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Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839977
ISBN
9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Harbour Books
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128105
ISBN
9781905128105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.14

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 420 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC5; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
BOYE6
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580461856
ISBN
9781580461856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Over, Berthold. Num Pages: 432 pages, 17 b/w & 7 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AVGC3; AVGC4; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635041
ISBN
9783837635041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.94

Paperback.

The first history in English of the political history of Muslim Spain and Portugal, based on vividly translated Arab sources, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of events across the whole of the region from 711 to the fall of Granada in 1492.

Num Pages: 358 pages, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582495159
ISBN
9780582495159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Hardback. Traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; HRAM9; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125817
ISBN
9780691125817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.14

Hardback. Editor(s): Pempel, T. J.; Ravenhill, John. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; HBTQ; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446979
ISBN
9780801446979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250010
ISBN
9780190250010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 bw illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350027367
ISBN
9781350027367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 126.76

Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583013
ISBN
9780226583013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Born into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book recounts his remarkable life. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190595
ISBN
9780300190595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252014109
ISBN
9780252014109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455566297
ISBN
9781455566297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008158064
ISBN
9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871959
ISBN
9780807871959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.57

Paperback. Infused with a distinctive Scouse sense of humour, this book tells the story of how Deejay filled his summer holiday having adventures (and misadventures) with his mischievous gang of young friends and working at Wellington Dairy, the family-owned, horse-drawn milk business located in the Liverpool suburb of Garston. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPK; BGH; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956406
ISBN
9780750956406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

Hardcover. Armed with only early boyhood memories, the author begins his quest by setting out from his home in Baltimore for Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to try to find his late grandfather's old home by the railroad tracks in Blairs. This title tells the tale of the ensuing journey, at once a detective story and a moving historical memoir. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389493
ISBN
9780226389493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. * Introduction by Daniel Goldhagen, author HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS. * With TV series such as Hitler's Henchman, The World at War, Hitler's Women - interest in WWII has never been higher. Num Pages: 256 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001441
ISBN
9780349114576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A personal memoir from Dan Breen, a must read for those interested in the struggle for Irish freedom Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780947962333
ISBN
9780947962333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Hailed as a classic in the Portuguese language, this remarkable intellectual biography of the campaigner who fought to abolish slavery in Brazil is published for the first time in English. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493668
ISBN
9781908493668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Provides a portrait of East European and American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Cohen, Jocelyn; Soyer, Daniel. Num Pages: 329 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716953
ISBN
9780814716953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. An international bestseller, this is the extraordinary memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List. Translator(s): Sommer, Carolin. Num Pages: 240 pages, Integrated black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBTZ; HBWQ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473616257
ISBN
9781473616257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853036364
ISBN
9780853036364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. This is the true story of re-building a beautiful Damascene house and a chronicle of a country where many dreams are being shattered. In My House in Damascus Diana Darke reveals the Syria that lies behind our daily headlines. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JM; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323996
ISBN
9781908323996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

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