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Paperback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029155
- ISBN
- 9780842029155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 51.09
€ 52.99
€ 51.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762786992
- ISBN
- 9780762786992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.61
€ 29.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126748
- ISBN
- 9780231126748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.39€ 83.75
€ 109.39
€ 83.75
Paperback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126755
- ISBN
- 9780231126755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Hardback. Bringing together scripts, activities, and resources, this book has been compiled so as to offer intellectual and emotional experiences that students will long remember. The voices echoing dramatically from these scripted pages ring with both true and fictional stories of the Holocaust that we should not fail to hear. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836556
- ISBN
- 9780810836556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.01
€ 98.01
Paperback. The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. This work examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon by focusing on one of its key institutions, the secret prison outside Phnom Penh known by the code name 'S-21'. Num Pages: 251 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ; JPQ; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222472
- ISBN
- 9780520222472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961899
- ISBN
- 9780750961899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Ruan. Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785370663
- ISBN
- 9781785370663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Ruan. Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320. Nice clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8038302
- ISBN
- 9781785370663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. First-hand accounts of the Holocaust from the rise to power of Hilter to the Nuremberg trials. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017237
- ISBN
- 9781849017237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
Paperback. Shows the enormous impact that terrorism, often US-backed, has had on Cuban civilians. Includes many interviews with victims and their families. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTD; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330402
- ISBN
- 9780745330402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover. Voices in Dialogue, a collection of essays which outline key issues in the cultural history of medieval women. Some provide evidence that women in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages achieved an accomplished form of literacy and became actively involved in literary networks. Others discuss women's ministry and spiritual leadership. Editor(s): Olson, Linda; Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; CFC; HBTB; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037178
- ISBN
- 9780268037178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Paperback. This book explores the continuities and discontinuities of everyday broadcasting practice at German radio stations following the defeat and occupation of Germany that followed World War II. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284498
- ISBN
- 9781349284498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
hardcover. Immediately after the Second World War, the radio was the best-preserved medium of mass communication in Germany. This book explores the implications of this dominance by asking how everyday broadcasting constructed ideas of 'normal' times, people and places in the destroyed, divided and occupied zones of what would become the Federal Republic. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230009035
- ISBN
- 9780230009035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. Seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in vivid detail Editor(s): Regosin, Elizabeth; Shaffer, Donald R. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; HBW; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775875
- ISBN
- 9780814775875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Before the advent of machines in the late 1950s, hop-picking was undertaken by an army of people, many of whom saw the countryside only during these four to six weeks of picking. This collection of reminiscences captures the lives of the hop-pickers in detail, from the preparation and anticipation before departure. Series: Chalford Oral History. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752411309
- ISBN
- 9780752411309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051948
- ISBN
- 9781927051948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532625
- ISBN
- 9780742532625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.84
€ 175.84
Hardcover. In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 319 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481788
- ISBN
- 9781137481788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs: Health and Society in Britain Sinc...
Mold, Alex, Berridge, Virginia
Hardcover. A unique exploration of the changing ideas about the place of voluntarism and health care within society in Britain since the 1960s. By considering the work of voluntary organisations with illegal drug users, the authors provide a lens through which wider developments in the relationship between the state and civil society are examined. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFH1; JKSN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521407
- ISBN
- 9780230521407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardback. On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. This work examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032798
- ISBN
- 9780674032798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.42€ 71.43
€ 78.42
€ 71.43
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's adventures in Haiti. This work includes Art Deco-style woodcuts, and it chronicles the African traditions of the island's people. Translator(s): Vesey, Desmond Ivo. Num Pages: 274 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBTB; VXW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589803626
- ISBN
- 9781589803626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.12
€ 18.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; HPS; JPV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568585420
- ISBN
- 9781568585420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.56
€ 21.99
€ 19.56
Richard Wagner's musical themes, dramatic structures and philosophical tropes recurred in the works of almost every major French composer before World war One. This research monograph studies and reinterprets the works and ideas of Wagner which have had such a profound influence on the artistic and intellectual life of France. Num Pages: 264 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academica Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930901803
- ISBN
- 9781930901803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.49
€ 98.49