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Hardback. Drawing on archival sources to analyze a hundred-year perspective on sports in China, this book explores why the country became obsessed with Western sports at the turn of the twentieth century, and how it relates to China's search for a national and international identity. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028401
- ISBN
- 9780674028401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.03
€ 51.99
€ 43.03
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649801
- ISBN
- 9780691649801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.68
€ 244.68
Paperback. A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath. Num Pages: 464 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445647012
- ISBN
- 9781445647012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.58
€ 40.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. This is a book for theatre-lovers, written for anyone who shares the author's curiosity about the art of acting and about theatre past and present. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ANC; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897426
- ISBN
- 9780859897426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.39
€ 44.39
Paperback. These essays, which make the science of economics intelligible to a general audience, are grouped into six areas: the relevance of economics; the "Keynesian revolution"; economics and the university; economics and contemporary problems; world inflation, money, trade, growth, and investment; and economics and the environment. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401638
- ISBN
- 9780226401638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Thomas Carlyle's "On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History" considers how heroes are created and conveys his ideas on the importance of heroic leadership. In six reevaluative essays, the authors argue that Carlyle's concept of heroism actually repudiates its own authoritarian roots and stresses the hero's spiritual dimension. Editor(s): Sorensen, David R.; Kinser, Brent E. Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300148602
- ISBN
- 9780300148602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. This title shows how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 334 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234642
- ISBN
- 9780520234642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardcover. On Human Bondage a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Editor(s): Bodel, John; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119162483
- ISBN
- 9781119162483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.23
€ 112.23
Paperback. An intimate menoir of Jewish adolescence and life, from a young woman's perspective in an Eastern European shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel. Num Pages: 126 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674019706
- ISBN
- 9780674019706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.48
€ 19.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486779997
- ISBN
- 9780486779997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. "A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."-The New Yorker Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 b/w halftones, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199798094
- ISBN
- 9780199798094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.27
€ 31.99
€ 21.27
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. Tracing the gradual evolution of revolutions, this title predicts the relationship between war and revolution and the crucial role such combustive movements play in the future of international relations. It looks at the principles which underlie various revolutions, starting with the examples in America and France. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039907
- ISBN
- 9780143039907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? This title looks at our present incumbents to find out just what makes them tick. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141012223
- ISBN
- 9780141012223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006532453
- ISBN
- 9780006532453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564512
- ISBN
- 9780719564512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776391
- ISBN
- 9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Comprises of original monographs, handbills, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This title annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era's historical, legal, literary, and nautical references. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194765
- ISBN
- 9781845194765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.80
€ 46.99
€ 41.80
Paperback. Offers an account of George Crook's campaigns during the American Indian Wars. This book brings to life the entire American frontier. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365438
- ISBN
- 9781626365438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.14
€ 26.99
€ 23.14
Hardback. Reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. This title features essays that show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control. Editor(s): Adams, David Wallace; DeLuzio, Crista. Num Pages: 366 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272385
- ISBN
- 9780520272385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11€ 54.68
€ 70.11
€ 54.68