan. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour, throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBT; JNLB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 221 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Waverley Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902407937
- ISBN
- 9781902407937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.23
€ 14.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. .
- Publisher
- New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781485622840
- ISBN
- 9781485622840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. A fully revised, extended and updated edition of this important work on contemporary slavery Num Pages: 216 pages, 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated and Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857214447
- ISBN
- 9780857214447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.50
€ 13.00
€ 12.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 263 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1872.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024095
- ISBN
- 9780884024095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardback. Gary Y. Okihiro presents the intellectual history of the core ideas, concepts, methods, and theories of Third World studies-an academic field first proposed in 1968 that never existed-in order to provide tools for understanding power and ending oppression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362098
- ISBN
- 9780822362098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. Gary Y. Okihiro presents the intellectual history of the core ideas, concepts, methods, and theories of Third World studies-an academic field first proposed in 1968 that never existed-in order to provide tools for understanding power and ending oppression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362319
- ISBN
- 9780822362319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Examining objects helps us appreciate the shift from the study to the practice of mechanics and challenges artificial dichotomies among practical and conceptual pursuits, mathematics, and experiment. Num Pages: 404 pages, 100, 100 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBT; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884276
- ISBN
- 9780801884276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th Century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Both travellers are professional historians still tormented by their own unanswered questions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First edition & printing in this form
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563556
- ISBN
- 9780099563556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Drawing on a rich collection of personal, national, and international studies in history education, Levesque offers a coherent and innovative way of looking at how historical expertise in the domain intersects with the 'pedagogy of history education.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610996
- ISBN
- 9781442610996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.67
€ 38.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482496
- ISBN
- 9780801482496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. The author and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999. She arrived as a stranger but a series of events brought her close to the old people of the village and they began to tell her their stories. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549420
- ISBN
- 9780099549420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empire Offers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine society Includes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms. Editor(s): Haldon, John F. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132411
- ISBN
- 9781405132411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Hardback. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empire Offers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine society Includes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms. Editor(s): Haldon, John F. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132404
- ISBN
- 9781405132404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
Paperback. The Women's Land Army was forgotten victory of Second World War. While troops fought on front line, a battalion of young women joined up to take their place as agricultural workers. These girls learnt how to look after farm land, operate and repair machinery, harvest crops and provide. This work documents the camaraderie of this Land Army. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443133
- ISBN
- 9780752443133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50